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Evolution of supply, employment and skills in the European maritime technology sector

European Skills Tecnology Sector for the Maritime Skills, X; (2016) Evolution of supply, employment and skills in the European maritime technology sector. SEA Europe: Brussels, Belgium.

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Abstract

Over the last decade, the European maritime technology industry has developed towards designing, building and repairing the most advanced and specialized systems, technologies and vessels. In order to improve its position in the market, the industry is continuously introducing innovative technologies and processes and therefore, the competitiveness of the sector relies on its highly skilled workforce. However, the increased complexities of the products have created additional demand for highly skilled staff. A wide swath of the industry is suffering from a pronounced scarcity of skilled personnel, challenging the growth of the sector and risking the loss of a critical mass of skills and technological competences. In order to support the facilitation of future skills, training and mobility, the industry and workers’ representatives at the European level (SEA Europe and IndustriALL, with the support of the European Commission) are working towards the creation of a European Skills Council for the Maritime Technology Sector. This report has been prepared in support of this initiative and to provide intelligence about the status of the industry, the employment situation, skills needs and shortages and to identify tools to improve the skills supply in the industry. The creation of European Skills Council for the Maritime Technology Sector is one of the recommendations of LeaderSHIP 20201 strategy, adopted by the European Commission and industry stakeholders in February 2013 and endorsed by the European Competitiveness Council in May 2013. LeaderSHIP 2020 strategy contains the vision of the maritime technology sector for a strong, sustainable and competitive European maritime industry in 2020, employment and skills being one of the pillars of the industry’s ‘strategic vision’ for 2020. In the context of the Sectoral Social Dialogue, the social partners for the shipbuilding industry (IndustriALL Europe and SEA Europe, representing respectively the trade unions and maritime technology industry) jointly took the lead in creating a European Skills Council to more effectively anticipate the need for skills in the maritime technology sector and achieve a better match between skills and labour market needs. In October 2012, the Social Partners finalised the EU-funded project “Identifying the actors in the shipbuilding sector in view of setting up a European Shipbuilding Council on Jobs and Skills”. This feasibility project identified and mapped almost 200 organizations involved in training and education for the shipbuilding and repair sectors across Europe. It was found that these organisations work independently, focused in their respective geographic areas, and do not collaborate or exchange information with similar organizations in other countries. This reality leads to the existence of very different training programmes and certificates that constrain the mobility of workers and students throughout Europe. It is also difficult for the regional and national actors to monitor and anticipate market and industry needs at the European level and effectively implement educational offers for them. The study concluded that there was a strong interest amongst the maritime stakeholders on the creation of a European Skills Council for the sector and that it would provide real added value to existing activities. On the basis of the outcomes from that project, it was decided to move ahead with the creation of the European Skills Council for the sector. Upon the call for proposals 2013 (VP/2013/010), the current project was granted with a double objective: 1. Establishing the structure of the European Skills Council: roles, responsibilities, organisation, cooperation and dissemination mechanisms 2. Synthesising labour market intelligence in the sector The current Report contains the outcomes of the research and work carried out during the life of this project.

Type: Report
Title: Evolution of supply, employment and skills in the European maritime technology sector
Publisher version: https://www.seaeurope.eu/images/files/181/660/2903...
Language: English
Additional information: Final Report of the EU-funded project "Creating a European Skills Council for the Maritime Technology Sector " (201-2016)
Keywords: Training, Skills, Maritime
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1476024
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