This presentation shares statistics and general feelings on the current state of the industry with respect to the skills gap. It is supported by a document that discusses "Mitigating the Skills Gap in the Maritime and Offshore Oil & Gas Market."

1. Maritime Skills Gap
September 2013

2. The Marine Skills Gap survey
people surveyed across the marine,
shipping and oil & gas industry

3. companies are
frequently experiencing
personnel recruitment
difficulties in the
Marine engineering
sector
4 in 10
Results

4. Results
of those surveyed have
experienced difficulty in
recruiting personnel
during the last 12
months

5. Results
are bracing themselves for the
distinct possibility of issues in
the next 12 months
1 quarter of respondents believe
their organisation is already being
negatively affected by recruiting
difficulties

6. Results
Only 4% are
confident that
marine engineering
is not a skills gap
market

7. Results
The verdict is split on whether
graduates are suitably
educated and ready for work
suggesting the skills gap is a
two-fold problem

8. Results
90% of companies agreed that
initial and continuing
professional development is
important in their organisation

9. Results
Over one third of the marine
engineering companies surveyed
confirmed that less than 1% of their
workforce are female.

10. Results
In fact, 85% have no
more than 10%
female employees.

11. Results
Only 43% believe the
situation has
improved during the
last five years