Source · Select Committees · Scottish Affairs Committee
Recommendation 33
33
Acknowledged
Paragraph: 95
We wish to underline that the additional complexity of building warships demands highly specialised skills...
Conclusion
We wish to underline that the additional complexity of building warships demands highly specialised skills and knowledge, and that these will need to be updated and refreshed as warship design and manufacture evolves.
Government Response Summary
The UKSST will consider the skills requirements and know-how for the entirety of the shipbuilding enterprise, including the warship, commercial, workboat and leisure market sectors, both in the short and long term. The UKSST will also consider the impact of technological innovation on these sectors.
Paragraph Reference:
95
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
33 & 34: The scope of the UKSST aligns with the NSbS Refresh and it will therefore consider the skills requirements and know-how for the entirety of the shipbuilding enterprise, including the warship, commercial, workboat and leisure market sectors, both in the short and long term. The UKSST will also consider the impact of technological innovation on these sectors, including naval shipbuilding, by progressing skills foresighting in key areas of technological advancements in order for the industry to better understand how they to respond to that technological change.