Commanding Officers’ of Training Establishments Course

Delivered by the Defence Centre for Training Support (DCTS), this course is for COs of training establishments typically from OF4 to OF6 level.

Please Note: All our courses will be open for application 6 months prior to the course start date and will appear in the 'Planed Dates' box when we are accepting applications. Once DCTS reaches application capacity for a singular course iteration, these course dates will be removed from the 'Planned Dates' box. In the table below you can see all course iterations for the full training year and when they will become open for application. For further information please refer to the DCTS DIN; 2025DIN07-019-Defence Centre for Training Support (DCTS) course information and instruction, which can be found on MODnet.

Applications for the course will be closed 6 weeks Prior to the start date.

What you will learn

You will learn:

• DSAT overview/managing defence individual training & education
• TESRR – A strategic context
• background to continuous improvement, present and future Issues (including defence assurance)
• OFSTED brief
• trainee attitude survey/instructor attitude survey
• defence trainer capability
• quality assurance
• TAFMIS
• the challenges of command
• exploiting technology enhanced learning

How this course will help your career

This course will help you become an effective commanding officer of a training establishment.