[4][5] The school was housed in a purpose-built structure at Cosford called Fulton Block, which could accommodate 1,000 trainees.

[7][8] Blackout paint was so effectively applied to the glass windows of Fulton Block, that by November 1945, by which time the Second World War had ended, the matter of the wasted electricity and the effect on the eyesight of those working there was raised as a matter of concern in the UK Parliament.

[9] Throughout the Second World War, the school trained over 70,000 adult personnel in the engine, airframe and armament trades.

The torch symbolises the teaching from the unit, and the bridge alludes to the link between the as yet unskilled, and the soon to be skilled technician.

[1] The badge was formally laid down into the tiled floor of St Clements Dane Church in London in August 1988.