Australia’s acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines will create an industry of more than 10,000 workers, with the head of the AUKUS taskforce warning that failing to find the manpower to build, operate, maintain and oversee the submarines looms as the biggest risk to its success.
Construction of the now axed French-designed $90 billion submarine project was expected to generate 5000 jobs. Vice Admiral Mead said the nuclear submarine industry would be more than double that figure.“Easily more than 10,000 people are needed. These are really exciting career pathways.” Establishing and staffing the regulatory system to provide oversight and monitor safeguards of the submarines was also crucial.
“Right now there is a 15-year-old at school, hopefully she is studying STEM, and will one day be commanding officer of one of nuclear-powered submarines. Her peers will be engineers or logisticians on a submarine. Some of her friends may work in the shipyard or design authority or here in Canberra in headquarters or maybe over in Western Australia as we operate these submarines.”
The yanks can’t even build their own warships in a timely manner. This is another con
Increase the population
Has ClareONeilMP removed nuclear engineers from the skilled migration list? That seems to be her form with skills in short supply.
just bullshit The parts are very complex with 1000s parts We r short of unskilled workers It is worse with skilled workers Just fanciful We would go bankrupt like Srilanka
We need a can do attitude. Put people in charge of this program that believe that we can achieve the outcome. We have graduates in this field that will participate and help grow the local knowledge. auspol
Vice Admiral- head of the AUKUS Task force. For the information of some tweets following the Robodebt Royal Commission .
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