Raf medical & fitness test

It wasn't a bad knee as in needed medical treatment.

Pretty much was doing fine on the fitness and had my pb back on the may day bank holiday. Tweaked it on the walk to work after hitting a pothole awkwardly. I was running late due to the two busses I had to get to get me part the way there. So I ended up wearing knee supports and taking enough time off from the cardio to allow it to heal properly.
Started back on it about 3 weeks ago and have been easing back into it. So its just trying to get back to the pace of things and get back to where I was quickly but balancing it out with not overdoing it.


So it was local enough to you?

Yeah mine was at Nuffield too but luckily it was round the corner from where I live. I had to run at 14.5 minimum to get the 2.4k in under 10.30 for regiment gunner ... It nearly killed me but got it in 9.58 in the end. need to up my fitness before prtc

Yeah the fitness test I just did at the local gym was 10.30 minimum for regiment gunner , 20 press ups in a min and 35 sit ups in a min. I think prtc for gunner is different to yours but don't quote me on that. Also we do 32 weeks training in honington, think yours is a lot shorter and your based in Halton for training if I'm correct?

Hi,

I've just completed my medical and fitness test so thought I would share the process with you all as reading other people's threads really helped me before hand.

So firstly the medical -

There was quite a back log so I actually waited around 4/5 weeks for mine after interview. Got to the medical and filled out a form with questions on health conditions etc. Ok now I know everyone says here capita is crap but it all really depends on the doctor you get. I was lucky to get a decent doctor which was my biggest worry! The medical ran smoothly but please note the hearing test was tricky so really concentrate on hearing those sounds. Anyway I passed and was told to wait for my afco to contact me for my fitness test.

Now for the fitness test -

I waited just under a week and got my date to to my local gym and carry out the test. Now in all honesty I thought I was fit and the test was going to be easy , it was the medical I worried about. Totally the other way round for me I just passed the fitness by the skin of my teeth! If you think you are fit enough you will be surprised, just keep practising till you can't practice anymore! Nice feeling of achievement though once you have caught your breath back and realised you have passed.

That's all really guys just thought I would share with you my experience. I'm waiting for
My afco to contact me next week to see what my next step is so hope anyone going through what I went through finds some useful info by reading this.

One question from me though for anyone else that has passed ... How long roughly do you wait till you go to Halton for 3 days and also will I now receive my potential start date or will that come later on?

Thanks in advance and good luck to anyone doing this :-)

Hi,

I've just completed my medical and fitness test so thought I would share the process with you all as reading other people's threads really helped me before hand.

So firstly the medical -

There was quite a back log so I actually waited around 4/5 weeks for mine after interview. Got to the medical and filled out a form with questions on health conditions etc. Ok now I know everyone says here capita is crap but it all really depends on the doctor you get. I was lucky to get a decent doctor which was my biggest worry! The medical ran smoothly but please note the hearing test was tricky so really concentrate on hearing those sounds. Anyway I passed and was told to wait for my afco to contact me for my fitness test.

Now for the fitness test -

I waited just under a week and got my date to to my local gym and carry out the test. Now in all honesty I thought I was fit and the test was going to be easy , it was the medical I worried about. Totally the other way round for me I just passed the fitness by the skin of my teeth! If you think you are fit enough you will be surprised, just keep practising till you can't practice anymore! Nice feeling of achievement though once you have caught your breath back and realised you have passed.

That's all really guys just thought I would share with you my experience. I'm waiting for
My afco to contact me next week to see what my next step is so hope anyone going through what I went through finds some useful info by reading this.

One question from me though for anyone else that has passed ... How long roughly do you wait till you go to Halton for 3 days and also will I now receive my potential start date or will that come later on?

Thanks in advance and good luck to anyone doing this :-)

Hi LaraCroft, the application is pretty straight forward, obviously you submit your initial app online then, if successful, you will be invited to sit the AST (Airman Selection Test), when/if you pass that you will then have an interview. Again this is pretty straight forward, they ask you about your schooling various hobbies/clubs you may have been involved in, they go all the way through your schooling to present day, and what you're doing now. Should you pass that you will then be given a date for a medical. The medicals are done with an outside firm called Capita!
The medical is straight forward, and as a women, I am pleased to inform you no embarrassing or scary checks. They will ask you to strip to your underwear, but this is so they can see you body alignment, any scars etc! I think they also try to get women doctors for women applicants...I think!
You do a couple of press ups, some lunges, then some funny walks backwards and forwards.... then they check you heart beat, BP, hearing, chest capacity!
Don't worry too much if you don't pass first time, I think very few do! I was told my BP was too high and had to get a 24hr monitor from my doctor.... my BP was so fine my Dr wouldn't give me a BP monitor.... whole fuss, annoying but in the end, it all got sorted!
You pass your medical next up is the fitness.
Assuming you're in the same bracket as me, 19 - 29, you have to do 10 press ups, 32 sit ups and a 1.5mile run on a treadmill in 12.30mins or less!
Pass that, you're onto the PRTC (Pre-Recruit Training Course) stage.... which I am currently at.
Best of luck with everything, the womens application isn't that much different from the guys, if you're already fairly fit the fitness test is a doddle, just make sure you run on a treadmill a couple of times before the test as it can feel weird if you've never tried.
Any questions, you know where we are