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23
Pioneer Regiment
Background of
23 Pioneer Regiment.
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Background of the Pioneer Regiment |
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Job Description
As a Pioneer, your career is divided between Defence skills
and Pioneer skills such as basic engineering / artisan techniques
and material handling. In war the Pioneer provides military
manpower and logistic support to all three Services on a variety
of tasks world-wide. Your defence skills will be used to the
full as part of a troop, which protects military headquarters
and sensitive key installations. Material handling can be
conducted in a Base Depot or in the field, either by hand
or by using modern mechanical handling equipment such as Volvo
or JCB rough terrain vehicles. If selected to train on this
equipment you will be trained as a LGV class 'C' driver.
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Personal Qualities
To be a Pioneer you should be a sound steady character,
reliable and adaptable in a practical sense. You should be able
to accept discipline and not be afraid of hard physical work.
Training
Every RLC Soldier
is first and foremost a fighting soldier. You will be taught
foot drill how to handle and fire a weapon, how to live and
work in the open,stamina and fitness and how to tackle an
assault course. You will be stretched further than you thought
possible.
Pioneer skills training takes place at the Logistic Support
Training Wing,Deepcut and lasts 5 weeks. This phase is designed
to train you in sufficient specialist skills to allow you
to take your place in your first unit. Training includes,
specialist preparation and wiring of defensive positions,
scientific handling of essential combat stores (ammunition
/ petroleum), basic bricklaying and carpentry skills, knots
and lashing, and the effective use of blocks and tackles.
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Specialised defence skills training takes place within 23
Pioneer Regiment RLC – your first unit. It teaches you how
to operate and fire a Light Anti-tank Weapon, how a hand grenade
works, infantry tactics in attack and defence, how to dig
a trench and live and fight from it for 2/3 days, plus patrolling
and reconnaissance by day and night.
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• Pioneer
Artisan
skills in the field
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Conditions of Work
Mainly outdoors in all weather
conditions in many parts of the world, frequently arduous
and demanding. In peacetime you may serve in the UK, Germany,
Northern Ireland, Canada or Cyprus, with the likelihood of
participating in exercises in one of these, plus the USA,
Africa, the Middle East and throughout Europe.
Career Structure
Career prospects up to the
rank of Warrant Officer Class 1 are excellent for determined
young men / women. Individuals with drive and intelligence
are likely to achieve promotion quickly. Further infantry
training at the School of Infantry, Brecon can qualify a Staff
Sergeant for command of a troop of 27 Pioneers.
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Follow on Trades
Trained soldiers may be selected
for further training in one of the RLC's follow-on jobs or
service in the Airborne or Commando forces, or as an assault
pioneer. The trained Pioneer with a proven record of loyal
service is valued for many types of civilian employment and
a number of specialist training courses lead to the award
of NCVQ 1 SVQs and relate closely to civilian qualifications
and experience.
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Assault Pioneer carries out infrastructure work.
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Tent
Erection - A newly arrived Kosovar family watch as
their
new home is erected before them at the NATO Refugee handling
centre at Brazda, Macedonia. The soldiers from the
British contingent are from the 23 Pioneer Regiment based
at
Bicester, have helped to erected enough tents to house the
estimated 27,000 refugees in the camp.
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