Ammunition Technician at The British Army

Description

• Could you be an expert on explosives, ammunition and bomb disposal? After world-leading technical training, you could help keep our troops and civilians safe.
• As an Ammunition Technician, you’ll learn to inspect, repair, store and destroy everything from rifle ammunition to guided weapons.
• You will work with Army Units and UK security services, deploying bomb disposal robots.
• Progression to a Bomb Disposal Operator (with extra pay) is also possible.
• You’ll be given responsibility early in your career as you’ll become a Lance Corporal immediately after completing your training and your career could involve work in fields such as Weapons Technical Intelligence, Ammunition Stockpile Management and Improvised Explosives Device Disposal.
• Ammunition Technicians are highly sought after by the commercial energetics industry and by organisations running training in explosives and bomb disposal.
• The Royal Logistic Corps are the Army’s professional logisticians keeping the Field Army marching, its helicopters flying, its vehicles moving and its tanks and guns firing. We enable its deployment and supply it with everything it needs, wherever it operates, throughout the world.

Key Responsibilities

• Be the Army’s expert in explosives engineering by completing the world's leading ammunition training programme.
• Work alongside every aspect of the military - including Airborne and Commando Forces.
• You could be deployed worldwide– wherever the British Army has a presence.
• Earn your Category B and C+E Driving Licences, plus specialist vehicle driving and bomb disposal qualifications.
• Complete a Level 4 Apprenticeship in Ordnance Munitions and Explosives and join the Institute of Explosives Engineers.

Entry Requirements
Qualifications:

• 5x GCSE Grade A–C/9-4, or Scottish National 5 grade A-C, which must include Maths, English Language and either Physics, Science, or Integrated Science.

Age:

• From 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 6 months.

Basic physical fitness assessment:

• Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
• Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
• MSFT (beep test) level 6.6.

Pay & Benefits
You'll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.