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The AWA will work together in a tri-lateral alliance, combining proven and trusted knowledge, skills and unrivalled experience from across Australia, the UK and the US.

The AWA seeks to address the current and future workforce needs that are required to accelerate sovereign capability, capacity and resilience for Australia鈥檚 defence sector.

Working together, the AWA will educate the thousands of qualified Australian engineering, maritime and nuclear trade and professional workers required to support the nation鈥檚 nuclear-powered submarine enterprise from infrastructure, sustainment, supply chain through to disposal.

The AUKUS Workforce Alliance will:

• Establish a proactive, innovative and internationally recognised platform for skill enhancement and leadership to support development of a sovereign, nuclear-powered submarine workforce in Australia;
• Lead the development and execution of critical upskilling programs, focusing on harnessing the full potential of Australia鈥檚 industrial base;
• Foster cutting-edge research and practical experience for the future workforce.

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Babcock Australasia Managing Director AUKUS and International Sir Nick Hine KCB

鈥淏abcock is proud to be partnering with HII and some of Australia鈥檚 top universities in a true, tri-lateral alliance to form the AUKUS Workforce Alliance.

Collectively, we will equip the workforce with the knowledge and the skills required to deliver the most complex and largest Defence agenda in Australia鈥檚 history.

Given our extensive global experience in sustainment, nuclear safety and stewardship, Babcock stands ready to assist Australia in delivering this very significant opportunity, including growing the required workforce to support the delivery of the nation鈥檚 first nuclear-powered submarines.鈥�

HII President Nuclear and Environment Services Group Michael Lempke

"HII is proud to work with Australia鈥檚 education institutions and to bring more than 60 years of nuclear shipbuilding expertise to the training of a workforce capable of supporting, and ultimately executing, nuclear shipbuilding. The AWA is an investment in the security, and economic and technological progress of Australia. This comprehensive and rigorous training approach is also a commitment to the safety and protection of people and the environment and fostering public trust.鈥�

University of 米兰电子 Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Peter H酶j AC

鈥溍桌嫉缱� is pleased to be joining the AUKUS Workforce Alliance (AWA).聽This alliance will strengthen and broaden the University鈥檚 partnering with industry in developing the workforce for the nation鈥檚 naval shipbuilding enterprise.

鈥溍桌嫉缱� has an outstanding global reputation for teaching and research as well as a strong track record of working closely with industry, government and our global partners.

鈥淭his partnership marks another step in the journey towards Australia realising the goals of the AUKUS partnership.鈥�

Curtin University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Harlene Hayne

"Curtin is proud to be a foundation partner with global defence industry leaders HII and Babcock, and the University of NSW and University of 米兰电子, in developing a highly skilled workforce to support the nuclear-powered submarine program in Australia and Western Australia.

Drawing on our significant expertise in building strong, sustainable communities of practice and in resilience and defence capabilities, Curtin will generate WA鈥檚 talent pipelines in collaboration with our key strategic partners within state and federal governments, industry, and the broader education sector, noting initial workforce deployment will be centred around WA.鈥�

University of NSW Professor Attila Brungs, Vice-Chancellor and President of UNSW

鈥淯NSW is pleased to be contributing our unique expertise and capabilities to the ground-breaking AUKUS Workforce Alliance. We look forward to supporting the Australian Submarine Agency鈥檚 鈥渨hole of nation鈥� skilling objectives through collaboration with our partner universities in 米兰电子 and Perth, as well as with two global defence industry primes, in Babcock and HII, boasting a deep shared submarine capability sustainment heritage.

Our postgraduate and short courses across many faculties are geared to skill-building in advanced capabilities. Coupled with UNSW鈥檚 nation-leading Faculty of Engineering, the only nuclear engineering program in Australia with cutting-edge work on nuclear safety, UNSW is already pivoting towards generating the workforce needed across the entire nuclear ecosystem, from social licence to manufacturing facilities to regulatory authorities.鈥�