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Successful attendance at the course is required of any person who plans to train as an officer in the RAF Regiment. A candidate will be at least 17 years and 6 months of age at entrance, will hold a British passport, will have a minimum of 5 GCSEs graded A-C and 2 A-levels, or will have achieved a certified comparable education.
From there selection interviews take place to pick candidates who will move forward to join the UAS. Candidates must also pass a RAF entry fitness test and medical. [7] [9] After completing the selection process successfully candidates are formally attested and mustered at the rank of Officer Cadet, [4] and their training can commence.
The Royal Air Force Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre (OASC), at Adastral Hall, RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire, is the centre through which every potential RAF officer must go to be selected for Initial Officer Training (IOT) and through which potential non-commissioned aircrew must go to be selected for the Direct Entry Senior Non-commissioned Officer (DE-SNCO) course.
Following the roll-out of new standardised fitness tests across the entire army in April 2019, [6] the general fitness requirements for both regular and reserve officer entrants consists of the Role Fitness Test (Entry): Reach 8.7 on a bleep test; Throw a 4 kg medicine ball 3.1 metres from a seated position; Lift 76 kg in a mid-thigh pull
The first, second, and third placed teams from each of the six regions qualify for the national finals, held at RAF Halton in Spring each year. The competition involves a round robin of activities that include: RAF Knowledge (13 Cadets) Drill and Uniform (13 Cadets) Command Task (13 Cadets) Shooting (4 Cadets) Aircraft Recognition (4 Cadets)
Its purpose is to determine the suitability of its employees for posting into military zones. It is not a fitness test as such; rather, it is a test of suitability for purpose. The PULHHEEMS system, or variations of it, is also used by several members of the British Commonwealth, including Singapore, Canada, Australia, Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
This five-day programme tests basic fitness and skills such as swimming and map reading. The swim test consists of a high water entry (10 m), treading water for 9 minutes, followed immediately by a 500 m timed swim, then a 10 m underwater swim to recover a small weight from the bottom of the water.
The final PT Test is the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT). Usually, a soldier needs to score at least 60 points in each APFT category (pushups, planks, and 2 mile run) to pass, but in Basic Combat Training, only 50 points are required; the soldier will nevertheless take another APFT with a 60-point requirement at AIT.