The Omega project has been running for just over a year and is designed as a further tool to help Riflemen transition back into civilian life. It works with businesses to generate interest and demand for Riflemen, leading to their sustainable, long term employment. The project has already helped a number of Riflemen find employment and offers a wide range of services, including advice and training in addition to jobs. All training provided by the project leads directly to employment and forms part of an end to end process linking Riflemen with future employers.
The Omega project complements the MOD’s Career Transition Partnership and should be considered by all Riflemen as part of their transition plan.
The project is about to deliver a number of Role Ready initiatives which will offer employment in a range of sectors:
PROJECT MANAGEMENT:The Omega team are working with a number of companies in the oil & gas industry that are looking for experienced project managers and leaders. We are working to understand how Riflemen’s skills and experience can benefit this sector, which has a requirement for a large number of project managers.
The first step is to attend our APMP course delivered in Stonehouse, Glos: the next course will run 20 – 24 May 13. The course runs for 5 days, is classroom based and APM accredited. The training provider is ELCAS accredited so you can use your ELCs.
HGV DRIVERS:If you have a Cat C or C+E licence and want to earn £22K+ as a commercial driver we now have a number of companies who want to employ you. Employment will be via an initial interview, commercial driving course and 2 week work placement, all of which run during your resettlement. We have roles across the country.
ENGINEERING: Not many Riflemen consider engineering as an option when they leave the Army. The UK engineering sector has a huge demand for hard working, reliable, skilled labour. From Jun 13 the Omega project will deliver 6 and 12 month day release engineering courses which will provide you with the skills to start a second career in engineering. Unlike other training schemes we already have employers lined up ready to employ Riflemen once they have completed training. There will be an Open Day in Gloucestershire in May for all Riflemen who would like to find out more: dates to follow.
CHEFS:We will be shortly looking for a large number of chefs. If you’re already a qualified chef register your interest now. If you’d like to re-train as a chef we will shortly be offering training courses to re-train as a chef. There will be jobs waiting once training has been completed.
