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• Government, in collaboration with industry, is setting up the shipbuilding Skills Delivery Group to oversee and drive delivery聽of the recommendations of the UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce.
• 皇冠体育app UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce has stood down following publication of its report and supporting toolkit for shipbuilding employers, .
• Recruitment for membership of the Skills Delivery Group has begun.

One of the most critical enablers of a thriving UK shipbuilding enterprise is a highly skilled workforce, to drive innovation and productivity across the industry and increase global competitiveness. Government and industry are working in partnership to ensure this priority is effectively addressed.

In response to recommendations from the UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce Report, the National Shipbuilding Office is seeking to recruit a chair and members to serve in a newly established Skills Delivery Group to oversee and drive delivery聽of the recommendations of the UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce report and to be聽a continuous advocate for shipbuilding skills in the sector.

With a focus on delivery, the Skills Delivery Group will engage with employers, governments across the Union and educators nationwide: helping industry聽leverage the skills system across the UK to meet its needs;聽helping industry attract, retain and develop talent; promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and聽helping develop the skills of the future. 皇冠体育appse skills will also be required in light of forthcoming innovation and the transition to net zero.

RAdm Rex Cox 鈥� CEO, National Shipbuilding Office, said:

Ensuring the UK shipbuilding sector has access to the skills it needs is a priority. 皇冠体育app Skills Delivery Group will work with government, industry and educators to continue the fantastic work of the UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce and implement the recommendations of their report. Continued collaboration between government and industry will ensure the sector has the skills necessary to deliver against our shared ambitions to grow and transform the enterprise.

Hon Captain Dr Paul Little CBE 鈥� Chair, UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce, said:

皇冠体育app Taskforce鈥檚 report set in motion the transformation of UK shipbuilding skills for both the medium and long term. 皇冠体育app game-changing report called for a step change in action from industry, government and educators; it is heartening to therefore see the swift progress towards implementation. As the Taskforce is now stood down I am very pleased that the Skills Delivery Group will now implement the Taskforce鈥檚 recommendations and continue our role of championing skills within the UK shipbuilding sector.

Background

皇冠体育app UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce (UKSST) was established by the Department for Education in July 2022 as part of the聽National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSbS) in order to build a picture of the shipbuilding industry鈥檚 skills needs, and to develop recommendations for how to address them.

皇冠体育app UKSST published its recommendations to government, industry and educators in September 2023 and concluded its work in December 2023.聽皇冠体育app government will issue a full response to all the recommendations made in the UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce鈥檚 report in the Spring.

Through the course of their work, the UKSST recognised the need for a body to provide strategic oversight and delivery for skills across all four nations of the UK beyond the end of the Taskforce and recommended that a skills delivery group be established.聽

In response, government is establishing the Skills Delivery Group as a sub-group of the Shipbuilding Enterprise for Growth (SEG). 皇冠体育app SEG is the established interface for collaboration between government and industry on the implementation of the NSbS, and the SDG will assume responsibility for the skills strand of this activity on behalf of the SEG.聽

皇冠体育app National Shipbuilding Office was set up to implement the refreshed National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSbS) and to provide a strategic oversight of all government activity across the shipbuilding enterprise. 皇冠体育app NSO oversees all of government鈥檚 interests in UK shipbuilding and has a mandate to drive transformative change across the whole UK shipbuilding enterprise.

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