General Entry (Non-Technical Trainee) is the term used to describe the large number of non-technical jobs available to people entering the Air Force as Airmen (non-Officer entry) and for which training is provided. Each Airman job in the Air Force is referred to as a mustering; for example, Cook is a mustering.

General Entry (Non-Technical Trainee) Airmen graduate from recruit training with the rank of aircraftman/aircraftwoman and generally progress to leading aircraftman/leading aircraftwoman after 12 months productive service following completion of initial employment training and successful completion of a trade test or workplace assessment. Further promotion to corporal, sergeant, flight sergeant and warrant officer is competency based by achieving the required flying category and successfully completing the pre-requisite courses for the next rank. Promotion is also based on performance, time in rank and promotion courses.

Corporals are referred to as Non-Commissioned Officers, or NCOs, while sergeants and flight sergeants are called Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs). Warrant Officer is the most senior Airman rank. A corporal will normally have some responsibility for the supervision of junior staff and this progressively increases on promotion to sergeant and flight sergeant. A warrant officer normally has a substantial personnel management role.

The Air Force has a system whereby serving Airmen may, in certain circumstances, be appointed as Officers. The prerequisites vary depending on your mustering, the preferred Officer specialisation, your rank, performance history and a number of other factors.