Sustaining key skills in the UK military aircraft industry / / Matt Bassford [et al.]
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. T...
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (170 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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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