The Royal Engineers Vocational Qualifications Office started work on qualifications for Corps personnel in 1997, initially with a staff of one. In the early years, the RE VQ Office team focussed on NVQs and other provision for the Royal School of Military Engineering (RSME), particularly at Chatham, but its responsibilities grew as more and more schemes and locations were taken on.
By 2005 it was clear that the Team’s limited title did not adequately reflect its size, role and responsibilities, and it was re-named as the Royal Engineers Continuous Personal Development (RE CPD) Team, to denote its much wider remit. The RE CPD Team is still managed and funded by the Royal Engineers Vocational Education & Training Trust (REVETT). The Trust is a registered Charity (number 1068709) largely funded through the Learning & Skills Council but also has access to limited Ministry of Defence funding.
Based in Chatham at the RSME, the RE CPD Team head office is the driving force behind most RE CPD activity and is directly involved in many qualifications schemes at RSME Chatham. Branch offices operate a number of award schemes at the RSME Minley, Engineer Resource Division at Deepcut and the Royal Engineers Wing at Bovington.
The RE CPD Team currently employs fifteen staff members across the three sites. The Team supports the provision of qualifications & training in many of the skills areas associated with military engineering, including construction, engineering and telecommunications.
Other responsibilities that the RE CPD Team undertake include administering award & bursary schemes for particular groups of Royal Engineers personnel, as well as conducting research and development.
The team have opened the first two of a network of Learning & Advice Centres in units during 2009, starting in Hohne and Waterbeach. More information about these Centres can be found on our news pages.
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