Sustaining key skills in the UK military aircraft industry [electronic resource] / Matt Bassford [and others]
"In December 2005, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) published its first Defence Industrial Strategy, containing a specific reference to the military fixed wing aircraft sector and a requirement to retain domestic design and engineering capabilities, as well as other skills, to perform through-life...
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2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgements; Chapter One:Introduction; Origins of aerospace skill study; The Defence Industrial Strategy and the military fixed wing sector; Overview of the UK aerospace industry; Civil aerospace sector; Military fixed wing sector; Study scope; Organisation of the report; Chapter Two:Project Methodology and Data Sources; Summary of research approach; Methodology; Task 1: Develop taxonomy; Task 2: Define and survey key skills; Task 3: Model future MOD fixed wing programme.
- Task 4: Perform skills analysis and health assessmentTask 5: Map key skills to future programme; Tasks 6 and 7: Identify findings and recommendations; Chapter Three:The Research Framework; A taxonomy of competences; Aircraft domains; Life cycle phases; Summary of research framework; Chapter Four:Demographics of the Military Fixed Wing Workforce; Introduction and context; Location of the military fixed wing industrial base; Size and shape of the military fixed wing sector; Age, experience and productivity profiles; Overall age profile; Age profiles by competence; Workforce experience.
- ProductivityWorkforce recruitment and development; Recruitment of new employees; Perceptions of military aerospace among graduate engineers; Educational attainment of the workforce; Training and development of the workforce; Workforce management and planning; Transferring skilled labour between aircraft domains; Transferring skilled labour between aircraft life cycle phases; Agency staff and temporary recruitment; Summary of current workforce demographics; Chapter Five:Identifying Military Fixed Wing Critical Competences; Competences that are essential for the military fixed wing sector.
- Approach to mappingMapping competences to aircraft domains and life cycle phases; Manned and unmanned domains; Mapping competences to industrial activity; Competences unique to the military fixed wing sector; Low population, highly-specialised skills; Summary; Chapter Six:Future Demand for Skilled Labour in the UK Industrial Base; MOD fixed wing demand scenarios; Key assumptions; Key variables; Modelling future demand on UK industry; Demand for design engineering activity: combat air; Demand for design engineering activity: air support; Demand for manufacture activity.
- Demand for maintenance activitySummary and implications; Chapter Seven:Future Sustainment of Key Industrial Competences; Approach; Sustainment of key competences: combat air; Sustainment of key competences: air support; Summary and implications; Chapter Eight:Key Findings and Areas for Further Investigation; Key findings; Areas for further investigation; APPENDICES; A. RAND Taxonomy; B. Industrial Survey; C. Modelling Critical Competences; D. Criticality Matrix; E. Transferability Matrix; F. Modelling Future Demand; Bibliography.