Sustaining key skills in the UK military aircraft industry

"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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Main Author: Bassford, Matt
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. RAND 2010, 2010
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series
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505 0 |a 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 
505 0 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-138) 
505 0 |a 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 
505 0 |a 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 
505 0 |a 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 
505 0 |a 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 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Project methodology and data sources -- The research framework -- Demographics of the military fixed wing workforce -- Identifying military fixed wing critical competences -- Future demand for skilled labour in the UK industrial base -- Future sustainment of key industrial competences -- Key findings and areas for further investigation -- Appendix A. RAND taxonomy -- Appendix B. Industrial survey -- Appendix C. Modelling critical competences -- Appendix D. Criticality matrix -- Appendix E. Transferability matrix -- Appendix F. Modelling future demand 
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520 |a "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 activities. In 2009, the House of Commons Defence Committee urged the MOD to "set out what assessment it has made of the health of the UK defence industry and, in particular, those parts of the defence industry where the MOD wishes to retain industrial capability in the UK." The research reported in this monograph was commissioned by the MOD's Fixed Wing Sector Strategy Board to assist the MOD in its development of a strategy and sustainment plan for the military fixed wing sector. The RAND study was conducted between August and December 2009 and focused on the current health and future sustainment of key skills in the UK fixed wing military industrial base. This monograph describes the qualitative and quantitative methodologies that the RAND team followed and summarises its findings and recommendations."--Provided by publisher