Unit Name: | Defence Centre of Training Support |
Dates: | – present |
Country: | United Kingdom |
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Type: | Defence training centre |
Role: | Training support |
Command Structure: | Defence Academy |
Garrison: | Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham |
Garrison Label: | Location |
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The Defence Centre of Training Support (DCTS) is a training centre of the United Kingdom MOD, located at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, UK.
DCTS was established on 1 October 2003. It absorbed the Royal Navy School of Education and Training Technology, the Army School of Training Support and those elements of RAF Halton that had previously been the RAF's Training and Development Support Unit.
DCTS forms part of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. Its mission is to prepare and develop personnel employed to analyze, deliver, design, manage and assure defence training.
DCTS assures the franchised delivery of Defence Trainer Capability development, provides administration for national examinations and acts as an approved Awarding Centre for national vocational awards in education, training and coaching. It also provides specialist training and consultancy on the Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT).
DCTS has three main departments: