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MENTORING
Mentoring - The Concept
• People are capability. In today’s Navy, job roles are changing at an ever-increasing
rate. The Navy needs to have the right people with the right training, skills and
experience to operate and maintain its platforms to undertake complex military
operations using sophisticated equipment. The current concept and operation of
minimum manned platforms, together with the resultant change in maintenance
philosophies, has resulted in maintainers lacking mastery of intangible competencies.
It is considered effective integration competencies, tangible or otherwise, requires
mastery of a wide selection of disciplines and influencers both external and internal.
• Mentoring is an initiative aimed at providing practical and meaningful work experience
ashore, using commercial Defence contractors, whilst developing Defence staff skills,
and consequently enhancing Defence capability within the accords of Government
policy of closer industry relationships to develop shared career structures. Mentoring
allows formal and spontaneous learning to occur in a semi-controlled manner, by skill
transfer from trained experienced personnel to those less experienced within a practical
working environment.
Mentoring - Pilot Trial
• It is proposed to outplace selected uniformed personnel into Defence-related service
industry / organisations for
periods of two to six months, to
work alongside contractors to
develop a range of skills
consolidation. The benefits to
mentor, mentee and
organisations (Defence and
industry) could be profound,
breaking down the existing
‘contractor client’ paradigm,
enhancing Navy’s capability and
hopefully increasing personnel
and skills retention.
LSETSM Daniel Lee
• Participants: Two personnel
from FIMA PERTH are selected
to participate in the Pilot trial
program. LSETSM Daniel Lee
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