Metalsmith

• Mid Thigh Pull 50kg

• Medicine Ball Throw 3m (Army Reserve 2.7m)

• 2km run 11 min 30 sec

More information about the fitness test

GCSE Grade A*–C/9-4, or Scottish National 5 (A-C), in English, Science, and Maths.

Key Responsibilities

• Learn how to repair and modify on 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

• Learn to work under tough conditions in hostile territory

• Provide operational support to the units you work with

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 and 6 months), you’ll do a basic military training course at Harrogate.

• If you join as a Regular Soldier (over 17 years and 6 months), you’ll do the regular adult basic training.

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.

You'll earn £26,334 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.

• Level 3 Metal Fabricator Apprenticeship

• Qualifications in leadership and management