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Posted By: RAF Southend on sea
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Contact: 01702 456390 / 0845 605 5555
Date Posted: 17th Sep 2008
Salary: £32,700 (and rising)
Location: Other
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Views Since Posting: 70
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Job Description: Fly on board military aircraft and operate cutting-edege equipment. Weapon System Operators (WSOP) play a vital role in protecting the security of the UK and other allied countries. Flying will be your life. There are 4 Weapon Systems Operator roles and, dpending on your qualifications, you could move around them during your career:

WSOP (Acoustic) use sonar technology to locate and track submarines and ships.

WSOP (Crewman) ensure loads and passengers are carried safely aboard our aircraft.

WSOP (Electronic Warfare) opearte radar systems on aircraft to monitor air and ground activity.

WSOP (Linguist) analyse foreign language radio emissions.

Like most people in the RAF, you'll probably move jobs every few years, and each job is known as a tour. You'll move around RAF bases in the UK and overseas. As your careers develops, you could also take on mission planning and instructional roles or become part of the Search and Rescue team. You'll spend a large part of your career overseas, for anything from a few days to a few months.

Pay after training: £32,700 (and rising)

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

Open to men and women.

Academic Qualifications: You need at least 5 GCSEs at Grade C or equivalent, including English Language, Maths and a modern language for Linguist applicants. However, evidence of a facility for learning languages without a formal qualification may be acceptable.

Age Limits: 17.5-36

Entry Tests: You will need to pass selection tests over 4 days at the Officers and Aircrew Selection Centre at RAF Cranwell. Here, we will assess your potential to develop qualities such as communication skills, self-motivation, leadership skills and fitness.

Nationality: For the Electronic Warfare, Acoustic and Crewman specializations, you must have been a British citizen or holder of dual British/other nationality since birth. For Linguist, you must have been a British citizen since birth.

Residency: Whether or not you where born in the UK, you should NORMALLY have resided here for the 3 years preceding your application - 10 years for Linguist.

Usual Service: Normally, 12 years minimum.

Equal Opportunities: The RAF values every individual's unique contribution irresptive of: race, ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation or social background.

TRAINING: Because of the technical complexity of the job, your training will probably last between one and 2 years, but it may take longer.

Recruit Training: You will first start with 9 weeks of recruit training at RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire. The course is designed to help you adjust to a military environment. As well as fitness and military training, you'll also learn about life in the RAF.

Leadership Training: You'll then go to RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire for a 10-week leadership package suitable for Sergeants - the rank to which you will be promoted after successful completion of your specialist training.

Aircrew Training: The next step is a 6-month course designed to give you an understanding of aircraft systems, electrical theory, basic survival skills and communications procedures. You'll then be selected for one of the 4 above specializations. Which one you are selected for will depend on the choice you make, personal qualities, your aptitude and the RAF requirements at the time.

WSOP (Acoustic) Training: a 7-month course in oceanography, underwater propulsions systems and acoustic analysis. You'll then go to an Operational Conversion Unit on a RAF base in the UK to train on the aircraft you'll be flying on.

WSOP (Crewman) For fixed wing aircraft, you'll complete a 4-month general Crewman course followed by a 5-month more specialist training course with an Operational Coversion Unit at either RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire or RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. Helicopter Crewmen have up to 9 months training at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire. Then go to an Operational Conversion Unit where you'll train on the type of helicopter that you will fly on.

WSOP (Electronic Warfare) A 7-month course to learn how to opearte radar and electronci warfare systems. Then go to an Operational Conversion Unit where you'll train on the type of aircraft that you will fly on.

WSOP (Linguist) Up to 18 months intensive language training. You'll study either a modern European or a Middle Eastern Language at Chicksands in Bedfordshire or Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire. You'll then go to RAf Waddington in Lincolnshire to train on the aircraft you will fly on.

Ongoing Development: As your careers progresses, we'll continue to train you in new skills.

Transferable Skills: The skills and expereince you gain throughout your career as a WSOP could equip you to do a number of civilian jobs, including:

sensor operator on police helicopters/fishery protection;
crewman on a civilian helicopter;
air cargo specialist; and
translator or interpreter