As a Carpenter, your primary role is vertical construction - such as building a bridge, constructing a field hospital to construction tasks in disaster struck areas. You will work with all sorts of material and in all sorts of situations, both in New Zealand and on overseas deployments. You will earn trade certified qualifications and your skills will be called upon everywhere the Army goes.

You will be trained to do everything that a civilian equivalent carpenter can do, but with all the Army skills (weapons training, fitness etc) as well! Your civilian qualification will be recognised throughout New Zealand and will prove that you have the knowledge and ability to build almost anything you are tasked with. You will also have all of your tools supplied for you, free of charge.

JOB ON CAMP

A Carpenters main role while on camp is construction, building and maintaining assets on camp or in the field. You will primarily work within the Engineer Regiment, based in Linton, providing both construction and combat engineering capabilities.

JOB ON DEPLOYMENT

While on deployment Carpenters will be used to put their vertical construction skills into use in building new camp facilities overseas or maintaining and repairing existing facilities. Royal New Zealand Engineers (RNZE) personnel can be found in small contingents around the globe. Places they have previously been deployed include USA, Antarctica, Mozambique, Australia, South Pacific Islands, Bosnia, East Timor and Iraq.

CAREER PROGRESSION

As your career progresses, you can move into the Army Works career path and later into a project manager's role. This is an important job, as you assist in the management of the Army's building assets, and it also offers the widest range of job locations.

The minimum remuneration you will be paid from day one is $31,894. Your remuneration will increase upon graduation of your recruit course to $40,646 and will continue to increase on promotion and seniority.

• You must be at least 17 years of age.

• You must be a NZ citizen (some exceptions apply).

• You must be of good character – assessed by a study of testimonials and a police record check.

• A Class 1 restricted driver's licence is recommended, but is not compulsory.

• Any practical or construction experience will make you a more competitive applicant.

• You must have completed at least three years at secondary school.

• A proven ability in English and Maths at NCEA level 1 (12 credits per subject) or equivalent.

• You must be medically fit for service.

• NZ Army apprentice trades incur a two year return of service.

You will be posted to Linton Military Camp for at least four years while you complete your initial soldier and apprenticeship training. Once qualified, you will primarily work within the Engineer Regiment, based in Linton and there is a small engineer unit at Burnham and a specialist support group in Auckland.