Training Development
As a partner in a training establishment that has a proud 200 year heritage in engineering, innovation and training, we have made it our priority to provide efficient and effective student centric training at the RSME.
In 2009, the Corps of Royal Engineers (RE) had a regular Army establishment of some 9,700 situated globally and of these approximately 4000 personnel completed some form of training at the RSME during the year. With such large numbers of personnel passing though the RSME on an annual basis , it is essential that quality of the training remains high, accessible and current.
Training development at the RSME is focused on the transformation of training in order that personnel may be provided with the best training to meet their needs and those of the Field Army. Holdfast will build on the RSME’s historic foundations through the integration of new learning methodologies and technologies so that the RSME can better focus its training to meet operational requirements. Currently we are in the process of implementing a Virtual Learning Environment that will offer students a different learning experience; it will give the learner the opportunity to undertake self paced learning, to undertake pre-reading before arriving at the RSME and will give individuals the ability to reach back into the RSME throughout their career. Harnessing this technology will also provide better quality information on how much each of the extant courses costs to run – and why.
Additionally we have undertaken a review of the training pipeline to establish those elements of training that must be delivered, those that should be delivered and those that could be delivered at the RSME. This approach will yield improved effectiveness and efficiency with soldiers being better trained and more highly motivated but, most importantly, in the majority of cases, spending less time training at the RSME thereby increasing the Field Army’s operational capacity.