The Royal Navy – Weapon Engineering – Engineering Technician Accelerated Apprenticeship

Type: Apprentice
Location: Hampshire (PO2 8BY)

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

You’ll be embarking on one of the world’s top apprenticeship schemes, which means training will be a constant feature of your time with us. As well as helping you develop your Royal Navy career, everything you achieve will be valued by a future civilian employer.

Your job will focussing on: 

• Learning how machinery works
• Repairing equipment
• Making components
• Using essential tools and techniques
• Safety procedures

Take responsibility for the safety of your crewmates, whether that’s identifying a potential threat, or ensuring your ship can defend itself.

Maintain and operate complex communication, sensor and weapon systems, guaranteeing missiles, guns and anti-submarine torpedoes are fully operational.

Get a hold of some of the most sophisticated electronic equipment in existence, working with your team, and under the guidance of the Weapon Engineer Officer.

Complete daily rounds, checking equipment to ensure the ship remains operational, and finding innovative solutions when there’s a problem.

Where you’ll work

Navy Command HQ
The Admiral Sir Henry Leach Building
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO2 8BY

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

ROYAL NAVY

Training course

Engineering technician (level 3)

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Training schedule

• Once you have completed your training you will be a qualified Weapon Engineering – Engineering Technician 
• When you join you complete 10 weeks of basic naval training, followed by marine engineering training at HMS Sultan

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

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

Other requirements

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National Qualifications Framework Level 3 Diploma (with a minimum of a Merit Pass) in an engineering discipline_x000d_
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At least 48 UCAS points in A-levels (or equivalent) in Mathematics and a STEM subject_x000d_
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We recruit throughout the year, so please ignore Key Dates.

About this employer

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)

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