FLEET SUPPORT UNIT – AUSTRALIA (FSU-AUST)

1. FLEET SUPPORT UNIT – AUSTRALIA(FSU-AUST) Strengthening Seaworthiness Through a Re-invigorated  Fleet Support Unit Capability

2. Presentation Fleet Support Unit - Australia Seaworthiness A Seaworthy Afloat Technical Workforce Seaworthiness of the Ashore Technical Workforce Summary.

3. Fleet Support Unit - Australia In July 2011, the Plan to Reform Support Ship Repair & Management Practices (Rizzo Report) highlighted key deficiencies in managing Maritime assets across their lifecycle Key recommendations from the Rizzo Report: R17 - Rebuild Naval Engineering Capability Be the Technical Masters of the materiel we employ R19 - Foster engineering Talent Grow Technical Mastery every step of the way R20 - Rebuild the Fleet Support Unit Provide opportunity to grow Technical Mastery

4. Fleet Support Unit - Australia In April 2012 Chief of Navy directed that the FSU-AUST be optimised to be more business-like in its operations in order to (eventually) reduce sustainment costs to Navy through better utilisation of the ashore workforce FSU-AUST is an Australia-wide maintenance organisation that will consistently deliver high quality maintenance, overhaul, and repair services By undertaking this work it will up skill its workforce, rebuild engineering capability, and foster talent

5. Fleet Support Unit - Australia Approx 550 Navy Staff Located nationally across 5 Units Largest single employer of ashore technical sailors A national headquarters located in Sydney Ships & Submarines are the end users provision of maintenance, overhaul, and repair services delivered through System Program Offices (SPOs) and the Navy Inventory Procurement Office (NIPO) (immediate customers) Lead by a General Manager reports to a Board of Directors

6. Seaworthiness Seaworthy – The judgement that a vessel and its crew are fit to fight and win at sea … today Seaworthiness – a judgement of the ability to be Seaworthy … tomorrow Judgements focus on 3 outcomes [in contextual balance]: Operational Effectiveness, Safety, and Protection of the Environment Seaworthiness Culture Project is promoting a strategy that builds, maintains and fosters behaviours that are a key enablers of Seaworthiness.

7. Seaworthiness Obligations

8. A Seaworthy Afloat Technical Workforce Seaworthy state - an afloat technician that is competent and capable of conducting the full range of preventative and corrective/ restorative maintenance defined to be within the remit of the afloat workforce Not just the result of formal training Sailors doing the ‘right’ work when they are ashore can make them more competent and capable of conducting the full range of preventative and corrective/ restorative maintenance when they are next at sea Build Knowledge Learn new skills & techniques Build experience & maintain currency FSU-AUST should be an integral part of the Operational Readiness cycle so that Readiness and Technical Mastery are achieved simultaneously

9. Technical Mastery Cycle Technical Mastery Cycle Knowledge Resides with Industry FSU-AUST Industry Ship’s Crew

10. Seaworthiness of the Ashore Technical Workforce Seaworthiness state - Technical sailors that are being prepared to proceed to their next job afloat with increased competence and capability Step 1 - Select the ‘right’ work Step 2 - Collaborate with SPOs/NIPO/industry to undertake this work through: Blended industry / FSU teams FSU teams working as a support service provider to a prime contractor (eg. Group Maintenance Contractor) FSU undertaking overhaul/refurbishment tasks - whole or part task Outplacement of FSU personnel into industry workshops/ workforces Step 3 – Produce quality, on time, on target results

11. Seaworthiness of the Ashore Technical Workforce Selecting the ‘right’ work Through selecting and actively participating in the “right” maintenance, overhaul, and repair tasks, FSU sailors can develop/increase their Technical Mastery Total Maintenance Effectiveness (TME) Tool assists in identifying the work that the FSU should focus upon to achieve nominated Technical Mastery (and other) objectives Next Slide - Example of tasks where FSU should focus based on weightings applied.

12. Seaworthiness of the Ashore Technical Workforce

13. Seaworthiness of the Ashore Technical Workforce The Ability to Surge in Contingencies A workforce that has worked hand-in-glove with SPOs, industry: Is a known entity, with known capacity and competence Is a trusted supplier of quality, on time, on target services [Maintenance Task Management Plan philosophy] Provides greater technical support capacity by being able to apply more, trusted, competent tradespeople

14. Summary Seaworthiness – a measure of the ability to be seaworthy tomorrow Materiel + Personnel Requires personnel with Technical Mastery, afloat (seaworthy) and ashore (seaworthiness) A need to continuously develop & grow Technical Mastery in the ashore sailor workforce to prepare it for employment afloat and to be available for contingency surge FSU can achieve that through the delivery of select maintenance, overhaul, and repair services Best achieved by working with SPOs/Industry in partnership

15. Questions

16. The TM Equation TM Gap • The TME Tool informs initial FSU maintenance take-on for Class • The TM ‘cube’ stratifies Task level, Frequency and Trade Skills • Sailor TM is the sum of Qualifications, Task exposure & Task complexity • The TM gap represents the current state Technical Sailor AMPS/ URDEF Data Ship maintenance demand Qualifications (Trade skills) + Task Exposure (Frequency) + Task Complexity (Task level) System 1, System 2, System 3… Trade skills Ships task contribution to TM MT ET = Navy / FSU ‘rate’ Systems/tasks Task Level Frequency TM Cube TME Tool

17. TM Generation