Pgsc

[beckstiger]

Hi to you all.

I will start by saying a very big thank you to the users of this forum.

I am new here but I have already got a lot of information about the RAF, especially the Regiment Gunners that I am in the process of joining.

I have recently passed the Interview, Medical and PJFT for the Regiment Gunners. My PGSC is in early August.

The problem is I can't swim. Apart from swimming, I am in very good shape. I have done the london marathon in exactly 3 hours and recently ran a 10k in 37 min.
I am a pro boxer and always in the gym or on the road!

I have been told that swimming is part of the Potential Gunner Selection Course. I have also been told that it is not actually part of the test!

If I do well on other departments, can I pass the PGSC and get selected for TG even if I can't swim? What are my chances?

I have started to learn how to swim and will try to be a good swimmer before the PGSC.
Any advice would help. Thanks,

 

[busby1971]

Not recent I'm afraid.

Not recent I'm afraid.

Last I heard the swimming was an assessment rather than a pass/fail element, so unless you swim like a brick you should be okay.

You will learn to swim during your TG cse but there's no harm starting now, just try not to drown.

 

[beckstiger]

Thanks,

Thanks,

Thanks for the information. My worry was that my chances of getting selected for the TG course could be affected by swimming ability, or lack of it!
I have started to learn already and hope to be ok before the PGSC in August.