Apprenticeship training course

Survival equipment fitter (level 3)

Maintaining military aircraft and personal survival equipment.

Qualification level: 3
Equivalent to A level.
Typical duration: 36 months
Apprenticeship category: Engineering and manufacturing
Maximum funding: £27,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training.
Also known as: Military Equipment Fitter

Military Survival Equipment Fitter

Survival Equipment Fitter
Skills: Skills an apprentice will learn

Safe selection and use of hand and mechanical tools and equipment while carrying out maintenance of survival equipment

Use of ground support equipment, including gaseous cylinders and charging equipment

Survival equipment functional checks and fault diagnosis

Demonstrate their ability to identify and resolve problems using the appropriate processes and understand the limits of their authority/approval

Reading, interpreting and understanding engineering data, drawings, specifications, maintenance manuals, computer generated information and aircraft documentation

Carry out maintenance of survival equipment pyrotechnics

Carry out maintenance of quick release fittings, inertia reels and restraining harnesses

Carry out maintenance and repair of life rafts

Carry out maintenance of covert emergency locator beacons

Carry out maintenance of night vision goggles

Carry out maintenance of parachutes

Undertake deployed operations training

Carry out maintenance of aircrew equipment assemblies and repairs

Carry out maintenance of life preservers

Full information on Survival equipment fitter (level 3) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.

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