Qualifications for Life
Training and Opportunities Transferable to the Civilian World
The Army Reserve can offer you the chance to gain qualifications in your spare time that are applicable to both service in the armed forces and in civilian life. Aside from gaining new skills, there is also the opportunity to earn whilst you are learning them. Few part-time employers will offer more training, whilst paying you.
Many people outside of the army
and even in the regular army do not
realise the diverse range of skills
and qualifications open to reserve
soldiers. Some of them can even
provide greater scope for employ
-ment in terms of your capability.
Many individuals cannot get jobs
because they have not had the facility
to learn how to drive. The Army Reserve
can give you just that, B License
training, testing and qualification for free and pay you for your time. It doesn't stop there either, as you can then go on to further driver training in C, C+E, D, H licenses, off-road training and hazmat.
For some, the qualifications they have gained have made their quality of life better. Increasing, not only their curriculum vitae, but also their confidence, self-worth, drive and desire to improve.
Trooper Whitbread (26), from A (DY) Squadron based at Bovington has gained a great deal from her time
in the Army Reserves. 'I never had the opportunity to go to school as my parents and I had travelled around the world, so when I decided that I wanted to join the Royal Wessex Yeomanry, they offered me the chance
to gain my Level 2 in Numeracy and Literacy' says Emma. 'This is equivalent to two A-C GCSEs and is certified by City & Guilds. I wouldn't be able to do
Reserves to broaden or change your civilian career. It can even aid you to do other courses, with a learning credit system which could contribute a maximum of £175 to a course of your choice. It is all dependant on what you decide to do with a part-time career in the Army Reserve.
'Few part-time
employers will
offer more training, whilst paying you.'
the things I am able to do today without that course.' With such other courses as, Defense Instructional Techniques (DITs), First Aid at Work, Defibrilator Training, Cheffing, Administration, Medical, Leadership, Management and Adventure Training most of which have equivalent civilian qualification, there are tremendous opportunities to use the experience gained in the