Engineer Officer
Pay after training: £29,770
Joining age: 21-36
Open to: Men and women
Qualifications you need: Degree - but professional qualifications are also considered. GCSEs/Standards including English Language at Grade C/3 minimum or equivalent
Qualifications you can gain: Chartered Engineer status
Want to work with the most state-of-the-art technology? Then a career as an Engineer Officer is for you.
Advanced aircraft, propulsion systems, even top-of-the-range weapons like missiles – Aerosystems Engineer Officers work on them all. Or there’s Communications/Electronics Engineer Officers, who maintain the cutting-edge communication and radar systems that keep the RAF supplied with up-to-the-minute information.
To get the responsibility of working on technology like this, you need to be the right person for the job. That’s why the RAF offers a range of Sponsorship deals – from £1,000 at sixth form to £6,000 at University.
Of course if you’re the right age and already think you’re one of the RAF’s future Engineer Officers, there’s always Welbeck – the Defence Sixth Form College – where you can take part in a range of sports, social and leadership activities, as well as doing your A-levels.
Find out more about Welbeck
