At a glance
Logistics and Personnel Ratings are the backbone of the Royal Navy, helping sustain over 35,000 men and women across the world. It’s your mission to support everyone with the supplies, services, and resources that they need.
Join the beating heart of our entire operation, working as part of the essential teams who make sure everyone has what they need, when they need it.
Logistics and Personnel Ratings are the backbone of the Royal Navy, helping sustain over 35,000 men and women across the world. It’s your mission to support everyone with the supplies, services, and resources that they need.
What you will get paid from day one
Earn over this amount as your career progresses
We sort out pretty much everything you see on board. My job is to source the items and get them here on time.
Rudy
Logistics & Catering Personnel Rating Professional
Joining the Royal Navy as a Logistics and Personnel Rating is the kind of career that keeps you on the move and in the mix. You’ll keep us running and operating at our best, whether on base or at sea, and get the skills you need to grow into a career you love. From bullets to bed linen, finances to food – you’ll help us get the job done every day. Logistics and Personnel Ratings can often start as an apprentice and go on to specialise in catering, supply chain management, HR, and the Submarine Service.
Qualifications you'll gain
From picking your profession to starting on your first day, these are the steps you'll take to join as a rating.
Once you’ve registered your interest in a Profession, and have satisfied some basic eligibility criteria, you will be sent an online application form.
You’ll be tested on: Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Reasoning, Work Rate, Spatial Reasoning, Electrical Comprehension and Mechanical Comprehension. You will need to attempt all sections of the DAA.
To help you prepare, you can practise the DAA.
A formal Selection Interview to confirm suitability of your chosen Profession followed by discussion of your preferred roles that are available within that Profession, including Submarine Service It will also cover the initial stages of the Security application. This is normally conducted using your own device over the Shine video platform.
This is a four-day induction to life in the Royal Navy, which includes assessments of your Fitness and your Medical eligibility, it is a pass or fail course.
Once you’ve passed all eligibility criteria, including a Security Check, you’ll be offered a place at HMS Raleigh to commence your initial training. Allocation to a specific role within your chosen profession will occur during the latter part of initial training.
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