What PROC is

The Potential Regiment Officers Course (PROC) is a 3-day course held at the RAF Regt Depot, RAF Honington, Suffolk. PROC is a mandatory course for anybody wishing to join the RAF Regt as an officer. It is designed to give candidates and the RAF Regt a chance to see whether a career with us is right for you.

PROC is the first of a series of courses a potential officer must pass before receiving the coveted "Mudguards". It is designed to ensure that the right calibre of candidate is suitable to undertake further training and become a junior Regt Officer. It contains tasters of the type of tasks junior officers undertake on a daily basis during further training and operations. The instructors assess all of these and a candidate's performance is monitored to form part of the final report they receive.

It is also an opportunity to experience life in the Officer's Mess. During a formal dinner and the subsequent social evening, you will get the opportunity to meet serving officers, as well as the students on the current Junior Regiment Officer Course (JROC). This is an excellent opportunity for candidates to ask any questions they may have, as well as the instructors to asses a candidate’s personality in a more social environment.

PROC is physically and mentally demanding. Candidates are expected to take in a lot of information during their stay, as well as give presentations, take part in discussions and use logic in and teamwork during group tasks. There are early starts and late finishes, which combined with the intensity of the course program, provide a real challenge of mental fitness.

A candidate’s physical fitness is assessed throughout the course during gym, pool and assault course sessions. These give the candidates an insight into the physical training they will experience in the RAF Regt, as well as giving the instructors a chance to see how much resolve, determination and potential for training the candidates have. Some of these activities are pass or fail, and are a fundamental part the PROC.

What PROC is not

The PROC exists to ensure the RAF Regt recruits the right calibre of individual to become a junior officer. The course is designed so that candidates are given maximum opportunity to demonstrate their full potential and ability.

The course an attendance course. Just turning up does not guarantee success. Proper preparation and application are required in order to pass. A candidates performance at PROC is reviewed at every further stage of application and training.

PROC is not a fast track to becoming a Regiment Officer. It is just the start of a process that can take some time to complete. It is there to help prepare successful candidates for further stages in the application and training process. Passing PROC is not a guarantee of becoming a Regiment Officer. It is the Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre (OASC) at RAF Cranwell that make the final decision after further assessments.