Air Corps (Pilot) Cadet

What is a Pilot Cadet?

The Pilot Cadet will undergo a course of cadet training of approximately 19 months’ duration divided into four stages. Each stage must be successfully completed before the student can progress to the next stage.

Air Corps Cadets will complete Stages 1 and 2 of the standard Cadet Course in the Cadet School, Military College, DFTC, Curragh Camp. This element of the course is approximately 10 months’ duration. During this time the Cadet is instructed in weapons handling (to instructor level), tactics (conventional, internal security and counter–insurgency), arms and foot drill, map reading, communications skills, first aid, basic military engineering, human resource management and military law.

Upon successful completion of Stages 1 and 2 in the Cadet School, the Pilot Cadet will return to Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel and be posted to the Flying Training School (FTS), Air Corps College to undertake Stage 3: Military Aviation Cadet Training. This element of the course will see the Pilot Cadet complete Aeronautical Ground School.

Upon successful completion of Stage 3, the Pilot Cadet will progress to Stage 4: Command Leadership and Organisational Studies. During this stage the Cadet will learn to practically apply military and aviation knowledge. Stages 3 and 4 will take approximately 9 months to complete.

An Air Corps Cadet who fails to complete any stage of the Pilot Cadet Course may be commissioned as a line officer in the Air Corps if they are found suitable to return to The Cadet School to complete the Cadet Syllabus of Training. Upon successful completion of cadet training, the Pilot Cadet will be eligible to be commissioned as a 2ndLieutenant or Lieutenant in the Air Corps.

Eligibility Requirements to join the Cadetship:

• Applicants must be 18 years of age and under 39 years of age on closing date of application: you will be required to provide proof of your age if you progress to the next stage of the competition.
• You must be at least 5ft 2in (157.48cm) in height to be eligible. You will be measured during the selection process.
• No tattoos are to be visible above the collar while serving at the Defence Forces. This will be checked during the selection process and you may not proceed if you have visible tattoos above your collar.
• Applicants must meet the working permit eligibility criteria to serve as part of the Defence Forces. i.e. You must have a minimum of 5 years eligibility to stay in Ireland. You will be requested to provide proof of working permit on your application.
• Must meet medical, physical and security clearance standards in which will be assessed during the recruitment process.
• Education Qualification: School leaver/Non-Graduate Candidates
• Must possess a minimum of Grade H5 in 3 Higher Level papers and Grade O6 in 3 Ordinary level papers or Grade H7 in 3 Higher level papers. (Candidates must have obtained these grades in a single sitting of the Leaving Certificate examination for CAO computation purposes).
• Must include a minimum of:

(i) Grade O3 in Mathematics in an Ordinary Level paper or Grade H6 in a Higher Level Paper and Grade 06 at Ordinary Level or H7 at Higher level in the following subjects:

(ii) Irish. NUI matriculation exemptions apply.

(iii) English. Candidates whose first language is not English must satisfy the English language requirements in accordance with NUI Matriculations Regulations.

Subject to meeting the criteria to have obtained a minimum of Grade H5 in 3 Higher Level papers and Grade O6 in 3 Ordinary level papers or Grade H7 in 3 Higher level papers, a candidate may use the results of another sitting of the Leaving Certificate for the minimum educational requirements in (i) to (iii) above.

• Graduate Candidates must have successfully completed a Bachelor’s Degree programme at Level 8 of the National Framework of Qualifications.

For detailed information about the Cadetship, please refer to the Terms and Conditions attached to this advertisement