I am currently servining in the armed forces as a marine engineer and am looking to leaving in a few years time. I believe that I would like to become a refridgeration engineer but being in the armed forces makes it hard to do any qualifications that may be of use to me.
I currently have an NVQ 2 in maintenance engineering looking to gain my NVQ 3 shortly but am unsure if I need to gain any other qualifications that mean I can leave my job and go into the fridge engineering world earning £21K+ (I have a mortgage etc to pay).

I have heard you need certain NVQ's and awards but am unsure if I can do distance learning with these or if I need to do an apprenticeship scheme.

Could I leave the forces now and do a fridge apprenticeship now at 25 years old with my salary needs?

Thanks for your time in reading this post, any help is much appreciated.