Staff Ranks

There are 2 distinct branches of staff Rank, Uniformed and non-Uniformed.  Each play an important part in the running of the Air Training Corps.  The uniformed ranks are then further divided down into Officer and Non Commissioned Officers.  Officers are commissioned into the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve's Training Brach, and wear VRT pins on their rank slides to show this.  NCO's are members of the Air Training Corps and wear ATC pins on their rank slides to show this.  The non-Uniformed members of staff comprise Civilian Instructors, Civilian Committee Members and the Squadron Padre.  While these members do not wear uniform the Civilian Instructors and Padre's are issued with gilt badges they can wear, to distinguish who they are.

ATC Adult Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) Ranks

The Adult NCO ranks within the ATC are based on the RAF structure.
Adult NCO’s wear the ATC badge on their rank slides or on the lapel when in No. 1 dress.

Badge	Rank	Abbreviation	Notes	Cap Badge
	Sergeant	Sgt
	Flight Sergeant	FS
	Adult Warrant Officer	AWO
	Adult Warrant Officer	AWO	AWO with previous regular service at equivalent rank or appointed before 1980

Badge	Rank	Abbreviation	Notes	Cap
	Pilot Officer	Plt Off	Junior Officer Ranks
	Flying Officer	Fg Off
	Flight Lieutenant	Flt Lt
	Squadron Leader	Sqn Ldr	Senior Officer Ranks
	Wing Commander	Wg Cdr

Headquarters Staff Senior Commissioned Officer Ranks

Badge	Rank	Abbreviation	Notes	Cap
	Group Captain	Gp Capt	Regional Commandant RAF RO
	Air Commodore	Air Cdre	Commandant of the ATC A regular RAF Air Commodore