List of Royal Air Force Ground Trades

This is a list of Royal Air Force Trade Groups. Each ground trade in the Royal Air Force is assigned to a Trade Group which it operates under for command and control.[1][2]

Originally, the trades were organized in groups numbering I, II, III, IV & V and M for any medical associated trades. They were changed into the 22 Trade Groups as shown below in 1951, and have since undergone amalgamation into 19 groups in 1964 and down to 18 by the early 2000s.[3] With further amalgamations, only 17 of the original groups now exist.

Trade Group Trades Notes
1 Aircraft Maintenance Avionic, Aircraft Maintenance Mechanic, Weapon Technician
2 *No longer assigned* TG 2 was amalgamated into TG 1 making one aircraft Trade Group by 31 March 2009[4]
3 *No longer assigned* Trade Group 3 was amalgamated with TG 11 to form the new Communications Trade Group 4[5]
4 Information and Communication Technician Aerial Erector, Information and Communication Technology Technician
5 General Technician Electrical, General Technician Mechanical, General Technician Workshops
6 Logistics Driver
7 *No longer assigned*
8 Firefighter, Gunner,[note 1][6] RAF Police Firefighters and RAF Regiment Gunners were transferred to TG 8 from TG 22 in 1976.[7] In the same year, RAF Firefighters were separated from the Regiment Command Structure and became a separate trade.[8]
9 Flight Operations Assistant
10 Physical Training Instructor
11 Intelligence Analyst, Intelligence Analyst (Voice)
12 Aerospace Group Operator,
13 Survival Equipment Fitter
14 Air Cartographers, Photographers
15 Biomedical Scientist, Environmental Health Technician, Operating Department Practitioner, Pharmacy Technician, Radiographer, RAF Medic, Registered Nurse (Adult), Registered Nurse (Mental Health), Student Nurse,
16 Dental Hygienist, Dental Nurse, Dental Technician
17 Personnel Support
18 Logistics Mover, Logistics Supplier
19 Logistics Caterer, Logistics Chef
20 *No longer assigned*
21 Musician
22 *No longer assigned* TG 22 used to be the Regiment and Firefighters group. These are now in TG 8 with the RAF Police. [9]

Notes

  1. ↑ The RAF Regiment is not open to women.

References

  1. ↑ Wale, Nick (16 October 2012). "FOI trade groups RAF" (PDF). Royal Air Force. Royal Air Force. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "10 Mar 2006 : Column 1788W—continued". Hansard. UK Government. 10 March 2006. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Escott, Beryl (1989). Women in Air Force Blue. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens. p. 253. ISBN 1-85260-066-7.
  4. ↑ "FOI" (PDF). gov.uk. Royal Air Force. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "AP 1358 Chap 7 Distinguishing Insignia" (PDF). Royal Air Force. p. 7-29. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Roles in the RAF". Royal Air Force. Royal Air Force. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Royal Air Force and Defence Fire Servivces Association History". RAFANDDFSA. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Witherow, Mickey (1995). "The Royal Air Force Regiment: 1967 to present". RAF Historical Society (15): 50. OCLC 21256749.
  9. ↑ Proctor, Ian (2014). "Recruitment & Training". The Royal Air Force in the Cold War, 1950-1970. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. p. 161. ISBN 9781473844551.
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