Date started at MPCT 2015 Experience

Justin Edwards lives in a small town in West Wales with his wife and two children. Justin joined the Armed forces in 1993 where he served with the Royal Regiment of Wales for 9 exciting and varied years with Royal Regiment of Wales, which included a number of postings including; Northern Ireland on Operation BANNER, London on public duties and Germany in an armoured infantry role before being posted to the Infantry Training Centre Catterick as a Physical Training Instructor training adult recruits. During Justin’s Military career, he was fortunate to have gained a broad range of experience in roles such as foot soldiering, peacekeeping, covert surveillance, reconnaissance and armoured infantry. Justin is also a keen sportsman and was fortunate enough to not only represent Royal Regiment of Wales but represented the Army and Combined Services teams at under 21 level.

In 2003, Justin became a serving Police Officer within Dyfed Powys Police where he worked within a number of specialist departments such as Roads Policing and Armed Response, policing the whole of South Wales.
Justin then made a career change into the Private Security industry and worked for a number of years as a Close Protection Officer and Operations Manager on a number of private and government contracts in hostile environments.

In 2015, Justin joined MPCT as an instructor at Bridgend College. In 2016, Justin was promoted and given the opportunity of becoming the Centre Manager of Swansea MPCT. This position allowed him the opportunity to develop his leadership skills and a display a passion of ensuring each and every learner had a clear pathway from being part of the college. Justin tirelessly searched for outside partnerships with the same vison and ethos as MPCT that could provide direction and support. In 2018, Justin was once again promoted to Regional Operations Manager of Wales - this position enables him to search out new partnerships and agencies that may or may not be aware of the college and the Learners that we teach.

Justin is a keen cyclist and is currently training to take part in this year’s Ironman Wales which consists of a 2.4 mile swim (3.9km), 112 mile cycle (180km) and a 26.2 mile (42.2km) run.

Date started at MPCT 2016 Experience

As part of the world’s elite forces Dan has operated in extreme environments, including a deployment to Afghanistan in 2006/2007 where he was involved in conducting vital missions, in the effort to bring security to the region and help to stabilise the country’s future.

Upon leaving the Royal Marines to pursue other opportunities, Dan set up a successful Personal Training business delivering specific training sessions tailored to members’ individual abilities, inspiring them to achieve their goals.

Dan also loves to travel and has been fortunate enough to explore and experience many countries and cultures around the world, Japan and China standing out as his most favourable.
He has been employed by MPCT for over four years and is delighted to have recently joined the team in Newport at Raglan Barracks.

Date started at MPCT 2015 Experience

Lee joined the Army in 2000 serving as an infantry soldier with the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
During this time Lee completed two tours of duty in Iraq on OP TELIC 2 and OP TELIC 4.

Since leaving the Army Lee has worked in the fitness industry as a fitness instructor, personal trainer and fitness manager.

He has also been fortunate enough to work as a Firefighter with the South Wales Fire and Rescue service.

Lee decided to start a career with MPCT as he is able to do the things that he is passionate about on a daily basis, such as teaching/coaching, fitness, military values and employability skills.

Experience

Luke Harmer is an Apprenticeship Officer and assessor with MPCT working in the Sports Apprenticeships department. Luke is a qualified strength and conditioning coach, personal trainer, and vocational assessor. Luke has a Bsc in Sports Coaching from Leeds Metropolitan University where he specialized in strength and conditioning.

Luke has 7 years of experience in strength and conditioning and personal training, working with elite sports players over multiple sports to recreational exercisers. Luke has been teaching and Instructing in the education and further education setting since 2015.

Previously working in the Military Preparation College, Luke is qualified to do this by serving 5 years in the Army within 59 Commando Squadron of the Royal Engineers. Luke has also, served on Operation Herrick ,Afghanistan 2009, where he was assigned to a regional battle group role, providing EMOE support within a Commando battle group.

Date started at MPCT Aug 2011 Experience

I have worked in training for over twenty years. I have a Cert Ed. and a BA honours in Post Compulsory Education and Training. I am qualified to level 5 in Delivering Essential Skills to Adults.

Prior to this I worked as a technical engineer (Mechatronics) for the Japanese electronic company Aiwa. This is where I became interested in training.