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Solent Marine & Maritime Careers Conference. Amanda Beable Marine Growth Manager (HCC). Siobhan Flynn Employment & Skills Manager. We are a world class centre of excellence in the Marine & Maritime sector. #1
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Solent Marine & Maritime Careers Conference Amanda Beable Marine Growth Manager (HCC) • Siobhan Flynn • Employment & Skills Manager
We are a world class centre of excellence in the Marine & Maritime sector #1 The UK has the largest marine and maritime sector in Europe, generating GVA of £19 billion pa #1 The Port of Southampton is the UK’s number one automotive port and the country’s premier cruise port #1 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 • 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 • 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
And it provides a wealth of career opportunities in many sub sectors • 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 • Supporting new businesses, enterprise and ensuring SME survival and growth. • Enabling infrastructurepriorities • Establishing a single inward investmentmodel • 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 • Relatively high employment rates and low unemployment • Job growth forecast to exceed growth in the working age population • Strong intermediate level skills; but underperformance in higher level skills • Over half of all job opportunities to 2020 will require higher level skills • Demand for higher level skills to increase across all sectors • 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