About the role
Metalsmiths use their trade day in, day out, to repair everything from tanks to boats and generators. You’ll be a highly trained welder, sheet metal worker and blacksmith, ready to get dirty and work carefully, even in tough conditions. You’ll travel the world, working independently and in small teams to keep the Army’s vehicles fighting. The Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) provides engineering support to maintain and repair the vast array of British Army equipment. They will be found wherever the Army is operating, at home or overseas. The technical training our soldiers receive gives them the confidence to tackle any engineering problem. We are professional, resourceful and resilient, and we strive to keep fit equipment in the hands of the user; to keep the punch in the Army’s fist.
Key responsibilities
* Repair and modify a wide range of equipment as a welder, sheet metal worker and blacksmith.
* Use oxy‑acetylene, manual metal arc, metal‑arc inert gas and tungsten arc inert gas specialist welding equipment.
* Work under tough conditions in hostile territory.
* Provide operational support to the units you work with.
Training & qualifications
* Entry requirements: age from 16 years 6 months to 35 years 6 months.
* GCSE Grade A in English, Science and Maths (or C/9‑4, or Scottish National 5 (A‑C) in those subjects).
* Basic physical fitness assessment: mid‑thigh pull 50 kg.
Training for the role:
1. Step 1 – Your initial military training teaches you how to be a soldier, covering everything from fieldcraft to how to handle a rifle. If you join as a Junior Soldier (under 17 years 6 months) you’ll do a basic military training course. If you join as a Regular Soldier (over 17 years 6 months) you’ll do the regular course.
2. Step 2 – You head to the Defence School of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering at MOD Lyneham, Wiltshire. Over the next 51 weeks you will learn how to fabricate and weld metals. You may also be taught to drive to gain car and HGV licences. Qualifications you could get after training: Level 3 Metal Fabricator Apprenticeship, qualifications in leadership and management.
Pay & benefits
You’ll earn £26,334 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
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