Carpenter and Joiner at The British Army

Description

• Construction is a big part of the Army's work at home and abroad. Become a highly skilled Carpenter and Joiner, and you'll help with all kinds of building projects. Our first-class training will teach you to work from drawings, plan tasks, use workshop machinery and scaffolding, and prepare timber for use.
• You'll also learn to make joints, windows, doorframes, partitions, floors and roofing. With this experience plus qualifications, you'll have a great CV if you ever decide to leave Army service. Until then, there's plenty to enjoy: sports, Adventurous Training and fantastic friends.
• Carpenter and Joiner is a Trade role in the Royal Engineers. All the Royal Engineer soldier job roles are divided into 5 groups. When you apply to the Engineers, you will apply to the trade group rather than the specific trade. More about types of roles in the Royal Engineers.
• The Corps of Royal Engineers allows the Army to work all over the world, whether it's involved in active combat or disaster relief. The Corps are ‘first in’, setting up bases ready for the rest of the Army to arrive and ‘last out’, closing down patrol bases and military camps. The Corps is at the forefront in disaster-relief operations, effecting rapid repairs to damaged infrastructure in stricken areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan carpentry and joinery tasks from sketches and working drawings
• Learn the use and maintenance of workshop machinery
• Prepare timber for use, manufacture joints, use adhesives, produce windows, door frames, door linings and internal joinery fitments
• Carry out general construction work, first-fix timber frames, second-fix internal joinery fitments
• Install partitions, floors, roofing, timber-framed buildings, formwork and shoring
• Construct scaffolding, interpret scaffold terms, erect access scaffold and install access ladders

Entry Requirements
Age:

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

Qualifications:

• GCSE Grade A–D/9-3, or Scottish National 4, in Maths, English Language and one other subject.

Basic physical fitness assessment:

• Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
• Medicine Ball Throw 3m
• MSFT (beep test) level 7.5

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.