The Marine sector covers an estimated 56-57,000 employees in
shipbuilding and repair, boat building and repair and marine
equipment manufacturers. The Sector Skills Agreement comes at a
time when there are new and growing opportunities and serious
challenges for companies in the sector to increase productivity and
become more competitive.
The Key Strategic Skill Issues include:
- The need for world-class management skills to be able to
develop in an international context.
- To compete globally there is a need for training in ‘Lean’,
‘Six Sigma’ and other types of business improvement techniques, new
product and process development and implementation, supply chain
management and project management.
- The need for specific technical skills at level 3 and
above. As with other sectors, they need multi-disciplined
craftspeople, well grounded in the fundamentals and able to absorb
training for new technology and business processes. They also need
more graduates with relevant degrees, and ready for productive
employment. This includes naval architects and marine electrical
engineering graduates capable of using the latest technology and
materials in design.
- The desire for support for employers’ training
initiatives, such as the Marine Schools Challenge in South West
England. This helps to influence schools to improve maths,
engineering and science education and recruitment campaigns.
Funding for relevant adult training is also
essential.Workforce-pooling schemes and manpower planning tools
(e.g. Skills Passport) are currently under development.
Please click below to download the summary of the Sector Skills
Agreement:
Summary of UK Sector Skills Agreement -
Marine
For the full Sector Skills Agreement and Action Reports for each
UK region please follow the link below:
Full Reports