Vehicle Mechanic

Thanks to world-class training you’ll learn to fix and drive everything from tanks to trucks. You’ll serve all over the world and gain qualifications and experience that will build a great CV.

Starting salary
£26,334

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Role details

Entry Requirements

Age

To apply for this position, you must be between 16 years & 6 months old and 35 years & 6 months old at the time of your application.

Fitness

Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 3m (Army Reserve 2.7m)
2km run 11 min 30 sec

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Education

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

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About the Role

The Army needs loads of different vehicles, from tanks and quad bikes to HGVs and Land Rovers. Keeping them in good working order is a big job which is the responsibility of the Vehicle Mechanics. Wherever we are in the world, you will keep our vehicles on the road, even in extreme conditions. It’s great experience and we’ll give you first-class training.

Key responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Keeping the Army's vehicles working at home and on operations
Servicing and maintaining all vehicle types from tanks to HGVs
Conducting preventative maintenance
Working in line with Army policy on vehicle maintenance, and health and safety guidelines
Assisting in roadworthiness testing of all Army vehicles

Training

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 (short) 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
Then you go to the Defence School of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering at MOD Lyneham, Wiltshire. Here, you learn to be a mechanic. Over the next 46 weeks, you are taught how to fix vehicles and carry out maintenance, repairs and inspections. Tanks, trucks, quads... you’ll work with all kinds of vehicles. You will also get car and HGV driving licences.