Army Movement Controller Apprenticeship
Army Movement Controller Apprenticeship
Location:
Bath and North East Somerset Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall County Durham Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Greater London Greater Manchester Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Merseyside Nationwide Norfolk North Somerset North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Scotland Shropshire Somerset South Gloucestershire South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Tyne & Wear Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire
Salary:
£18687
Date Posted:
January 2024
Job Family:
transportation
MOVEMENT CONTROLLER
Royal Logistic Corps
As a Movement Controller, your work is vital for keeping the Army moving. Getting it to where it needs to be no matter where that is in the world. It is your job to direct and prepare troops, vehicles and equipment for transport by air, road, rail and sea. You need to be able to think on your feet, be organised and a good communicator. The role provides opportunities to travel and gain qualifications that are recognised outside of the Army too.
The Royal Logistic Corps are the Army’s professional logisticians keeping the Field Army marching, its helicopters flying, its vehicles moving and its tanks and guns firing. We enable its deployment and supply it with everything it needs, wherever it operates, throughout the world.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan movements internationally and work in military and commercial airports, seaports, railheads and road networks.
- Primarily based at South Cerney, Gloucestershire. From here, you will deploy on short- and long-term movement tasks.
- Be deployed worldwide – wherever the Army is stationed you will find a Movement Controller present.
- Gain your qualification in Movement of dangerous goods by Air (IATA), Sea (IMDG), Rail (RID) and Road (ADR).
- Earn your category B Driving License.
Training for the role
Step 1
You’ll start with your initial military training which 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 and 6 months), you’ll do a 23-week basic military training course at Harrogate.
- If you join as a Regular Soldier (over 17 years and 6 months), you’ll do the regular 14-week adult basic training.
Step 2
Next, you will undertake your Movement Controller Class 3 course over 4-weeks at Brize Norton. This is where you will get an introduction to basic movements and on the job training. Learning how to manage national and international movement of personnel, vehicles and cargo and working towards an Apprenticeship in aviation ground operations. You will earn your category B driving license at the Defence School of Transport
Qualifications you could get after training
- Level 2 Certificate Logistics and Transport
- Level 3 Certificate Global Logistics
- Level 5 Diploma Logistics and Transport
- BSc (Hons) Logistic Management (University of Lincoln)
- International Trade and Logistic Operations Apprenticeship
- Level 2 Aviation Customer Service Operative
- Category B driving license
Entry requirements
Age: From 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 6 months
Qualifications: GCSE Grade A–D/9-3, or Scottish National 5 grade A-D, in Maths and English Language
Basic physical fitness assessment: Mid Thigh Pull 50kg – Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m – MSFT (beep test) level 6.6
Apprenticeship offered
Level 2 Aviation Customer Services
Pay & benefits
Earn £18,687 a year during training. When you have completed 26 weeks’ service or finished basic trade training – whichever comes first – your pay will rise to £23,496.
If you are part of the Regimental Dive Team, you can earn additional pay between £285 and £670.
Start Date – on-going