Canadian Surface Combatant RFQ

[Czech_pivo]

How does this pay compare to ours - Victoria class sub to a future Australian nuc boat? What about a US nuc boat? Seems like the Australians know how to dangle a carrot in order to drive recruitment numbers in the right direction.

Australian navy advertises nuclear submarine job with $120,000 salary and ‘no experience’ needed​

The Australian Navy is offering high school graduates “with no experience at all” up to $120,000 to become nuclear submarine officers who will eventually manage nuclear reactors and weapons systems.
The recruitment drive has been launched despite Defence not being expected to receive a Virginia-class submarine from the US as part of the Aukus deal until at least the early 2030s and amid warnings of cost blowouts and delays. - WOW, imagine being that pro-active in trying to drive up recruitment when you know that the need is not required for another 7-8yrs. Talk about foresight!
A Defence spokesperson said the hiring drive was part of a long-term strategy to ensure it had enough specialist staff to deploy the submarine once acquired.

Australian navy advertises nuclear submarine job with $120,000 salary and ‘no experience’ needed

Defence outlines long-term strategy to staff US-built Virginia-class submarines expected in 2030s as part of Aukus deal

www.theguardian.com

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Time to replace the Rum ration with the Beer ration

 

[suffolkowner]

How does this pay compare to ours - Victoria class sub to a future Australian nuc boat? What about a US nuc boat? Seems like the Australians know how to dangle a carrot in order to drive recruitment numbers in the right direction.

Australian navy advertises nuclear submarine job with $120,000 salary and ‘no experience’ needed​

The Australian Navy is offering high school graduates “with no experience at all” up to $120,000 to become nuclear submarine officers who will eventually manage nuclear reactors and weapons systems.
The recruitment drive has been launched despite Defence not being expected to receive a Virginia-class submarine from the US as part of the Aukus deal until at least the early 2030s and amid warnings of cost blowouts and delays. - WOW, imagine being that pro-active in trying to drive up recruitment when you know that the need is not required for another 7-8yrs. Talk about foresight!
A Defence spokesperson said the hiring drive was part of a long-term strategy to ensure it had enough specialist staff to deploy the submarine once acquired.

Australian navy advertises nuclear submarine job with $120,000 salary and ‘no experience’ needed

Defence outlines long-term strategy to staff US-built Virginia-class submarines expected in 2030s as part of Aukus deal

www.theguardian.com

how many of the jobs on a nuke sub are specific to a nuclear submarine and arent they short submariners already?

 

[Czech_pivo]

how many of the jobs on a nuke sub are specific to a nuclear submarine and arent they short submariners already?

No clue.
The point that I'm trying to make is that they realise that they have a problem in that they won't have the necessary sailors/skills 8yrs out from now and that they are pro-actively trying to address it with a plan.
We know that we have a problem in that we won't have the necessary sailors/skills 10yrs (20% further into the future) out from now when the first of the CSC will be available and what are we doing pro-actively to address it? I'm not talking about news articles saying that we have a plan and whoa is us. Factor in the future subs that we are going to get (thanks Donald Trump in being President for the next 4yrs) and what plan do we have in place?

Is there a plan for us to place our sailors on RN T26's over the next 3-5yrs when they start becoming available to the RN so that we can train sailors on T26's will be like a first cousin to our River class destroyers?

 

[suffolkowner]

No clue.
The point that I'm trying to make is that they realise that they have a problem in that they won't have the necessary sailors/skills 8yrs out from now and that they are pro-actively trying to address it with a plan.
We know that we have a problem in that we won't have the necessary sailors/skills 10yrs (20% further into the future) out from now when the first of the CSC will be available and what are we doing pro-actively to address it? I'm not talking about news articles saying that we have a plan and whoa is us. Factor in the future subs that we are going to get (thanks Donald Trump in being President for the next 4yrs) and what plan do we have in place?

Do we really have a problem attracting people though? Or do we have a problem attracting or keeping the right people? Was there not over 70000 applications to join the CAF?

 

[Czech_pivo]

Do we really have a problem attracting people though? Or do we have a problem attracting or keeping the right people? Was there not over 70000 applications to join the CAF?

100% true about the 70,000 applications vs actual recruits!
Maybe the Australians were in the exact same situation 1-3yrs ago - plenty of applicants but the inability to execute on making them an actual recruit. But it sounds like they have, or are in the process of having, addressed this issue.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

No clue.
The point that I'm trying to make is that they realise that they have a problem in that they won't have the necessary sailors/skills 8yrs out from now and that they are pro-actively trying to address it with a plan.
We know that we have a problem in that we won't have the necessary sailors/skills 10yrs (20% further into the future) out from now when the first of the CSC will be available and what are we doing pro-actively to address it? I'm not talking about news articles saying that we have a plan and whoa is us. Factor in the future subs that we are going to get (thanks Donald Trump in being President for the next 4yrs) and what plan do we have in place?

Is there a plan for us to place our sailors on RN T26's over the next 3-5yrs when they start becoming available to the RN so that we can train sailors on T26's will be like a first cousin to our River class destroyers?

We have various plans to get people AEGIS qualified, before the first River Class Destroyer arrives.

 

[Navy_Pete]

We have various plans to get people AEGIS qualified, before the first River Class Destroyer arrives.

Those trades are much healthier though; it's some of the core trades that are needed to sail any ship (Martech in paricular) that is in a death spiral.

I think we'll have a hard time getting people to go from AOPs and JSS to CSC, and the way we are running the CPFs into the ground is hurting retention of those trades.