One of the key objectives of the National Timing Centre (NTC) programme is focused on responding to the specialist skills shortage in time, frequency and/or synchronisation (TFS). As a starting point, we have carried out a skills assessment, which aimed to better understand the composition of the current TFS workforce, the availability of TFS skills across topics and proficiency levels, and the requirements for future skills and training.
As part of the skills assessment, a survey was shared with NTC programme stakeholders and individuals who had previously expressed an interest in NPL’s work or the NTC programme.
The findings and recommendations of the assessment are now being analysed in more detail and are being incorporated into the NTC Training & Education Blueprint. We expect to start talking to potential collaborators about opportunities to address the UK’s TFS skills and training requirements at the end of 2020.
100 responses to the NTC skills survey were received over a period of three weeks during March and April 2020.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who responded to the NTC skills survey.
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