Solent Marine & Maritime
Careers Conference
Siobhan Flynn
Employment & Skills Manager
Amanda Beable
Marine Growth Manager (HCC)
We are a world class centre of excellence
in the Marine & Maritime sector
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The UK has the
largest marine and
maritime sector in
Europe, generating
GVA of £19 billion
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The Port of
Southampton is
the UK’s number
one automotive
port and the
country’s premier
cruise port
The Solent has
the largest and
most diverse
marine cluster
in the UK
The Marine Industry is key to the
economic success of our area
The region
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Accounts for over
20% of GVA,
Provides over
48,000 jobs (5%)
Supports 3,000
businesses
Our heritage and natural geography
position where we are today
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South coast
World shipping channels
Natural harbours
Double tides
Proximity to London
• Portsmouth Historic Dock Yard –
Mary Rose & HMS Victory
• Isle of Wight – birth place of the
America’s Cup
• Southampton – Famous cruise
ships launched
It is a thriving industry with many subsectors
Science &
Technology
Commercial
Leisure
Offshore
Defence
And it provides a wealth of career
opportunities in many sub sectors
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Port – cruise, container & vehicle logistics
Autonomous systems programmer
Workboat builder
Naval architect
Competitive sailor
Super yacht designer
Ocean basin researcher
Composites engineer
Offshore maintenance
And many
more that
you’ll hear
about today
The importance of the sector both to the
UK and the region is recognised by central
Government
Amongst other recommendations –
report recommended the creation of
business-led Marine Steering Group
Government commissioned
‘Transforming the Solent – The
Marine Supplement’
Now established and chaired by
Brain Johnson from BAE Systems
Strategic Economic Plan – Priorities
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Supporting new businesses, enterprise and ensuring SME survival and growth.
Enabling infrastructure priorities
Establishing a single inward investment model
Investing in skills to establish a sustainable pattern of growth
Developing strategic sectors and clusters (interconnected groups and businesses)
of marine, aerospace and defence, advanced manufacturing, engineering, transport
and logistics businesses, low carbon and the visitor economy
Building on our substantial knowledge assets to support innovation and build
innovative capacity in the Solent - particularly linked to our HE excellence.
The Solent Labour Market
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Relatively high employment rates and low unemployment
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Job growth forecast to exceed growth in the working age population
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Strong intermediate level skills; but underperformance in higher level skills
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Over half of all job opportunities to 2020 will require higher level skills
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Demand for higher level skills to increase across all sectors
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Growth sectors to increasingly require Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) Skills
The Solent Skills Strategy
• Developing World-Class Skills
• Transitions to Employment
• Raising Business Investment in Skills
• Developing a Responsive Skills System
Examples of Current Solent LEP Skills Work
• £12m CEMAST Centre at the Solent Enterprise Zone opened
September 2014
• Solent Skills for Growth Fund
• Solent Young Entrepreneur Fund
• Young Consultants
Current Solent LEP Skills Work cont.
• £10.9m Isle of Wight Composite Centre
• £12.4m Eastleigh College redevelopment & IT/advanced technology
block
• Solent Employer Ownership of Skills Programme due to launch
Autumn 2014