Operator Technical Intelligence

• Mid Thigh Pull 50kg

• Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m

• 2km run 11 min 30 sec

More information about the fitness test

5x GCSEs grade C/5, Scottish National 5 grade C, or above in Maths, English and 3 other subjects.

Security Clearance Required:

• CTC (Counter Terrorist Check)

• SC (Security Check) at Phase 1Training

• DV (Developed Vetting) at Phase 2 Training

• Specialise in collecting sensitive information about the enemy.

• Become an expert in piecing together sensitive information and turning it into intelligence.

• Use your analysis and assessment to influence operations.

• Gain valuable qualifications and continuously improve as an intelligence operator.

• Work within highly sensitive areas and departments.

Step 1
Your initial basic military training teaches you how to be a soldier, covering everything from fieldcraft to how to handle a rifle. This training will be at Pirbright, Surrey, or Winchester, Hampshire.

Step 2
Phase 2 training takes place at the Defence Intelligence Training Group near Bedford. You'll do an initial 15-week course in the foundations of technical intelligence analysis. On successful completion of this, you'll progress on to the Junior Command and Leadership course to promote to the rank of Lance Corporal. You will then receive additional training in analysis and/or cyber skills and/or an operational language. This training will take between three and 18 months. If you are going on to be a linguist, you will undertake a further 18 months of intensive language training.

Earn £26,334 during training.

On completion of Phase 2 training you will join your unit as a Lance Corporal earning £34,083 a year.

Additional pay for learning languages, which vary depending on the language itself and your level of proficiency.

• Level 4 Data Analyst Apprenticeship

• Funding towards undergrad and post-grad qualifications

• Other intelligence specific training

From Sept 2026 - Level 7 Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship