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20 NAVY ENGINEERING BULLETIN AUGUST 2002 BY WOET S.D (SIMON) LUCK OIC CMC3 DIRECTORATE SAILORS' CAREER MANAGEMENT Issues Affecting Career Management In the February 02 issue of the <strong>Navy</strong> Engineering Bulletin, the article titled "Why is the Workforce Upside Down?" touched on one issue effecting the management of our sailors. In this article I will attempt to outline some of the other major issues facing our Career Managers, and why you may receive a posting that is not on your list of desirables. Firstly we quite commonly hear that our workforce numbers are at a critical level. So how short are we of Technical Category sailors I hear you ask? Based on total workforce numbers required by July 2002 we are short a total of 230 ET sailors or approximately 18% with the MT category slightly worse off, short 460 or approximately 22%. What these figures do not show, however, is that the majority of the shortages are at the LS/AB rank, for example ABET numbers are down by 166(38%) and ABMT down 303(30%). Recent recruiting campaigns have targeted the ET category and very shortly you will see an increased focus on the MT category but despite the intense efforts by the recruiting agencies, we remain short of our targets with the ET category achieving 69% and the MT slightly better at 85%. I may point out that this is a huge improvement compared to 00/01 figures. Unfortunately, it will take approximately 24 to 36 months before we realise the benefits of this increase, providing we can stabilise the current workforce numbers. With the current level of OP TEMPO and the vast array of competing priorities stemming from it, there is a huge demand placed on our sailors. A number of organisations would have experienced a rapid decline in their technical workforce and could feel that they are being unfairly targeted. While on the outside this may seem unreasonable, we must understand that our primary focus must always remain at the “Sharp End”. This is particularly highlighted after the tragic events ...despite the intense efforts... we remain short of our targets... of Sept 11, DNOP/DSCM were forced to set out and define a priority structure that better aligned itself to the requirements for our personnel. Consequently DCN agreed to a set of 6 priorities, shown in priority order: • directed Operations (such as OP SLIPPER / OP RELEX / OP CRANBERRY) • operation Headquarters • Training/Career Management/Recruiting • regular Operations (such as fleet units doing WUPE ) • operation Support (MOTU, STG etc) • others (FIMA, DMO, SDD etc) These priorities have caused us, as a Career Management Agency, to reassess the disposition of many of our trained force, causing personnel to be posted at extremely short notice, posted to higher priority positions and in some cases geographically shifted from their preferred locality. It has also restricted our ability to successfully balance the needs of the individual against the requirements of the service resulting in some members being posted away from both their preferred locality and employment. Remembering that we must also take into account the priority of the position being considered. Above I touched on the subject of preferred locality but below are a sample of graphs that graphically depict the problems facing both DSCM and DNPR (E&L) in trying to get it right, and why it is not always possible for you to remain in the same locality? I have chosen to focus on the ANZAC community, as they are currently our fastest growing stream. The problems faced by the ANZAC community are not an isolated case, other platforms face the same problems but to a lesser extent. The following series of graphs provide a graphical representation of the current geographical disposition of ANZAC ET stream billets:
NAVY ENGINEERING BULLETIN AUGUST 2002 21 ANZFCS SEA BILLETS ANZFCS SHORE BILLETS 60% 40% EAST 35% WEST 65% EAST WEST ANZFCS CPO BILLETS ANZFCS PO BILLETS 29% 14% 21% 36% SHORE EAST SHORE WEST SEA EAST SEA WEST 15% 23% 15% 47% SHORE EAST SHORE WEST SEA EAST SEA WEST ANZSENS SEA BILLETS ANZSENS SHORE BILLETS 60% 40% EAST WEST 25% 75% EAST WEST ANZSENS CPO BILLETS ANZSENS PO BILLETS 14% 21% 14% 51% SHORE EAST SHORE WEST SEA EAST SEA WEST 28% 11% 17% 44% SHORE EAST SHORE WEST SEA EAST SEA WEST ANZWEAPS CPO BILLETS ANZWEAPS PO BILLETS 43% SHORE EAST 14% 14% SHORE WEST 21% 14% 14% 29% SEA EAST SEA WEST 51% SHORE EAST SHORE WEST SEA EAST SEA WEST
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