Accelerated Apprentice Scheme (Air Engineering)

Starting Salary Over £39,000

At a glance

This job sits within the Engineering Profession and is an Engineering Accelerated Apprentice Rating role. Joining the Royal Navy on the Accelerated Apprentice Scheme (Air Engineering) streamlines your route to working with our most advanced aircraft. After your condensed training, you’ll be part of the team that maintains, services and inspects the Fleet Air Arm’s helicopters and fighter jets

Your role

• Be a central part of the Royal Navy’s aviation capabilities, getting hands-on with our jets and helicopters, and making sure they can take off whenever they’re needed
• Develop your engineering skills and specialise in mechanical technology and avionics. You’ll need to use all of your knowledge to find innovative solutions to complex problems, often under pressure
• Serve on board a frigate, destroyer, aircraft carrier, at a Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS), or with a frontline squadron based overseas, you'll be looking after everything from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Merlin helicopters and uncrewed air systems
• Maintain, service and inspect the Fleet Air Arm’s aircraft, working with your team before and after every flight, and operating at the highest levels of the engineering industry

Eligibility

• You need to be aged 17 to 39
• A minimum of three GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade 4 or above, including English Language, Mathematics and at least one science
• You must be a British or British Dual National, who has lived in the UK continuously for the 5 years prior to applying
• You need to be a minimum height of 145cm
• A Body Mass Index (BMI) between 18 and 28 (between 17 and 27 if under 18)

There are two options for acceptable vocational qualifications which are required in addition to the basic academic criteria above:

Option 1

• A National Qualifications Framework Level 3 Diploma (with a minimum of a Merit Pass) in an engineering discipline

Option 2

• At least 48 UCAS points in A-Levels (or equivalent) in Mathematics and a STEM subject (minimum grade D or above in each subject)