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FLEET SUPPORT UNIT – AUSTRALIA(FSU-AUST)
Strengthening Seaworthiness
Through a Re-invigorated
Fleet Support Unit Capability
Presentation• Fleet Support Unit - Australia
• Seaworthiness
• A Seaworthy Afloat Technical Workforce
• Seaworthiness of the Ashore Technical Workforce
• Summary.
Fleet Support Unit - Australia• In July 2011, the Plan to Reform Support Ship Repair &
Management Practices (Rizzo Report) highlighted key deficiencies in managing Maritime assets across their lifecycle
• Key recommendations from the Rizzo Report:
• R17 - Rebuild Naval Engineering Capability• Be the Technical Masters of the materiel we employ
• R19 - Foster engineering Talent• Grow Technical Mastery every step of the way
• R20 - Rebuild the Fleet Support Unit• Provide opportunity to grow Technical Mastery
Fleet Support Unit - Australia
• In April 2012 Chief of Navy directed that the FSU-AUST be optimised to be more business-like in its operations in order to (eventually) reduce sustainment costs to Navy through better utilisation of the ashore workforce
• FSU-AUST is an Australia-wide maintenance organisation that will consistently deliver high quality maintenance, overhaul, and repair services
• By undertaking this work it will up skill its workforce, rebuild engineering capability, and foster talent
Fleet Support Unit - Australia
• Approx 550 Navy Staff Located nationally across 5 Units
• Largest single employer of ashore technical sailors
• A national headquarters located in Sydney
• Ships & Submarines are the end users• provision of maintenance, overhaul, and repair services• delivered through System Program Offices (SPOs) and the
Navy Inventory Procurement Office (NIPO) (immediate customers)
• Lead by a General Manager• reports to a Board of Directors
Seaworthiness
• Seaworthy – The judgement that a vessel and its crew are fit to fight and win at sea … today
• Seaworthiness – a judgement of the ability to be Seaworthy … tomorrow
• Judgements focus on 3 outcomes [in contextual balance]:
• Operational Effectiveness,
• Safety, and
• Protection of the Environment
• Seaworthiness Culture Project is promoting a strategy that builds, maintains and fosters behaviours that are a key enablers of Seaworthiness.
Seaworthiness Obligations
A Seaworthy Afloat Technical Workforce
• Seaworthy state - an afloat technician that is competent and capable of conducting the full range of preventative and corrective/ restorative maintenance defined to be within the remit of the afloat workforce
• Not just the result of formal training
• Sailors doing the ‘right’ work when they are ashore can make them more competent and capable of conducting the full range of preventative and corrective/ restorative maintenance when they are next at sea
• Build Knowledge
• Learn new skills & techniques
• Build experience & maintain currency
• FSU-AUST should be an integral part of the Operational Readiness cycle so that Readiness and Technical Mastery are achieved simultaneously
NAVYContinuousReadiness
SustainOperations
EffectiveOperations
Operational andTechnical Mastery
MaintainCapability
Self-Sufficiency
Experience
Mission accomplishment
Knowledgeable crew on ship
Knowledgeable sailors
Effective Training
Crew perform Maintenance
Materiel Readiness
FSU performMaintenance
SPO directedMaintenance
ContractedMaintenance
FSU-AUST ContractorShip’s Crew
MSA
Knowledge resideswith contractor
NAVYContinuousReadiness
SustainOperations
EffectiveOperations
Operational andTechnical Mastery
MaintainCapability
Self-Sufficiency
Experience
Mission accomplishment
Knowledgeable crew on ship
Knowledgeable sailors
Effective Training
Crew perform Maintenance
Materiel Readiness
FSU performMaintenance
SPO directedMaintenance
ContractedMaintenance
FSU-AUST ContractorShip’s Crew
MSA
Knowledge resideswith contractor
Technical Mastery Cycle
IndustryFSU-AUSTShip’s Crew
Knowledge Resides with Industry
Technical Mastery
Cycle
Seaworthiness of the Ashore Technical Workforce
• Seaworthiness state - Technical sailors that are being prepared to proceed to their next job afloat with increased competence and capability
• Step 1 - Select the ‘right’ work
• Step 2 - Collaborate with SPOs/NIPO/industry to undertake this work through:
• Blended industry / FSU teams• FSU teams working as a support service provider to a prime
contractor (eg. Group Maintenance Contractor)• FSU undertaking overhaul/refurbishment tasks - whole or part
task• Outplacement of FSU personnel into industry workshops/
workforces
• Step 3 – Produce quality, on time, on target results
Seaworthiness of the Ashore Technical Workforce
Selecting the ‘right’ work• Through selecting and actively participating in the “right”
maintenance, overhaul, and repair tasks, FSU sailors can develop/increase their Technical Mastery
• Total Maintenance Effectiveness (TME) Tool assists in identifying the work that the FSU should focus upon to achieve nominated Technical Mastery (and other) objectives
• Next Slide - Example of tasks where FSU should focus based on weightings applied.
Seaworthiness of the Ashore Technical Workforce
Chart BackgroundRisk of failure
High
Medium
Low
HULL FITTINGS
AIR GAS AND MISCELLANEOUS FLUID SYSTEMS
CATHODIC PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
SEAWATER SYSTEMSMANEOUVERING CONTROL SYSTEMS
SHAFTING AND PROPELLOR SYSTEMSFIXED GAS DETECTION SYSTEM
GAS TURBINE PROPULSION SYSTEMS
DAMAGE CONTROL SYSTEMS
INTEGRATED CONTROL SYSTEMS
PROVISION COOLING PLANTFIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMSFRESHWATER SYSTEMDIESEL PROPULSION SYSTEMS
SHIPS UPS POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
HELICOPTER REFUELLING SYSTEMS
HEATING, VENTILATION AND COOLING SYSTEMSPROPULSION TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
GENERATION SYSTEM
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Additional Resourcing and FundingReject
GM FSU-AUST Approval
Make Standard Service Line
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Seaworthiness of the Ashore Technical Workforce
The Ability to Surge in Contingencies
• A workforce that has worked hand-in-glove with SPOs, industry:
• Is a known entity, with known capacity and competence
• Is a trusted supplier of quality, on time, on target services [Maintenance Task Management Plan philosophy]
• Provides greater technical support capacity by being able to apply more, trusted, competent tradespeople
Summary• Seaworthiness – a measure of the ability to be seaworthy
tomorrow• Materiel + Personnel
• Requires personnel with Technical Mastery, afloat (seaworthy) and ashore (seaworthiness)
• A need to continuously develop & grow Technical Mastery in the ashore sailor workforce to prepare it for employment afloat and to be available for contingency surge
• FSU can achieve that through the delivery of select maintenance, overhaul, and repair services
• Best achieved by working with SPOs/Industry in partnership
Questions
The TM Equation
AMPS/ URDEF Data
System 1, System 2, System 3…
MT
ET
Navy / FSU
‘rate’ Systems/tasks
Frequency
Task
Lev
elTrad
e skil
ls
Qualifications(Trade skills)
+Task Exposure
(Frequency)+
Task Complexity
(Task level)
Ships task contribution
to TM=
Technical SailorShip maintenance
demand
TM Gap
TM CubeTME Tool
1. The TME Tool informs initial FSU maintenance take-on for Class
2. The TM ‘cube’ stratifies Task level, Frequency and Trade Skills
3. Sailor TM is the sum of Qualifications, Task exposure & Task complexity
4. The TM gap represents the current state
TM Generation