Key capabilities
As a customer of Babcock’s world-class training capabilities, we will work with you to custom-design a holistic education and training solution tailored to your organisational needs.
Building on decades of experience delivering training contracts across the defence sector, we can create and manage your trainees’ end to end journey to proficiency.
The outcome will be the provision of a suitability qualified workforce, boasting both the life and technical skills needed to contribute towards success.
Our long-term partnering approach helps defence customers improve their efficiency and effectiveness, by delivering an operationally-ready workforce with their own values and organisational culture already embedded.
Content can range from individual, self-paced courses to team and collective training, delivered via an adaptable combination of classroom-led, forum-based and digital learning.
Bespoke learning environments – both live and synthetic – can be incorporated to test the application of a trainee’s knowledge, ensuring their new skills translate to their role.
Training packages can be underpinned by the Training Insight Model (link) and the award-winning Adaptive Learning – data rich analysis and insight tools proven to expedite a trainee’s time to proficiency, increase throughput, enhance decision making skills and reduce costs.
The Adaptive Learning Project (ALP) is an award-winning Babcock-led initiative designed to greatly improve the quality of learning outcomes for students and reduce failure rates.
Its pilot use was at the Defence School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (DSEME), where it achieved a significant, measurable benefit in helping prospective engineers reach the required standard of mathematics.
In collaboration with the Area 9 Lyceum learning platform, ALP delivered functional and foundational maths at QCF Level 2 for military students of the DSEME.
ALP was able to deliver a personalised learning experience to 160 students and fill a gap where Covid-19 had reduced one-to-one exposure between cohorts and tutors.
It led to an overall reduction in those failing their courses and a remarkable 50% reduction in time to proficiency.
ALP is reflective of Babcock’s constant innovation in the training sector, allowing students to move forward as assured engineers; confident in the decisions they make.
With a shorter time to proficiency, trainees are able to spend less time in residential training; expediting their arrival in the work place. Not only does this bring obvious benefits to the customer it also produces a significant morale boost for the trainees themselves.
An example of data use insight provided by ALP to trainers shows individuals who are taking longer to achieve module completion than their peers, or hopping between modules on the course.
A deeper dive into the data shows exactly where support for any given student is needed, allowing trainers to make targeted interventions rather than broad-brushstroke decisions on course delivery.
ALP was given a Special Commendation certificate in the Aerospace and Defence category of the Engineer Awards 2022, recognising its significant positive impact in expediting the engineers of tomorrow into the workplace.
Adaptive learning whitepaperThe Training Analysis Model (TAM) is Babcock Training’s decision support capability which assesses, analyses and adapts insights based on objective measurement of the training system.
TAM is an integrated data model which is comprised of a number of interconnecting products designed to support complex end-to-end training systems. By utilising our experience and expertise on the full training system, we have developed a product which provides fidelity in the training provided across our current and future customers.
The Pipeline Analysis tool is one of the TAM sub-products designed to support decision on the construction and optimisation of a training pipeline. By utilising relevant data sources across a training enterprise which influences the pipeline, it intelligently connects them and applies Babcock AI models in order to provide our customers with insights to analyse and target opportunities to optimise.
Built-in automated scenario modelling allows users to test various decisions and see the outcomes of these with simplicity, therefore minimising the risk of guess-work when faced with the challenge of optimisation or meeting key objectives of the wider organisation.
The Human Insight and Performance System (HIPS) is a TAM product which delivers an integrated solution designed to allow the Army to better understand the physical and mental capacity of forces, to increase operational advantage. HIPS is the combination of biometric sensors, existing data feeds, a secure means of data integration and scientifically validated data analytics, which provides insights to answer the key user requirements of soldiers, commanders and EXCON.
It provides a real-time information-rich picture by which to assess soldier and team performance and deliver targeted training that will help them succeed. This includes the ability to ‘dial up’ or ‘dial down’ the exercise by responding to the insight generated. These insights are also scalable – capable of delivering a broad view of the battlefield or drilling down into granular detail to extrapolate individual and group performance data that may be crucial for creating the right mixture of personnel for specialist teams.
HIPS puts the soldier at the heart of data collection, utilising advanced technologies with underpinning bio-science models and academic analysis to objectively understand what factors will unlock their full potential.
The training progression pathway
Using advanced learning techniques to embed knowledge.
Reflecting the challenge of subterranean operations
Creating a safe yet realistic and immersive experience.