Plasterer and Painter at The British Army

Description

• Train in painting and plastering. Then work on the Army’s biggest building projects, all round the world. Get a trade, qualifications and an exciting lifestyle.
• Painting, plastering, tiling; you’re the person who adds the finishing touches to Army building projects.
• You could be working on hospitals, headquarters, military plants or bases, anywhere in the world. Whatever the building, you’ll get it ready for use.
• First-class training teaches you about plaster boarding, scaffolding, glazing and more - skills you can use in the civilian world. Meanwhile, you can boost your CV by taking all kinds of qualifications to improve your Maths and English, for example.
• When you’re not working, you can have plenty of fun with good mates doing sports and Adventurous Training.
• Plasterer and Painter is a Trade role in the Royal Engineers. All the Royal Engineer soldier job roles are divided into 5 groups. When you apply to the Engineers, you will apply to the trade group rather than the specific trade.
• The Corps of Royal Engineers allows the Army to work all over the world, whether it's involved in active combat or disaster relief. The Corps are ‘first in’, setting up bases ready for the rest of the Army to arrive and ‘last out’, closing down patrol bases and military camps.
• The Corps is at the forefront in disaster-relief operations, effecting rapid repairs to damaged infrastructure in stricken areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Learn a host of trades including plaster boarding, painting, and tiling
• Become expert in associated skills like glazing and scaffolding
• Deploy on operations all over the world
• Carry out work on a variety of military and civilian projects
• Experience Army sports and adventurous training.

Entry Requirements
Qualifications:

• GCSE Grade A–D/9-3, or Scottish National 4, in at least English Language, Maths and one other subject.

Age:

• From 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 6 months

Basic physical fitness assessment:

• Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
• Medicine Ball Throw 3m
• MSFT (beep test) level 7.5.

Pay & Benefits
You'll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.