Tag: naval shipbuilding
Welding Training Prioritised For Naval Shipbuilding
Media Release
Welders will play a critical role in the workforce required for the Australian Government’s $90 billion continuous Naval Shipbuilding Program, resulting in the...
Historic Naval Shipbuilding Workforce Agreement
Media Release
Australia’s leading naval shipbuilding employers have signed a landmark Industry Strategic Workforce Plan that boosts Australia’s capability to continuously design, build, integrate and...
Australia releases its first Naval Shipbuilding Plan
The Australian Government has released the highly anticipated Naval Shipbuilding Plan, outlining the nation’s largest ever programme of naval shipbuilding and sustainment.
Defence Minister Marise...
Australian Government releases Future Frigate program Request for Tender
The Australian Government has announced the release of the Request for Tender (RFT) for SEA 5000, the country’s Future Frigates program which involves the...
Austal to take on 100 new apprentices
Australian shipbuilder Austal announced that it will triple the number of apprenticeships it currently offers with the recruitment of more than 100 new apprentices...
ASC workers take protected industrial action in Adelaide
Workers at Adelaide-based shipbuilder ASC have decided to take industrial action after the Federal Government-owned Corporation failed to negotiate a satisfactory enterprise agreement with...
SA government urges Commonwealth to stop eroding state’s naval skill base
The South Australian state government has called on the Commonwealth to act swiftly and deliver on its promise for new jobs and investment from...
Former ASC Executive appointed Chair of SA’s Automotive Transformation Taskforce
Mr Steve Ludlam, the former Chief Executive of naval shipbuilder ASC and a current member of the Defence SA Advisory Board, has been appointed...
Techport to undergo wharf expansion
The South Australia Government has sanctioned a multi-million dollar expansion of its Techport facility to expand its wharf by 22 meters and permit two...
Japanese submarine delegation to visit SA’s shipbuilders
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill and Minister for Defence Martin Hamilton-Smith will meet with a Japanese Government and industry delegation bidding for the Future...