the marine & maritime skills gap
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Maritime Skills Gap
September 2013
The Marine Skills Gap survey
people surveyed across the marine, shipping and oil & gas industry
companies are
frequently experiencing
personnel recruitment
difficulties in the
Marine engineering
sector
4 in 10
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of those surveyed have
experienced difficulty in
recruiting personnel
during the last 12
months
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are bracing themselves for the distinct possibility of issues in the next 12 months
1 quarter of respondents believe their organisation is already being negatively affected by recruiting difficulties
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Only 4% are confident that marine engineering is not a skills gap market
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The verdict is split on whether graduates are suitably educated and ready for work suggesting the skills gap is a two-fold problem
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90% of companies agreed that initial and continuing professional development is important in their organisation
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Over one third of the marine engineering companies surveyed
confirmed that less than 1% of their workforce are female.
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In fact, 85% have no more than 10% female employees.
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Only 43% believe the situation has improved during the last five years