Naval Group plans ahead by outlining its future trades

Working on the future of professions has become an essential task for HR departments to allow them to determine a long-term strategy.

Originating from the arsenals founded in the 17^th century, the industrial group, that specialises in naval defence contracting, made this one of the key objectives of the agreement (1) executed in September 2020.

As it builds and maintains highly complicated products that require cutting-edge skills which take a very long time to acquire, and against the backdrop of a large number of retirements, the company undertook a forward-looking and cross-disciplinary review of its trades.

A mapping of jobs and trades was carried out within the legal entities (with trends underscored for each structure). It highlights emerging jobs, ones that are balanced and sensitive/under threat and sets out the three- to five-year objectives.

A five- to ten-year transformation study is conducted every year to pinpoint the qualitative and quantitative effects of technological and/or societal change.

In order to identify the required number of specialists, experts and senior experts, a criticality review of the various areas of technical expertise is drawn up.

Last May, a gold trophy at the “Victoires des Leaders du Capital Humain” (Leaders of Human Capital Awards) capped off these initiatives that foster the transfer of know-how and skills development.

¹ Agreement on forward planning for jobs, skills and careers.