Work in areas that road vehicles can't reach
Skills taught: You'll learn to safely handle all sorts of loads and materials and deliver them from the air. You'll also learn to drive a range of vehicles and manage all sorts of situations whilst travelling to unusual destinations; you'll receive the best technical training, eventually running a team.
As a trained soldier and Driver/Air Despatcher it will be your job to deliver airborne loads and supplies from aircraft. You'll be trained to secure them safely and make sure they are carried and delivered in one piece - whether they're slung underneath a Chinook helicopter or dropped by parachute from a Hercules aircraft.
You could be working in tough areas that road vehicles can't reach, supporting a training exercise, delivering humanitarian aid or even re-supplying Special Forces at work deep behind enemy lines in the middle of the night.
Driver/Air Despatchers work closely with air crews and spend a lot of time on the move. As a soldier in the air you'll know the best way to make sure your cargo arrives safely is to go with it.
Longer term you will be put in charge of a team of soldiers, and you'll be given ongoing technical training in all aspects of technical supply from the air - becoming an air dispatcher is an investment for life.
QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS YOU'LL NEED
Physical strength, attention to detail, love of travel and flying
QUALIFICATIONS YOU'LL EARN
Full driving licence: Cat C & C+E and HAZMAT. NVQ Level 2 - Driving Goods Vehicles