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Royal Marines
Non-Commissioned Officers
Code: RM-ARM

Armourer (RM)

Maintains, repairs and modifies commando weapons and specialist equipment to operational standard.

Role Details

Core Skills

  • • precision weapon maintenance
  • • fault diagnosis
  • • workshop discipline
  • • quality assurance
  • • technical documentation

Responsibilities

  • • inspect, repair and modify weapons and optics
  • • manage weapon safety inspections and licensing
  • • maintain armoury stock and records
  • • advise units on weapon system issues
  • • train unit armourers

Equipment

  • • small arms
  • • optics
  • • workshop tooling

Typical Clearance

SC

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Civilian Translations

Precision Engineer (Armourer / Gunsmith)

Engineering & Maintenance

92% Match

Precision weapon maintenance, inspection and workshop discipline map directly onto civilian gunsmith and precision fitter roles.

Core Transferable Skills

precision weapon maintenance
workshop discipline
quality assurance