The Royal Navy - Survival Equipment Technician - Survival Equipment Fitter Apprenticeship

Royal Navy

Hampshire, PO2 8BY

Closes on Monday 1 June

Posted on 4 June 2024

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Summary

As a Survival Equipment Technician (SET), you will maintain vital lifesaving equipment to enable aircrew to operate safely. This equipment will help them to survive on land, sea or in the air in peacetime or on military operations. You will also learn how to assist in the training of aircrew on land and sea in survival techniques.

Annual wage
£20,400 a year

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The pay may be negotiated and may rise after a probation period has been successfully completed.

Training course
Survival equipment fitter (level 3)
Hours
Shifts to be confirmed, Total hours per week: 40.00

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 2 June

Duration

3 Years

Positions available

20

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Once you have completed your training you will be a qualified - Survival Equipment Technician - Survival Equipment Fitter.

Functional Skills in English and maths if required.

Training and development continues throughout your career with the Royal Navy. It takes place in two distinct environments: at onshore training facilities and on board operational ships.

When you join, you complete 10 weeks of basic naval training, followed by seven months at the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering in Gosport. There you’ll learn survival drills and how to maintain, repair and pack parachutes, life rafts and survival packs, with regular tests to check your progress. You will also carry out a basic survival course and learn how to help with survival training, so you will need a good level of fitness and be a competent swimmer. You’ll then spend time at a Royal Naval Air Station, working closely with experienced aircrew to develop real-world knowledge and skills, before you qualify to sign off servicing work as complete.

you will also gain the following qualifications during your training.

  • Level 2 Aerospace and Aviation
  • Level 3 Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering Survival Equipment Maintenance

After a further period of skills and technical knowledge development all apprentices will be required to achieve the following qualification (working title - currently in development)

  • Level 3 Aerospace and Aviation

Where you’ll work

Navy Command HQ

The Admiral Sir Henry Leach Building

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO2 8BY

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

ROYAL NAVY

Your training course

Survival equipment fitter (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents
  • Safe selection and use of hand and mechanical tools and equipment while carrying out maintenance of survival equipment
  • Use of ground support equipment, including gaseous cylinders and charging equipment
  • Survival equipment functional checks and fault diagnosis
  • Demonstrate their ability to identify and resolve problems using the appropriate processes and understand the limits of their authority/approval
  • Reading, interpreting and understanding engineering data, drawings, specifications, maintenance manuals, computer generated information and aircraft documentation
  • Carry out maintenance of survival equipment pyrotechnics
  • Carry out maintenance of quick release fittings, inertia reels and restraining harnesses
  • Carry out maintenance and repair of life rafts
  • Carry out maintenance of covert emergency locator beacons
  • Carry out maintenance of night vision goggles
  • Carry out maintenance of parachutes
  • Undertake deployed operations training
  • Carry out maintenance of aircrew equipment assemblies and repairs
  • Carry out maintenance of life preservers

    • Your training plan

    This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

    Requirements

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • Math and English (grade GCSE Level C/4)

    Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

    Skills

    • Communication skills
    • IT skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Customer care skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Administrative skills
    • Analytical skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Creative
    • Initiative
    • Non judgemental
    • Patience

    Other requirements

    Training and development continues throughout your career with the Royal Navy. It takes place in two distinct environments: at onshore training facilities and on board operational ships. When you join, you complete 10 weeks of basic naval training, followed by seven months at the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering in Gosport.

    About this company

    The Royal Navy (RN) is responsible for the protection of British interests at home and around the World. 95% of all world trade passes through the high seas and every year Britain imports £524 billion worth of goods. The RN takes an active part in the protection of British Shipping. Around the United Kingdom the RN protects vital fishing stocks by monitoring fishing activities in our waters. We recruit throughout the year, so please ignore Key Dates

    https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/careers (opens in new tab)

    After this apprenticeship

    If you show the right commitment, skills and academic ability, you could become a Commissioned Officer.

    Members of the Royal Navy are promoted on merit. Work hard and you can rise through the ranks.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    ROYAL NAVY

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000255362.

    Apply now

    Closes on Monday 1 June

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