Phase One at Collingwood is a brand-new thing...
Ermm - Not quite 'brand new',
@Branch-Hopper; just the full swing of a rather slow Pusser's Pendulum...
Up until the late Summer of 1960 Electrical Branch New Entry Ratings
* joined HMS COLLINGWOOD for both Part One
and Part Two Training
[and had probably done so ever since the Electrical Branch was formed in 1947]
In that Autumn those of us of joining the Branch
** attended HMS RALEIGH for what was then six weeks of Part One before moving to HMS COLLINGWOOD for our Part Two professional courses. ATT those consisted of an initial Common Electrical Training Module (CT) of approximately 3 Months before being sifted & sub-categorised as either an Electrical Mechanic or as a Radio Electrical Mechanic. [
The EMs course being a further 3 months whilst my REMs course was far longer - at around five months]
*The exceptions were those joining the Electrical Branch as Juniors (
U)
[= aged between 15 and Under 16 1/4] They joined the RN at HMS St. VINCENT, for a full year of schooling/NE training, prior to moving on to HMS COLLINGWOOD for their Electrical Branch professional Part Two Courses; allee same same as above.
**Being either Juniors (
O)
[= aged Over 16 1/4, but younger than 17 1/2] or Adult New Entries
[= aged 17 1/2 and older]
Hope that this little sliver of personal history puts the record straight
-'Pusser's Pendulum' in this instance referring to the tendency of a situation to oscillate between one extreme and another. :WINK: :WINK:
Bob