34 NAVY NEWS, JULY 2008
Rating engineers victory
A NAVAL rating has
The FAA four – Styles,
taken the title Young
LAEA ‘Daisy’ Adams
(702 NAS), LAEA Ben
Technician of the Year
Slaney (849 NAS) and
in a competition against AET Stu Wright (20(R)
the best of the Services’
NSW) – have just finished
young engineers.
their respective Artficer or
Technician career courses
LAET ‘Nobby’ Styles, of
and are studying for their
848 Naval Air Squadron,
Supervisors boards.
and three Fleet Air Arm The competition was
colleagues competed against divided into a number of
16 of the Army and RAF’s
stances covering avionics
finest tyros at the inaugural
● LAET ‘Nobby’ Styles
and mechanical skills.
event hosted by Number 1
The first three were
School of Technical Training at RAF
mechanical, and required competitors
to boroscope (inspect using a magnifying
Cosford.
device) an aero-engine, noting any
The three-day competition was designed to
damage, and then carry out a blend to
test the skills and knowledge of entrants in all
a compressor blade at a bench.
aspects of aeronautical engineering, both as
As none of the RN entrants had
individuals and as part of a team.
carried out any blade blending – this
Part of the WorldSkills UK portfolio of 70
is carried out by a supervisor when
vocational skills contests, top performers in
required – there was some hasty
● LAEA ‘Daisy’ Adams during the competition
certain categories get the chance to enter an
blending instruction taught before the
● LAEA Ben Slaney chats with Capt David Elford, Deputy
international WorldSkills event, which next
competition got under way.
Commandant of DCAE Cosford
On tools and a £250 cheque.
year takes place in Canada.
Other tasks included designing, building
As the holding unit of LAET Styles, DCAE
and testing a hydraulic system.
Gosport was also awarded a Snap-On tools
Dan completes tropical cycle
In avionics, faults had to be
helicopter.
diagnosed on a circuit board, and at
It is hoped that DCAE Gosport – based at
a joint stance pairs of competitors
had to take the lead on a project
HMS Sultan – will host the event next year.
A ROYAL Navy trainee proved controlling traffic around the as and when a task fell within their
Among the VIPs attending were Rear
his mettle on a tough adventurous cyclists.
field of expertise.
Admiral Ian Tibbitt, Director General Safety
training exercise in Brazil. Weather conditions ranged from
There was also a final, testing
and Engineering, Defence Equipment and
AB Logs Dan Darwin was one 33˚ and 90 per cent humidity –
quiz covering everything from health
Support, and Capt David Elford, DCAE
of only three Phase 2 trainees – “like cycling in a sauna,” said Dan
and safety to theory of flight.
Director Support.
one from each of the Services – – to torrential rain and gusty cross-
Before each task a group of
Rear Admiral Tibbitt said: “Continuous
who managed to complete the winds.
mentors – in the RN case, Lt
advances in aeronautical engineering are
arduous 850-mile cycle ride from The terrain didn’t help, with a
Ian King (Defence College of
requiring the Services to evolve their trining
the Paraguayan border to Ubatuba, relentless series of hills to tackle,
Aeronautical Engineering Gosport),
and skills.
a town on the Brazilian coast which often in blazing sunshine.
WO2 Martin Gosling (702 NAS),
“This new competition of excellence shows
lies on the Tropic of Capricorn – The longest leg, on the WO2 Glen Marlow (849 NAS)
how the Armed Forces are rising to meet this
hence the name Exercise Capricorn penultimate day, saw the cyclists and CPO Stu Bartlett (DCAE
challenge, as well as promoting individual and
Blade. cover 78 miles, but spirits remained Gosport) – were allowed to prepare
team skills.
There was a tough selection high with just a 30-mile run down their technicians, then had to stand
“It was wonderful to see the three Services
process, followed by an even tougher to the Atlantic on the final day to back and simply observe.
come together under one roof to participate in
five-week training programme, come, at the end of which they ran It was not all hard work – the
this inaugural competition.
before the final team of 13, including into the sea, and were subsequently evenings allowed everyone to
“It gave all competitors the opportunity to
staff, flew out to Rio. interviewed by the local media. socialise and reflect on the day.
showcase their talents and skills and enable
The Brazilian police provided Six people, including the three Nobby Styles’ rewards for
others to see what they can do.
an escort throughout and proved staff, managed the entire trip, which winning the event were a Snap-On “I was highly impressed by the high
invaluable, stopping traffic Dan described as “an unforgettable toolkit etched with the Royal Navy standard of performance overall and, of course, ● The Capricorn Blade cyclists struggle through a
at junctions and slip roads and experience”. tropical downpour in Brazil logo, a trophy crafted out of Snap- particularly pleased to see an RN winner.”
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