British Army
Junior Ranks
Code: REME-ARMArmourer (REME)
Inspects, repairs and maintains small arms, heavy weapons and optical sighting systems.
Role Details
Core Skills
- • weapons maintenance
- • precision engineering
- • fault diagnosis
- • armoury management
- • safety inspection
Responsibilities
- • inspect and repair small arms and support weapons
- • maintain armoury stocks and records
- • test and calibrate optical sights
- • advise units on weapon safety
- • support unit annual weapon inspections
Equipment
- • armoury tools
- • test and calibration equipment
Typical Clearance
SC
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Precision Engineer (Armourer / Gunsmith)
Engineering & Maintenance
90% Match
Inspecting, repairing and calibrating weapons and optics is directly transferable to civilian gunsmith and precision engineering roles.
Core Transferable Skills
weapons maintenance
precision engineering
fault diagnosis