METNET

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METNET Career Mapping for the Maritime Industry

• Prof. Malek Pourzanjani

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METNET

• Reasons and objectives

WHY ?

• MET Core
• MET Environment

WHAT ?

• Principal contractors and Members
• Reference Groups

WHO ?

• Network policies

HOW ?
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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
More attractive MET
Increasing employability and saving jobs
Competitive and sustainable growth in the
maritime manpower sector
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METNET - WHAT ?
MET Core (direct)
MET Environment (indirect)
Demand / Supply
MET Curricula
MET Costs
MET Enrichment
Statistics
English Back-up
Certification systems
Training Trainers
Enlargement of EU
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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 ?
1 European Master Mariner Association
4 MET Institutions
1 European Association of Maritime Research
1 University
1 Trade Union
15 METNET Members
3 Maritime Research Institutions
1 Shipowner Association
2 Maritime Administrations
1 IT Industry
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METNET - Groups

• 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

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METNET - HOW ?

• Network policies

Integration
Stakeholders
Information
Meetings and electronics
Exploitation
Research cluster (4th FP)
Implementation
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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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 map
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).