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koala

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spoz said:
Space already available is more than sufficient; the paint bay was always though of as an issue as it was during the DDG build. If you want to shorten build time what you would need is more workforce so that you could go to three shift operations. Shortening build time leads to more hulls in the water and more deliveries in the nominated time; building more at once (which would also require more people) doesn't necessarily. So if you want to get more ships more quickly first get the money allocated and then use it to hire, and train as necessary, more competent people.
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This has always been my thoughts, Australia is already short on qualified tradespeople, and it takes 4 years for an apprentice to be qualified and around 10 years to be professional, we are short on qualified personal across the whole country, doesn't matter how big a shipbuilding plant is, without the skilled workers nothing will get built faster.
 
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iambuzzard

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koala said:
This has always been my thoughts, Australia is already short on qualified tradespeople, and it takes 4 years for an apprentice to be qualified and around 10 years to be professional, we are short on qualified personal across the whole country, doesn't matter how big a shipbuilding plant is, without the skilled workers nothing will get built faster.
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If a hot war starts we'll be redirecting people from elsewhere.
 
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koala

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koala said:
In a hot war, yes, we can build the hulls from steel, but will we be able to get all the other logistics, radars, VLS systems, guns, sensors, engines, gas turbines and the other millions of parts that make a warship.
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Just throwing it out there, but how many parts and components would be in a frigate/destroyer? forget the pointy ended stuff, from the dunny flusher, laundry, kitchens, mess rooms to the bilge pumps and anchor chains, plus the rest, I would guess at 10 million, just food for thought as there is so much on these ships, would be a huge logistical nightmare, not only to procure the systems but to get parts and maintain the systems
Everyone's thoughts?
 
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Morgo

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koala said:
This has always been my thoughts, Australia is already short on qualified tradespeople, and it takes 4 years for an apprentice to be qualified and around 10 years to be professional, we are short on qualified personal across the whole country, doesn't matter how big a shipbuilding plant is, without the skilled workers nothing will get built faster.
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Can we import a bunch of spaniards?
 
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