Understanding and Predicting Changes in the Ocean Science, Technology, and Operations Workforce
Abstract
The goals of this workforce study are to (1) produce a more complete description of the present state of the ocean science, technology, and operations (OSTO) workforce; (2) anticipate future developments and predict the evolution of this workforce; and (3) characterize the educational programs that will be needed to respond to expected workforce changes. Initially, the project will focus on the workforce required to support current and planned ocean observing systems (OOS) efforts; it will then expand to include related sectors of the economy such as telecommunications, hydrographic surveying, the oil and gas industry and others. Four objectives have been defined to meet the goals of this project: (1) Characterize the current workforce which supports ocean observing systems. (2) Characterize the current workforce which supports other OSTO arenas which require knowledge and skill sets similar to the OOS occupations. (3) Identify the types of information required to monitor the evolution of the OSTO workforce over the next two decades, identify the most probable future workforce scenarios, and design initial workforce prediction systems. (4) Identify education and training objectives and practices that effectively address current and anticipated OSTO workforce needs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA481179
Entities
People
- Deidre Sullivan
- Tom Murphree
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School