The Defence College for Military Capability Integration (DCMCI) recently welcomed the Most Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers to the Defence Academy.
The visitors attended the Ammunition Technician (AT) Class Two graduation ceremony on 23 October 2024, to present the award for the top student of Class 105, Private Goodhall.
The AT Course is delivered by the Defence Weapons, Ordnance, Munitions, Explosions (WOME) Engineering School (DWES) in partnership with Cranfield University. The course prepares Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) Junior Non-Commissioned Officers (JNCOs) in their future employment to safely store, transport, distribute and dispose of energetic substances, along with an introduction into explosives ordnance disposal.
Completing the course sees the students register for a Modern Apprenticeship Level 4 in Ordnance Munitions and Explosives. The training is approved by the Institute of Explosive Engineers and thus enables them to become professionally registered as Engineering Technician (Eng Tech) with the UK Engineering Council once they have gained appropriate industry experience.
With significant geopolitical changes having occurred since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the ongoing situation in the Middle East, the skills of this new cohort of future Ammunition Technicians will be increasingly in demand as the UKs explosives engineering experts in an ever more unstable world.
Lieutenant Colonel Steve Roberts, Head of DWES said:
