Sustaining key skills in the UK military aircraft industry / / Matt Bassford [et al.]

• TeilnehmendeR: Bassford, Matt.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (170 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence's Fixed Wing Sector Strategy Board commissioned RAND Europe to assist in the development of a strategy and sustainment plan for the military fixed wing sector. RAND focused on the health and sustainment of key skills in the sector's industrial base. This monograph describes the qualitative and quantitative methodologies that the RAND team followed and summarises its findings and recommendations.

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; 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 assessment Task 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

Productivity Workforce 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 mapping Mapping 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 activity Summary 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