How I kick-started my career with a DIO apprenticeship
...2013, I’ve worked in numerous jobs, moving from office to office with no real career progression and no enjoyment of work. When I saw an advert online for an apprenticeship...
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What a difference a year makes at RAF Lakenheath
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Kier VolkerFitzpatrick, RAF Lakenheath, United States Visiting Forces Infrastructure Programme
...Lakenheath in Suffolk at the end of 2018. The base will become the first permanent international site for US Air Force F-35As in Europe. Construction began in July 2019 to...
Removing unexploded ordnance at Former Air Weapons Range RAF Cowden
...and held a visitors’ day to highlight the MOD’s approach to removing unexploded ordnance from Mappleton Beach at Former Air Weapons Range RAF Cowden. The visit also enabled DIO to...
Encouraging the return of pine martens and red squirrels to Kirkcudbright Training Centre
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WO2 Scott Maclean, Posted on:
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Conservation, Environment and Ecology, Wildlife
Two pine martens in the wild. [Copyright Iain Leach Photograph]As Deputy Training Safety Officer for Kirkcudbright Training Centre in Dumfries and Galloway, I’ve been spending some of my time on...
Ever considered a job in Energy Management?
...30% of roles, including Area Utility Managers (which are energy managers in practice) are done by women. I’ve always thought that the DIO is the perfect training ground for energy...
Maintaining the balance: Public Access versus Public Safety?
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Kevin Morris, Posted on:
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Military Training, Public safety, Salisbury Plain Training Area
...the rank of WO1 I now work in the Full Time Reserve Service as a Training Safety Marshal for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation based on Salisbury Plain. As the job...
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Monumental effort restores ‘Bulford Kiwi’ to its original splendour
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Richard Osgood, Posted on:
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Archaeology, Army Basing Programme, Salisbury Plain Training Area
![The Bulford Kiwi from the air, showing its white chalk figure, facing to the right, against the green hillside together with the letters "NZ" also in chalk. [Crown copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/07/ODI-20180629-463-002-e1545148855513-1024x681.jpg)
...which had been excavated as part of the Army Basing Programme work to provide facilities for troops returning from Germany. DIO’s industry partner – Landmarc – helped with the task...
Buzzing around the Defence estate
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Iain Perkins, Posted on:
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Biodiversity, Castlemartin Training Area, Salisbury Plain Training Area
...Academy at Sandhurst, MOD Abbey Wood and Defence Munitions Gosport, which are all providing homes for bees. Monitoring bumblebees We also launched a programme with the MOD’s Pembrokeshire Conservation Group,...
Leopards and more: monitoring rare wildlife in Brunei’s jungle training areas
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Duncan Savage, Posted on:
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Biodiversity, Conservation, Defence Training Estate (DTE), DIO Brunei, Military Training, Wildlife
...in British Forces Brunei (BFB)’s jungle training areas to monitor whether training has any impact on the local wildlife. We’ve been working with the Brunei Forestry Department, and the University...