metnet & career mapping for the maritime industry
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Prof. Malek Pourzanjani. METNET & Career Mapping for the Maritime Industry. METNET. Reasons and objectives. WHY ?. MET Core MET Environment. WHAT ?. Principal contractors and Members Reference Groups. WHO ?. Network policies. HOW ?. METNET - WHY ?. Reasons - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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METNET &Career Mapping for the
Maritime Industry
Prof. Malek Pourzanjani
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METNET
EUROPEAN UNION5th Framework Programme
Competitive and Sustainable Growth
Thematic Network on MaritimeEducation, Training and Mobility
of Seafarers
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METNET
WHY ?
WHAT ?
WHO ?
HOW ?
• Reasons and objectives
• MET Core• MET Environment
• Principal contractors and Members• Reference Groups
• Network policies
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METNET - WHY ?
• Reasons– insufficient supply of ship and shore
personal
– unused MET capacity
– limited MET competitiveness and applicability
– limited mobility
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METNET - WHY ?• Objectives
Improved, more harmonized, more widely applicable MET
Increasing employability and saving jobs
More attractive MET
Competitive and sustainable growth in the maritime manpower sector
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METNET - WHAT ?
MET Core (direct)MET Environment (indirect)
Demand / Supply
MET Costs
Statistics
Certification systems
Enlargement of EU
MET Curricula
MET Enrichment
English Back-up
Training Trainers
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METNET - WHO ?
• Four principal contractors
World Maritime University (WMU), Malmö, Sweden The Alliance of Maritime Regional Interests in
Europe (AMRIE), Brussels, Belgium Centro de Estudios Tecnico Maritimos (CETEMAR),
Barcelona, Spain Southampton Institute (SI), Southampton, United
Kingdom
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METNET - WHO ?
1European Master
Mariner Association
4MET Institutions
1University
3Maritime Research
Institutions
1European Association of Maritime Research
1Trade Union
1ShipownerAssociation
2Maritime
Administrations
1IT Industry
15METNETMembers
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• METNET Contractors and Members• Reference Group of MET institutions• Reference Group of Governmental Administration
of MET• Reference Group of Industry - Added Value Network
concerning European Shipping (ADVANCES)• Representatives of East European MET institutions
and Government Administration of MET• Representatives of non-EU Mediterranean MET
institutions and Government Administration of MET• Observers
METNET - Groups
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METNET - HOW ?
• Network policies
Integration
Information
Exploitation
Implementation
Stakeholders
Meetings and electronics
Research cluster (4th FP)
Momentum
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Current Issues:• Small number of ships• Insufficient EU seafarers• Too many Institutions• Shore based requirements• Attraction of Seafaring career• Quality of life at sea• Obstacles in mobility• Different MET Systems
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Career Mapping for the Maritime Industry
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Career Mapping for the Maritime Industry
• Driven by tight labour market in marine sector.
• Cause: – high drop-out rates from industry– lack of recruitment at basic levels– un-coordinated approach by employers– lack of interest among young people
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Maritime Industries Career Path Mapping
EDUCATION AND
TRAINING R&D
REGULATOR Y AUTHORITIES
Flag State Inspectors
Port State Control
SURVEYING
CLASS SOC. ETC.
MARITIME LAW
COMMERCIAL MARITIME INDUSTRIES
INSURERS, LOSS ADJUSTERS
ETC.
MARINE
EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS
OFFSHORE
PORT AND RELATED SERVICES
HARBOUR MASTERS
PILOTAGE
VTS SERVICES
PORT MAN AGEMENT
SHIPBUILDING
INDUSTRY
SCHOOL LEAVERS GRADUATES AND OTHER ENTRANTS
= Qualification requirements and Costs
FISHING AND
AQU ACULTURE
SHIPPING
(OCEAN AND INLAND)
SHIP
MAN AGEMENT
SEA STAFF
AR MED
SERVICES
OTHERS
DREDGING
YACHTING
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Rationale
• Mapping and stock taking in a disparate industry
• Recording skill requirements and numbers• Transferability of skills between sub-
sectors:– Inter-relating competencies and qualifications
• Marketing tool for new recruits needed• Availability of training and education
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Objectives
• Catalogue employers’ requirements • Analysis and quantification of marine
labour market and training provision• Analysis of alternative career routes• Marketing tool for recruitment
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Deliverables• Data on skills and qualifications
made available to all• An analysis of skills shortages and
blockages• Recommendations for employers on
“best practice”• Information and knowledge on
which can be built a co-ordinated approach
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Deliverables: how?• Reports on research findings made
available• Advice on best practice• Data from findings and analysis• Marketing tools:
– Booklet, Posters, Videos on careers in marine industry
– Web site containing clear career information for all levels; job vacancies; training and education courses; employer and candidate database.
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Progress news• Scoping study needed• Research study requires budget• So far the WG received no direct
funding• Requests to EC - unsuccessful• DGTren suggested link with METNET• Scaled down version• W.P. in METNET II (Framework VI)
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Progress news• What is possible as part of METNET II?• Cannot:
– Quantify labour market – major task
• Can:– Catalogue employers’ requirements– Analyse training provision and costs– Provide novel on-line career marketing tools– Analyse career paths– Identify good practice
• Will have to be European approach
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Methodology
• Data on courses and training provision– Desk-top study and through employer
interaction• Plan to work up web site:
– Host– Input of pages and data– Content– Commercialization
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Moving through the mapMaritime Industries Career Path Mapping
EDUCATION AND
TRAINING R&D
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
Flag State Inspectors
Port State Control
SURVEYING
CLASS SOC. ETC.
MARITIME LAW
COMMERCIAL MARITIME INDUSTRIES
INSURERS, LOSS ADJUSTERS
ETC.
MARINE
EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS
OFFSHORE
PORT AND RELATED SERVICES
HARBOUR MASTERS
PILOTAGE
VTS SERVICES
PORT MANAGEMENT
SHIPBUILDING
INDUSTRY
SCHOOL LEAVERS GRADUATES AND OTHER ENTRANTS
= Qualification requirements and Costs
FISHING AND
AQUACULTURE
SHIPPING
(OCEAN AND INLAND)
SHIP
MANAGEMENT
SEA STAFF
ARMED
SERVICES
OTHERS
DREDGING
YACHTING
How do you get from one block to another?
- Choose career path: planning ahead
- Serendipity: see where you fit in
Need to know employers’ recruitment criteria and what a given job will provide in terms of experience, skills, qualifications etc.
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Methodology: what data?• Maritime industry category
– E.G port operations department, shipping agents
– Description of function
• Jobs/ professions in organisations – Categories– Salaries– Job titles– Job(s) description– Grades
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What data?
• Factors in selection and recruitment process– Knowledge– Skills– Qualifications– Experience– Personal abilities – Aptitude– Traits
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What data?• Career development - what will
this job provide in terms of:– Knowledge– Skills– Qualifications– Experience– Personal abilities
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Development of a methodology
• Data collection from employers: best approach?– Questionnaire: measured but low response
probable, questionnaire over load!– Face to face: low sample number, more data per
respondent, time consuming, but can build up case studies
– Focus groups: opportunity for debate and discussion; problem with getting people to attend perhaps
– Literature: limited, could also be out of date– Internet: limited
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Future plans:
• Continue under METNET• Literature including Web study• Revise the questionnaire• Arrange where necessary interviews
and focus group meetings• Collect data and carry out analysis• Report to the EC, and MIF
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Major Issues:
• METNET will conclude in March 2003, what then?
• Post METNET, the programme requires
~ 50,000 Euros.• This approach will provide a
snapshot of the industry at the time of the study. What next?
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Proposal:
• Extension of METNET• Mini continuation project funded
jointly by the EC and MIF• A dynamic approach and creation of
a
“Permanent Maritime Skills Observatory (PMSO)”.