Royal Air Force
Junior Ranks
Code: RAF-GTGeneral Technician (Workshops)
Fabricates, welds and machines components and maintains ground support equipment in RAF workshops.
Role Details
Core Skills
- • metal fabrication
- • welding (MIG/TIG/MMA)
- • lathe and milling machine operation
- • fault diagnosis
- • engineering drawings
Responsibilities
- • fabricate and repair metal components to engineering drawings
- • operate lathes, mills and welding equipment
- • maintain ground support and station equipment
- • support aircraft towing and ground handling equipment maintenance
- • maintain workshop tooling and machinery
Equipment
- • lathes
- • milling machines
- • welding equipment
- • press and grinding machinery
Typical Clearance
SC
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Workshop Supervisor
Engineering & Maintenance
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Fabrication, welding and machine tool operation with workshop management responsibilities translate directly to civilian workshop supervision.
Core Transferable Skills
metal fabrication
welding
machine tool operation
engineering drawings
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