Baseline report on present skills gaps in shipbuilding and offshore renewables value chains October 2020 MATES - Baseline Report on present skills needs in shipbuilding and offshore renewables value chains About this Report This document was developed within the framework of the ‘MATES – Maritime Alliance for Fostering the European Blue Economy through a Marine Technology Skilling Strategy’ research project. The main objective of the project is to develop a Skilling Strategy that will contribute towards successfully addressing the main drivers of change in the maritime industry, with particular reference to shipbuilding and offshore renewable energy. These sectors are strongly linked and both require new capacities if they are to perform well and continue to grow in today’s increasingly digital, green and knowledge-driven economy. Project duration: Jan 2018 – Dec 2021 www.projectmates.eu Document information Addressing both the shipbuilding and the offshore renewable energy sectors, the present document i.e. Deliverable 2.1 “Baseline Report on present skills needs in shipbuilding and offshore renewables value chains” has a twofold objective: (a) to assess the qualifications currently offered (i.e. 2018-2019) to prospective graduates by relevant educational and training programs throughout Europe, and (b) to identify Short description current shortages and gaps, in terms of skills and competences, that the existing workforce currently present, taking into consideration the requirements of each industry. To this end, a better and deeper understanding of present skills needs can be established and a solid knowledge basis can be set up, upon which future project activities will build. Work Package WP2. Strategy baseline: identification of present and future skills’ needs 2.1. Desktop analysis of relevant documents, strategies and elaboration of baseline Task discussion documents 2.1. Baseline report on present skills gaps in shipbuilding and offshore renewables Deliverable value chains Dissemination level Public / Project Website. MATES website link www.projectmates.eu/results/deliverables/ Sdoukopoulos E. (CERTH-HIT), Tsafonias G. (CERTH-HIT), Perra V.M. (CERTH-HIT), Lead authors Boile M. (CERTH-HIT) Partners: Fraga L. (CETMAR), Fox J. (AQUATERA), Daly O. (AQUATT), Cosmidis C. (COSNAV Engineering), Coral E.P. (Ghent University), Pires R. (FRCT), Azevedo R. Contributors (Forum Oceano), Ferreira F. (Forum Oceano), Eleftheriou M. (AMC). External experts: Ivanova Y. (Regional Cluster “North East”), Alexandrov A. (University of Varna), Chiabai P. (ENAIP FVG- Atlante del lavoro) Photo credits Front cover (left): Cardama, front cover (right): The Carbon Trust, back cover: Nodosa Submission date Final version Please cite this publication as: Sdoukopoulos, E. et al. (2020). Baseline Report on present skills needs in shipbuilding and offshore renewables value chains. Results of the MATES project (www.projectmates.eu) or Hellenic Institute of Transport (CERTH-HIT), (2020). Baseline Report on present skills needs in shipbuilding and offshore renewables value chains. Results of the MATES project (www.projectmates.eu) 2 MATES - Baseline Report on present skills needs in shipbuilding and offshore renewables value chains Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License. You are free to: Share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format); adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material). Under the following terms: Attribution (You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made); Non-Commercial (You may not use the material for commercial purposes). 3 MATES - Baseline Report on present skills needs in shipbuilding and offshore renewables value chains 4 MATES - Baseline Report on present skills needs in shipbuilding and offshore renewables value chains Table of Contents Executive summary ...................................................................................................................................................................... 13 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................... 16 2. Methodological framework ............................................................................................................................................ 16 3. The shipbuilding sector in Europe ............................................................................................................................... 20 3.1 Current status .............................................................................................................................................................. 20 3.1.1 Sector evolution and general overview ................................................................................................... 20 3.1.2 The shipbuilding value chain ....................................................................................................................... 23 3.1.3 Aging workforce: A key challenge to be addressed ............................................................................ 25 3.1.4 SWOT analysis ................................................................................................................................................... 25 3.2 Existing occupational profiles and associated skills and competences ............................................... 26 3.3 Skills supply .................................................................................................................................................................. 35 3.4 Skills demand ............................................................................................................................................................... 56 3.4.1 Initial expert consultation............................................................................................................................. 56 3.4.2 Analysis of current job vacancies in key European countries ....................................................... 58 3.4.3 Deepening of industry consultation ......................................................................................................... 65 3.5 Supply and demand mismatch ............................................................................................................................. 78 3.6 Skill gaps and shortages .......................................................................................................................................... 79 4. The offshore renewable energy sector in Europe ................................................................................................. 84 4.1 Sector evolution and general overview ............................................................................................................ 84 4.1.1 Offshore renewable energy sub-sectors ................................................................................................. 84 4.1.2 The offshore renewables value chain ...................................................................................................... 90 4.1.3 Employment ....................................................................................................................................................... 92 4.1.4 Key challenges ................................................................................................................................................... 93 4.1.5 SWOT analysis ................................................................................................................................................... 95 4.2 Existing occupational profiles and associated skills and competences ............................................... 98 4.3 Skills supply ................................................................................................................................................................ 106 4.4 Skills demand ............................................................................................................................................................. 123 4.4.1 Initial expert consultation........................................................................................................................... 123 4.4.2 Analysis of current job vacancies in key European countries ..................................................... 126 4.4.3 Deepening of industry consultation ....................................................................................................... 134 4.5 Supply and demand mismatch ........................................................................................................................... 147 4.6 Skill gaps and shortages ........................................................................................................................................ 148 5. Conclusions and next steps ........................................................................................................................................... 154 List of participants ...................................................................................................................................................................... 160 References .....................................................................................................................................................................................