Maritime Skills Availability Study
- Maritime
Skills Availability Study [
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The following introduction is an extract from the document linked above:
Introduction
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority ("AMSA") is the national
safety agency with responsibility for maritime safety, proection of the
marine environment and aviation and maritime search and rescue.
There is anecdotal evidence that there is likely to be a downturn in the
future availability within the Australian maritime industry of qualified
and experienced seagoing personnel for positions requiring maritime skills.
This deteriorating trend in maritime skills availability causes AMSA concern
on a number of front:
* AMSA's ability to be able to recruit suitable personnel with seagoing
qualifications and experience at a senior level in the future into operational
and policy positions at both senior management and surveyor levels within
the organisation;
* availability of suitably qualified and experienced seagoing personnel
in relation to its responsibility for the regulation of coastal pilotage
services under the Navigation Act 1912;
* ensuring the safety training and maritime qualifications of crew operating
ships under the Navigation Act 1912 meet international convetion standards
Accordingly, Thompson Clarke Shipping Pty Ltd ("TCS") has been
engaged by AMSA to undertake a Maritime Skills Availability Study ("the
study").