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Learning new skills

When you join the Territorial Army, your training will develop every aspect of you. From learning new military skills, like how to fire a rifle, to completing civilian qualifications or just developing your confidence, being a soldier is a great way to gain exciting new skills and achieve your goals. It also shows employers that you’re skilled and motivated.

Develop skills for life

Being a Territorial isn’t just about military skills. It’s about building your confidence, working as part of a team and taking advantage of some exciting new opportunities

Civilian qualifications

Many of the skills you learn in the Army are recognised with the award of civilian qualifications like NVQs or HNCs. You might be awarded these as part of your training or you can choose to study them later on. In either case, all the training you receive from the Army is free, so it makes a great and cost-effective way to add some valuable qualifications to your CV. And the real advantage is that you’ll have all your Army experience to back it up.
Army education

Life skills

Things like time management, leadership and reliability are important skills for everyone. In the Army, they're vital. And that's why you'll learn them when you join as a Territorial. By doing your training and spending time with your unit, you'll soon find that you start getting into some really good habits. The Army won't change your personality, but we can show you how to be methodical, organised and in charge of your life.
*Tank commander

Military skills

Every soldier in the British Army has the same core skills. You learn how to handle and fire a weapon. You learn how to live and look after yourself when you're outdoors for extended periods of time. And you learn some basic military tactics. It might not always seem relevant to the Army job you choose, but it gets you working as a soldier and thinking as part of a team, all of which are useful skills for anyone in the Army.
Soldiers receiving instruction on shooting range

Transferable skills

The skills you learn in the Army will transfer back to civilian life. They can be obvious things like repairing a Challenger 2 tank, which can be useful to you if you work as a mechanic. But they can also more subtle things like learning how to give people instructions, keep them motivated and help solve their problems, which are just as useful if you work as a manager. Army life is so varied and can be so demanding that learning useful skills quickly becomes part of the job.
Royal Engineer sawing timber

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