South African Army Engineer School

The School of Engineers is part of the South African Army Engineer Formation. It provides combat engineering corps training and teaching to military officers and personnel. They are currently the only Military School in Southern Africa to formally present IEDD (Improvised Explosive Device Demolition) Recruits arrive in September from their Basic Military Training at Infantry School where they are qualified as Infanteers. They graduate in December, inducted into the Sappers family. Recruits are then assigned to the following units for the various types of engineering disciplines:. Engineer Terrain Intelligence Regiment: (based in Pretoria), they are trained and developed in various disciplines with regards to Geospatial Intelligence, Government Communications Information Systems (GCIS), Mapping and Survey, Environmental Analysis, Printing Services, Photography as well as other related functions. 44 Parachute Engineer Regiment: They are trained to infiltrate hostile operational areas by air to undertake rapid engineer tasks, serve as a reaction force to combat engineers and a force multiplier to the Infantry. The unit is currently a reserve unit. The school runs about 100 training courses and many of the skills taught are directly relevant to the national economy.