Design Draughtsman at The British Army

Description

• Be the key to successful building projects. Learn to create blueprints and gain skills and qualifications you can use in the civilian world.
• Roads, bridges, airports - as a Design Draughtsman in the Army, you never know what you’ll be building next.
• You create the blueprints that our teams have to follow, so you need to be highly skilled. Not that that'll be a problem - you’ll get the highest standard of training, covering technical drawing, IT, civil engineering, mechanical engineering and construction.
• What’s more, you can take qualifications to build your CV, which will be helpful if you decide to leave. Add sports, mates and travel to the mix, and you’ve got an amazing experience.
• Design Draughtsman is a Specialist 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. 
• 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

• Learn technical drawing
• Work with professional computing and IT applications
• Gain qualifications in civil and mechanical engineering
• Take part in large-scale construction projects.

Entry Requirements
Qualifications:

• GCSE Grade A–C/9-5, or Scottish National 5 grade A-C, in Maths, and
• GCSE Grade A–C/9-4, or Scottish National 5 grade A-C, in English Language and one other subject.

Age:

• From 17 years & 9 months to 35 years & 6 months

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.