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Between them, the three colleges contained within DTR Package 1, DCEME, DCCIS and DCAE, headquartered at HMS SULTAN, RAF Cosford and Blandford Camp, deliver a thousand different courses each year. They range from short specialist Phase 3 courses lasting from a day to only a few weeks, to Phase 2 principle courses that can be over 18 months long. Some already use high-tech military equipment, simulators and e-learning. Most, however, use traditional classroom based learning with the instructor standing at the front of the room.

One thing they all have in common is that they produce some of the world’s best trained military personnel. This one fact must be at the forefront of the minds of the Metrix training design teams as they work on developing courses for the future.

Course ‘re-design’ is an essential part of the Metrix training transformation programme. Redesigning courses allows a much richer blend of modern learning techniques to be introduced, including simulations, interactive e-learning and web based collaborations as well as hands-on instructor led training.

Metrix’s transformation of defence training will deliver benefits to the trainees, the instructors, the colleges, and the Front Line Commands.

These are the challenges of DTR Package 1, one of the largest ever training transformation programmes in the world..

DTR Package 1
– a New Principle in Training
As part of the DTR Package 1, a new School of Principles will be introduced to support defence technical training. So what is this School, and how will it improve life - both for the recruits and for the specialist streams?

Setting the scene

The three Services have overlapping courses in the three streams contained within DTR Package 1: AE (Aeronautical Engineering), EME (Electro-Mechanical Engineering), and CIS (Communications & Information Systems). Within the context of these streams some baseline levels of competence have to be reached by everyone, whichever route they take which is where a new School of Principles and Engineering Management (PEM) comes in.

“It’s a write-once-use-often principle,’” explains Richard Weeks, Chief Engineer with the Metrix Training Team. “Some engineering basics apply to everyone, whatever their trade or Service. They’re the same if you’re in a hangar or an engine room. There’s health and safety, management principles, IT; maths is a good example - the Engineering basics don’t change but the applications can vary a lot,. We’ll be extending the idea of building a strong foundation of relevant knowledge and skills across all Services and Trades.”... More…

Part of the mission for Metrix is to modernise the way people are trained, for the benefit of both trainer and trainee. The new School of Principles is an ideal arena to develop new techniques. “We’ll be using a learning blend, which will support different learning styles,” says Richard.

“The new School will bring the best thinking to this problem, to identify common training needs and provide thoroughly grounded young people for the specialist courses”.

While the DTC is a civil military partnership, the new School will be under civilian management. However the new modules will still be within the courses owned by the existing streams. The idea is to support and restructure, not change the skills base.

“Vitally, our ability to teach exactly the skills they need for the job will keep them focused on achieving. They’ll become more useful, confident and resilient, and hopefully return to expand their learning”.

 

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