Training & Education
It’s not just flying and shooting! The Royal Air Force Air Cadets offers a wide syllabus of training, many of which can cross over into service or civilian life.
Leadership Training
This is where you can really prove your worth as a leader - a skill that will build your confidence and your ability to deal with all different kinds of people.
As you become more experienced as a cadet you’ll take on extra responsibilities and have further opportunities to develop your self-confidence and leadership abilities.
We provide formal leadership courses for our cadets at RAF Cosford, our parent station. They’ll test your mettle, but this will be where you can really get noticed! These courses generally are 3 days long, and are aimed at training our potential Junior NCOs (Corporals) and Senior NCOs (Sergeants and above).
The challenge of teamwork and leadership is a big test for a cadet, and could be your greatest achievement of your time with us. If you aspire to be the best, we’ll help you achieve it.
First Aid
First Aid is an essential skill you can pick up - train in this important area, and you can be awarded a qualification from St. John’s Ambulance. We teach the basics of first aid right at the beginning of our cadets training, delivering the Essential First Aid course within the first 6 weeks of our intakes joining. This course covers subjects like CPR, the recovery position, choking, and how to help somebody having a heart attack.
If you want to further develop your skills, we offer formal training courses, that can go from 2-day to 7-day long. These cover more subjects, and allow you to compete in first aid competitions against other squadrons.
If the skills you’re taught ever have to be called upon in real life, you could make the difference in a life or death situation.
Qualifications
Our partnership with the Cadet Vocational College (formerly CVQO) means that we are able to provide a huge amount of internationally recognised qualifications for our cadets.
BTEC Certificates and Diplomas, as well as leadership and management qualifications are available at no extra cost to the cadet. Some of the qualifications that are available to our cadets are:
- BTEC Level 1 in Teamwork and Personal Skills for Uniformed Youth Organisations
- BTEC Level 2 in Teamwork and Personal Development in the Community
- ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management
- City & Guilds Level 3 Award in Education and Training
163 (Coventry-Phoenix) Squadron
Cateswell House
Sir Henry Parkes Road
Coventry
CV5 6TA
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