Maritime Skills Commission Newsletter November 2022

Welcome to Maritime Skills Commission's Newsletter

Welcome to our latest newsletter, which includes updates on our Annual Report, Green Skills Workstream, current tenders, and more. The Maritime Skills Commission comprises industry colleagues from across the breadth of the sector as commissioners. They are:

• Graham Baldwin, Vice-Chancellor, University of Central Lancashire (Chair)
• Lucy Armstrong, Chair, Port of Tyne
• Mark Dickinson, General Secretary, Nautilus International
• Kerry Hourihan, Head of Maritime Skills and Training, Department for Transport
• Lambros Klaoudatos, Senior Vice President, Shipping, bp
• Monica Kohli, Senior Lawyer, FD&D, Gard (UK)
• Paul Little, Chair, UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce and CEO, City of Glasgow College
• Sam McBriar, Director, Maritime Strategy and Marketing, Thales UK
• Colin McMurray, Director of Commercialisation and Skills, Forth Valley College
• Kathryn Neilson, Director, Merchant Navy Training Board
• Linton Roberts, Director Operations, Cammell Laird
• Alison Rumsey, Chief HR Officer, Associated British Ports
• Helen Sampson, Director Seafarers International Research Centre, Cardiff University
• Nikki Sayer, Director, Casper Shipping
• Rear Admiral Jude Terry, Director People and Training and Naval Secretary, Royal Navy
• David Tournay, Secretary, Maritime Skills Alliance
• Karen Waltham, Karen Waltham Consulting
• Katy Ware, Director of UK Maritime Services, Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

We regularly update the MSC portal and you can find out more about the various workstreams?here

Report: Maritime Skills Commission Annual Report

On 10 October 2022, the Maritime Skills Commission released its third annual report to share progress on workstreams and objectives including the Future Ports Workforce, Cadet Training and Modernisation, Green Skills, Exporting Maritime Education and Training and more.?

You can read the full report?here

Call for Tenders: Unnecessary Barriers to Employing UK Ratings

In March 2022, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) presented evidence to the MSC on ‘Barriers to Progressing British Ratings’.

Following the evidence session, the Maritime Minister tasked the Commission to conduct a review to 'understand what the situation is with UK ratings training'. The task required the MSC to understand 'what are the barriers and opportunities to training and where are the potential growth areas for UK ratings' and provide a series of recommendations for next steps. It was also requested that the Review consider ratings to officer training.

The tender is now live and can be found below. Tenders must be received by 27 November 2022.

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News: Skills for Green Jobs

During Green Careers Week, the Maritime Skills Commission launched a new green skills project to help ensure that the maritime industries have the skills required to enable its decarbonisation.

The project kick starts with the appointment of Kit Williams to coordinate delivery of recommendations from the Maritime Skills Commission's (MSC) Skills for Green Jobs Position Paper. It is being delivered through a partnership between the MSC and Cornwall Marine Network (CMN).

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About Maritime UK

Maritime UK is the collective voice for the UK's maritime industries. We champion and work to enable a thriving maritime sector.

The maritime industries come together through Maritime UK to make progress on key areas of shared interest.?

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