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Machinist

Machinist

New Zealand Defence ForceNZ
30+ days ago
Salary
NZ$119,462.00 yearly
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About the role Career progression and training Salary and benefits Entry requirements

If you’re keen on a hands-on technical career and love aircraft, this is definitely the job for you. As a Machinist in the Air Force, you’ll be responsible for the manufacture and repair of aeronautical and non-aeronautical equipment, using a range of complex and technically advanced machines and tools.

  • Service Air Force
  • Specialisation Engineering and Technical Trades
  • Location Varied
  • Starting Trade Training $64,177

About the role

As an Air Force Machinist you’ll be a member of the ground crew, jointly responsible for all aspects of maintenance required to support RNZAF aircraft operations. Your duties will range from the manufacture and repair of aeronautical and non-aeronautical components to camp maintenance when the RNZAF deploys in New Zealand or abroad.

As your career progresses, you’ll be given greater responsibilities in maintaining aircraft and associated equipment. Senior Machinists are required to perform military command and leadership duties as team leaders. You may also be appointed as an instructor.

Career progression and training

Basic Training

Job Training

Upon successful enlistment into the Air Force you will be posted to RNZAF Base Woodbourne (near Blenheim) for your Recruit Course. Here you will do 12 weeks of basic military training to find out if you’ve got what it takes to be in the Air Force, and learn various subjects including :

  • Organisation and Administration
  • RNZAF Customs and Protocol
  • Drill and Parades
  • Military Field Skills and Weapon Training
  • First Aid, and Search and Rescue Techniques
  • Physical Fitness
  • Teamwork and Self Discipline

    • AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS COURSE

    After your Recruit Course you will complete a full-time 17 week Aeronautical Engineering Fundamentals Course. This course covers :

  • Personal Qualities and Attitudinal Expectations in the Aviation Workplace,
  • Aviation Workplace Safety,
  • Aeronautical Engineering Trade Science and Administration,
  • Aeronautical Engineering Tooling and Processes,
  • Aeronautical Components / Systems, and
  • Maintenance Practices.

    • This course is a requirement for all technical trades within the RNZAF and sets you up well for your career as an aviation technician.

    PRIMARY TRADE TRAINING

    On completion of the Aeronautical Engineering Course you start primary trade training on a 33.5-week full-time residential Machinist Course. This will provide you with the basic skills to become an Air Force Machinist and will be followed by around two years’ on-the-job training.

    ADVANCED TRADE TRAINING

    You will return to Woodbourne for your advanced trade training – the 29.5-week Machine Tool Setter and Operator Course. Once you’ve graduated, you’ll be posted to an operational unit at either RNZAF Base Auckland or RNZAF Base Ohakea, where you will use your new-found skills to help keep the Air Force operating.

    Salary and benefits

    Careers in the Air Force are well-rewarded, as well as being diverse and exciting. As you become more experienced and move up through the ranks, gaining additional skills and qualifications, you will see your salary rise accordingly.

    50,597

    Under Initial Training

    64,177

    Starting Trade Training

    119,462

    Future Potential Earnings

    Figures updated on July 1st 2023

    Benefits and allowances

    Earn a competitive salary while training or learning your trade, along with additional allowances for time spent in the field, at sea, overseas, or deployed on operations.

    In addition to salary and allowances, other benefits of joining the New Zealand Defence Force include :

    Access to your Service marae or tūrangawaewae

    Sponsored tertiary study programmes at all levels

    Free access to gyms and swimming pools on camp and bases

    Opportunities to travel

    Free and subsidised medical and dental care

    Subsidised food and accommodation on camps and bases

    Free and subsidised insurance cover

    Help to buy a home and save for retirement

    Entry requirements

    Basics

    Education

    Fitness and medical

    Citizenship

    Period of Service

  • You must be 17 years or older on date of enlistment.
  • Meet the citizenship & security requirements to gain CV security clearance for this trade.

    • 3 years secondary school. Note, qualifications may be used to assess trade suitability.

  • You must be medically fit for service.
  • Colour perception restrictions may apply.

    • There are strict citizenship and security requirements to gain the required CV security clearance for this trade.

    Find out if you’re eligible here.

    Your training is some of the most thorough and advanced in the world. On graduation as a Machine Tool Setter, you’ll be contractually obliged to spend another 24 months in the Air Force.

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