The U.S. Navy needs to dramatically increase the fleet, especially submarines, but the available pool of skilled workers is not keeping pace.Submarine construction is ramping up. The Navy continues to build Virginia-class
The U.S. Navy needs to dramatically increase the fleet, especially submarines, but the available pool of skilled workers is not keeping pace.
Submarine construction is ramping up. The Navy continues to build Virginia-class submarines, striving for two per year, and is gearing up build the new Columbia-class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. At the same time, the industry needs to support the ambitious Australia-U.S.-U.K. AUKUS program to make the Royal Australian Navy a nuclear submarine navy.
Qualified workers are not only needed to build submarines, but all types of ships for the Navy. Government and commercial shipyards involving naval ship construction and repair have a variety of apprentice programs, internships and partnerships with trade and vocational schools to develop potential employees. Shipbuilding is not alone in the manufacturing sector in regards to a heavy demand signal for skilled workers in a declining pool of qualified candidates.
The Navy has invested in “Build Submarines,” a website that provides career information and job opportunities to find and recruit qualified people, and offer job skill training programs.
While the impetus has been the submarine industrial base (SIB), the Navy widened the aperture and established the Maritime Industrial Base (MIB) program office because
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