Defence School of Electro-Mechanical Engineering Information

The Defence School of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering (DSEME) is one of four Defence Schools within the Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT) of the British Ministry of Defence. It was formed on 1 Apr 2010 and comprises a Headquarters, the British Armys 8 Training Battalion of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), and the REME Arms School all based at MOD Lyneham, and the Royal Air Forces No. 4 School of Technical Training (No. 4 SoTT) at MOD St Athan.

The School originated from the Defence College of Electro-Mechanical Engineering (DCEME) formed on 1 April 2004 as one of five Defence Training Establishments (DTE) introduced to deliver coherent and cost effective training across the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence. DCEME brought together a number of separate Service training organizations, all of which were delivering forms of electro-mechanical engineering, with the aim of exploiting synergies to improve training delivery and output, and increase efficiency and effectiveness.

The Defence Training Rationalisation Programme saw plans being made to collocate DCEME, the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering and the Defence College of Communications and Information Systems at MOD St Athan in 2014, as part of a commercial partnership with Metrix UK. The termination of the programme was announced in 19 October 2010 with the MOD stating that Metrix cannot deliver an affordable, commercially-robust proposal within the prescribed period. Training in the meantime remained at existing locations.

As part of the Defence Technical Training Change Programme, part of the wider Defence Training Review, the MOD announced on 18 July 2011 that the Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT) would relocate to MOD Lyneham in Wiltshire. Plans called for the relocation of various British Army, Royal Navy and RAF training facilities to Lyneham, with the aim of modernising technical training and achieving efficiencies. Initially it was planned that the following training functions would relocate to Lyneham.

In 2012, DCEME joined three other technical training colleges under a combined organisation, the Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT), and reverted in title to being a Defence School.

Michael Fallon, Secretary of State for Defence, announced in September 2015 that the relocation of the RAF and Royal Navy training elements to Lyneham would no longer take place. A re-evaluation of the programme determined that the consolidation onto a single site was no longer the best option. The first phase, the relocation of the REME schools from Aborfield and Bordon would still proceed.

REME training at Arborfield and Bordon transferred to Lyneham in September 2015, and was due to begin at Lyneham by November of that year. The School of Army Aeronautical Engineering (SAAE), also moved from Aborfield, to commence training in October 2015, operating under the Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering.

The school comprises several affiliated schools.

The DSEME headquarters is based at MOD Lyneham in Wiltshire. The School reports to the Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT) which, in turn, is part of the Royal Air Forces No. 22 Group.

8 Training Battalion of the British Armys Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) is based at MOD Lyneham. The battalions trains Army and Royal Marines armourers, vehicle mechanics, electronic technicians, recovery mechanics, technical support specialist (technical store-man), metalsmiths and REME vehicle, electronic and weapons artificers. It was formerly known as the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (SEME) and was based at Bordon Camp in Hampshire before moving to Lyneham in 2016.

The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Arms School is based at MOD Lyneham. It provides engineering command and leadership courses to REME soldiers and officers as well as health and safety, quality management, European Foundation Quality Management (EFQM) and specialist equipment support courses. The school was previously based at Arborfield in Berkshire.

The School Army Aeronautical Engineering (SAAE) is also based at MOD Lyneham, however is under the command of the Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering, the Headquarters of which is based in RAF Cosford. It provides initial and subsequent trade training to avionics and aircraft technicians, and to artificers avionics and artificers aircraft. The School was previously based at Arborfield and moved to Lyneham in 2015.

The RAFs No. 4 School of Technical Training is based at MOD St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It provides training to general technicians in the mechanical, electrical and workshop roles.

Coordinates: 50°48′58.58″N 1°12′37.54″W / 50.8162722°N 1.2104278°W / 50.8162722; -1.2104278

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