Apprenticeship training course

HM forces serviceperson (protective services) (level 2)

HM Forces first response ground troops, providing peacekeeping duties and support/assistance to the civilian community as required and directed by HM Government.

• Qualification level: 2 ; Equivalent to GCSE.
• Typical duration: 12 months
• Apprenticeship category: Protective services
• Maximum funding: £4,000 ; Maximum amount government will fund ; for apprenticeship training.
• Also known as:
  • Infantry soldier including the queens guards
  • Paratrooper
  • Royal air force regiment gunner
  • Royal armoured corps crew
  • Royal marines rifleman
• Skills:
  Skills an apprentice will learn

  • Take responsibility for effective performance within their role.
  • Carry out safe working practices using the individual personal weapon.
  • Operate safely and effectively in emergency situations.
  • Operate within hazardous environments using Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear individual protective equipment.
  • Apply First Aid to minor and major injuries.
  • Use fieldcraft techniques to camouflage and conceal self, equipment and location.
  • Use and maintain personal safety and specialist equipment.
  • Operate tactically in open country and wooded areas without being seen or heard.
  • Occupy tactical locations by constructing strongholds.
  • Conduct tactical patrols.
  • Indicate targets by judging distance and range cards.
  • Navigate using recognised methods, across varying terrains by day and night.
  • Conduct sentry duties within a tactical location.
  • Communicate effectively, through tactical hand signals.
  • Send and receive messages using in-service portable radios.
  • Drill movements; Dress for the event, perform foot and arms drill, show respect and courtesy to visitors.
  • Use physical resources as not to cause injury to self or others
  • Show how to prepare and maintain operational equipment and resources, ancillaries, ammunition and pyrotechnics.
  • Show understanding of Individual Weapons, purposes and characteristics.
  • Show how to operate weapons and remedy malfunctions.

Full information on HM forces serviceperson (protective services) (level 2) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.

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