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EOD and Search
Learn how to find and make safe unexploded devices at home and abroad as part of a highly trained Explosive Ordnance Disposal & Search Team.
Starting salary
£26,334
Age range
16.6 to 35.6
Role details
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
Education
GCSE Grade A–D/9-3, or Scottish National 4, in Maths, English Language and one other subject.
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Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Search operators are the Royal Engineers' bomb disposal and high-risk search experts. Whether helping to make safe a World War II bomb found in a back garden, or locating and destroying improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on operations, you'll be working as part of a highly skilled team. We'll teach you everything you need to know to help you start your specialism in this field. You'll also be part of a friendly Sapper family, enjoying sports, Adventurous Training and more.
EOD and Search is part of the Trade Roles of 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.
Key Responsibilities
Study explosives and their properties
Learn how to locate and safely dispose of IEDs and manufactured munitions
Learn how to use specialised equipment including bomb disposal robots
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
Then it's off to the Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment near Camberley, Surrey, for 12 weeks. Here, you learn military engineering skills, such as field fortifications, demolition, mine warfare and bridge building. Finally, you go to the Defence EOD, Munitions and Search Training Regiment, Bicester, for seven weeks. Here you will specialise in EOD and Search.
You'll earn £26,334 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
Level 2 and 3 City and Guilds working in High Risk confined spaces (water)
Level 3 City and Guilds in emergency rescue and recovery of casualties from confined spaces (water)