John and Geoff,
Arborfield is not dead, the apprentices have moved upto Catterick, SEAE( formerly SEE) is still going strong but will eventually move to new grounds in Pompy as part of a tri-service training establishment, but not untill 2008 ish. It seems the NHS do not have a scooby doo about training their own. However I am sure if they completed our training courses or fail them (we do fail people), they would end up with something akin to Arborfield trained techs. Strange however that we are not allowed to have failed students running around the car park with a bin on their heads shouting I am a failure....
