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Emergency services & armed forces

How do I get a graduate job in the armed forces or emergency services?

Discover everything you need to know about starting a graduate career in the armed forces and emergency services.

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Skills needed and how to demonstrate them What are the armed forces?

What are the emergency services? Make an impact at interviews and assessments

Areas of work

Graduate profiles

• Ambulance service
• Emergency planning
• Fire and rescue service
• Police service
• Royal Air Force
• Royal Marines
• Royal Navy
• The Army

• Catrin Edwards (Project officer, Metropolitan Police Service)
• Chris Dreyfus (Inspector, British Transport Police)
• Claire Corbitt (Paramedic)
• Dave Winspear (Group manager, fire and rescue service)
• Emily Oxley-Green (Air-traffic controller, Royal Air Force )
• Helen Cope (Civil protection manager)
• Iain Baxter (Platoon commander, The Army)
• Jo Black (Police constable)
• Jon Bishop (Sublieutenant/young officer, Royal Navy)
• Karim Homsey (Engineering officer, Royal Air Force)
• Major Jo Bowen (Army lawyer)
• Olumide Olufola (Police community support officer)
• Phil Coope (Weapon engineer officer, Royal Navy)
• Rob Walley (Emergency planner)

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