DIO Apprenticeships: nurturing homegrown talent

...an onboard tour of HMS Prince of Wales, one of the Royal Navy’s latest Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. Our apprentices were shown around the ship’s bridge, flight island, hangar and...
...an onboard tour of HMS Prince of Wales, one of the Royal Navy’s latest Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. Our apprentices were shown around the ship’s bridge, flight island, hangar and...
...is an ambitious conservation project aiming to restore 7,000 hectares of sand dunes in England and Wales. A joint effort between DIO, Cornwall Wildlife Trust and the British Army the...
...ideal site from which to release the birds back into the wild. Six eagles were initially released in 2019, with the aim to release up to 60 birds over a...
...been fired. At any one time up to 40 units can be out on the Plain, that’s around 4250 soldiers that can be training at once. At the same time...
A Ukrainian recruit training on the UK Defence Training Estate. [Crown Copyright / MOD 2023]This week marks the one-year anniversary of the illegal and unprovoked full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine....
...one of our lesser-known training areas, yet it’s truly a hidden gem. The site was recently showcased for its wildlife value in the nationally acclaimed British Wildlife magazine, thanks to...
DIO Training Safety and Recreation Advisor teams play a vital role in engaging with the public to promote safe access to the Defence estate (Crown copyright / MOD 2023) A...
...career, one that I hadn’t planned, but as the opportunities arose, I’ve embraced them and been rewarded with promotion, life experience and memories of times shared with equally minded colleagues....
A Mitie engineer at work. [Ed Robinson/OneRedEye] As DIO’s Supplier Relationship Management Head, I am responsible for our supplier relationships which includes a deep understanding of our supply chains cross...
...same. One day I would be working on the technical design, coordinating with the contractor on any design changes and on another, I would be on the construction site overseeing...