Royal Air Force
Non-Commissioned Officers
Code: RAF-WTECHRAF Weapons Technician
Maintains, loads and arms aircraft weapon systems on RAF fast jets, helicopters and RPAS.
Role Details
Core Skills
- • weapon system maintenance
- • armament loading
- • explosive safety
- • fault diagnosis
- • tool control
Responsibilities
- • load weapons and stores to aircraft
- • maintain and test weapon systems
- • supervise junior armourers
- • manage explosive licensing on shift
- • release aircraft as armed and serviceable
Equipment
- • aircraft munitions
- • weapon loaders
- • test equipment
Typical Clearance
SC
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Maintenance Engineer
Engineering & Maintenance
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Armament maintenance discipline, tool control and explosive safety transfer directly to regulated civilian maintenance environments.
Core Transferable Skills
mechanical engineering
fault diagnosis
safety-critical maintenance