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British Army operations, intelligence, law, medicine Graduates joining the Royal Navy spend
The Army is the largest employer in the and physical education. a period at the Royal Naval College
armed forces. Trainee officers begin in Dartmouth before training at sea,
training at Sandhurst military college,
Key job areas include:
with continuous training in areas such
where graduates spend a year learning
• Aircrew
as aviation, engineering, warfare and
military skills and developing their
• Engineering and Technical
management.
leadership and managerial abilities.
• Catering and Hospitality
www.royalnavy.mod.uk/careers
• Security and Defence
Jobs are grouped into seven key
• Medical
Police
areas: The police works across all aspects
•
• Personnel Support
Engineering of society and British life, with officers
•
• Air Operations Support
Intelligence, IT and Communications aiming to reduce crime and the fear of
•
• Communications and Intelligence
Combat crime, protect and help the public and
•
• Logistics and Equipment
Logistics and Support detect and prevent criminal activity. There
•
www.rafcareers.com
Human Resources and Finance are 52 geographical police forces across
• Medical England, Wales, Scotland and Northern
• Music and Ceremonial
Royal Navy
Ireland, including the largest, the
www.armyjobs.mod.uk
The oldest of the UK’s armed forces
Metropolitan Police Service responsible
and for 250 years the most powerful
for Greater London, and the smallest,
Royal Air Force
navy in the world, the Royal Navy’s
the City of London Police responsible for
As well as fighter pilots, the RAF
fleet includes warships, aircraft carriers,
the Square Mile.
is home to more than 50 career
supply ships and submarines as well as
areas and 700 different types of job.
seaborne fighter jets, support aircraft
In addition there are also special police
Graduates attend an officer training
and helicopters.
forces with a particular role, including
course at RAF College Cranwell for British Transport Police, the Civil Nuclear
up to 30 weeks and then go on to
The Royal Navy’s infantry component
Constabulary, Ministry of Defence
professional training in areas such are the Royal Marines Commandos – Police and the Scottish Crime and Drug
as administration, air traffic control, regarded as one of the most able and Enforcement Agency.
engineering, fighter control, flight toughest fighting forces around. www.policecouldyou.co.uk
cAse studies
Nathan, 28, graduated from Nottingham on construction tasks that range from
Trent University with a degree in Graphic building bridges to constructing bases for
Nathan Blencowe
Design. He was attracted to the Army the infantry. You’re never going to have
Troop commander in the
by the responsibility and challenge of an in-depth knowledge of every trade
Army Royal Engineers
being an officer as well as the lifestyle yourself, so you rely on the soldiers’ input
offered. After joining, Nathan first trained – they’re the experts. It’s my job to get
as a soldier before being promoted to the best out of them.
an officer – his current rank of troop
commander is equivalent to a lieutenant “We don’t have people breathing down
– and he has served in both Afghanistan our necks – how we solve the problem is
and Iraq. down to us. And because of the range of
tasks, there’s a great opportunity for all
“My job as an officer is to make the most the members of the team, including me,
of my soldiers’ skills. I lead 20 soldiers to keep learning.”
Emily Oxley-Green
Brought up in a military family, Emily, Her current posting is at RAF Valley
Air traffic controller officer
29, applied for and won a university in Wales – home to the RAF’s fast-jet
flight lieutenant – RAF
sponsorship from the RAF while still training centre where she leads a team of
doing her A-levels – even at that early 12 people.
stage recruiters said her aptitude meant
she suited a career as an air traffic control Emily says: “We can be responsible for
officer. She went to the University of controlling up to 16 aircraft at one time in
Liverpool where she studied Economics extreme conditions. I get a real buzz from
and was also a keen member of the the job. We guide planes within 10 miles
University Air Squadron. After graduating, of the tower and in bad weather they will
Emily completed her initial officer training need a lot of assistance, so I make sure
and specialist air traffic control training everything runs smoothly and safely.” She
before being posted to RAF Leuchars in says of her RAF career: “It’s my perfect job
Scotland as an Air Traffic Control Officer. and I can’t imagine doing anything else.”
GradJobs Magazine | Winter 08-09
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