The NARU Education Centre based at Winterbourne Gunner, Salisbury, trained a thousand delegates in the first nine months of the 2018 calendar year. Over twelve courses, the breakdown was as follows:
| Number of Courses delivered January – September 2018
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| Course Name | Jan -Mar 18 | Apr -Sep 18 | Courses to date | Delegate per course | Total delegates trained |
| USAR | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 80 |
| OPCOM | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 264 |
| TAC | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 112 |
| EDBA | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 72 |
| IRU | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 72 |
| Loggist | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 36 |
| Magic | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 104 |
| Tactical CBRN | 2 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 125 |
| Strategic CBRN | 3 | 3 | 14 | 42 | |
| PRPSi | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | |
| BAI Workshop | 2 | 2 | 12 | 24 | |
| MTFA | 3 | 3 | 18 | 54 | |
Total |
1000 |
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The feedback from the delegates has been especially positive, with some of the key comments as follows:
- “The best and most rewarding course I have ever done. Excellent tutors, who are all very supportive. Thank you for all your hard work.”
- “Really enjoyed it, very committed and knowledgeable instructor, good level of support and encouragement, good level of pressure and stress as well.”
- “Great facilities, knowledgeable and informative trainers. Friendly and supportive throughout. Approachable if advice needed and didn’t feel stupid asking questions.”
- “Course structure, lecturer, guest speakers were highly knowledgeable. Thoroughly enjoyed the course, thought it was fantastic.”
- “I thoroughly enjoyed this course. A great insight to the USAR environment and skills required to work in it. It has also given me a greater insight to the capabilities of FRS, not only from a USAR point of view but as a whole also.”
- “One of the best courses I have ever been on and really learnt a lot that I can put into practice in my tactical commander role.”
- “Thank you for not murdering us with PowerPoint! Really interactive course with approachable, specialist tutors.”
- “Good course information and materials excellent.”
- “Very enjoyable day, lots of new and old info. Well presented.”
- “Jane & John were very knowledgeable – as always.”
- “Course very well presented, very informative in relaxed manner.”
For more details about the NARU Education Centre and its courses visit www.narueducationcentre.org.uk.