Sustaining Key Skills In The Uk Naval Industry

by Pung, Hans; Smallman, Laurence; Arena, Mark V.; Kallimani, James G.; Lee, Gordon T.

• ISBN13: 9780833044105
• ISBN10: 0833044109
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-20
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

"Building on prior RAND research, this monograph explores in greater detail the need for and retention of specific technical skills in the UK's naval industrial base. It investigates the relationship between the demand created by the MOD's surface ship and submarine acquisition programme and the technical workforce needed to design, build, and support those war vessels. The results reveal that, although the MOD has taken into account the need for these skills, its future naval programme likely will have to be modified or augmented to sustain these technical skills in the long term. In particular, the MOD needs to nurture design and engineering skills to bridge current and future gaps as its naval acquisition programme moves forward."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

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Introduction	p. 1
Project Methodology and Data Sources	p. 11
Identifying and Defining Key Skills	p. 15
How Technical Skills Are Represented in the UK Maritime Industry	p. 25
Total Labour Demand by Current MOD Maritime Shipbuilding Programmes	p. 43
Demand for Individual Technical Skills Generated by MOD Current Complex Surface Ship and Submarine Programmes	p. 61
Key Findings	p. 73
Areas for Further Investigation	p. 77
Incorporating Support, Repair/Refit, and Other Labour into the Shipyard Labour Modelling Tool	p. 81
Accounting for Low-Population, Highly Specialised Skills	p. 87
RAND's Shipbuilding Modelling Tool	p. 91
Demand for Individual Technical Skills from MOD's Baseline Shipbuilding Programme	p. 95
Survey of Shipyards	p. 109
Bibliography	p. 129
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