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Submarine moves through a naval harbour with crew on deck, escorted by a tugboat near port facilities.
Minister's Announcement

Building the workforce delivering Australia's future nuclear-powered submarine capability(Opens in a new tab/window)

The Albanese Government is investing an additional $88 million to continue growing the highly skilled workforce needed to deliver Australia’s future conventiona
  • Education & training
  • Workforce development
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Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles with Propel scholars at the program’s official launch at Parliament House, Canberra.
Australian Submarine Agency

Scholarship launched to propel submarine workforce

More than 800 students across Australia have been selected as part of the inaugural cohort of scholars for the Propel: Australian Submarine Scholarship program.
  • Education & training
  • Workforce development
Banner of Propel initiative
Australian Submarine Agency

Applications open for new STEM scholarship

Applications open for the Propel: Australian Submarine Scholarship program, supporting the development of Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine workforce.
  • Education & training
Promotional image, stylised to suit the theme of the 'propel' training initiative.
Australian Submarine Agency

Leading academy to deliver submarine scholarship program

The ATSE has been chosen to deliver $15.8 million in STEM scholarships to support Australia’s future nuclear-powered submarine workforce.
  • Education & training
  • Workforce development
Rear Admiral David Mann, CSC, RAN speaks to the first trainees and apprentices commencing the Defence Industry Pathways Program (DIPP) and the Shipbuilding Employment Pathways pilot (SEPP) initiative
Australian Submarine Agency

First trainees and apprentices commence pathways program growing South Australia’s skilled defence industry workforce

Two new pathway programs established by the Federal and South Australian Governments have commenced as part of a critical step towards delivering the nation’s f
  • Education & training
Dignitaries turn the sod to mark the commencement of the construction of the Skills and Training Academy building at the Osborne Ship Building Yard in Adelaide, South Australia. (L-R) Delivery Director SSN AUKUS (CoA) Mr Jim Cuthill; Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ASC Pty Ltd. Stuart Wiley; Director-General, Australian Submarine Agency Vice Admiral Jonathon Mead, AO, RAN; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP; Premier of South Australia, The Hon Peter Ma
Australian Submarine Agency

Major milestone for South Australia’s Skills and Training Academy

The Australian Government is investing $480 million into Australia’s naval shipbuilding and submarine construction workforce with the build of the Skills and Tr
  • Education & training
  • South Australia
WA Apprentices
Australian Submarine Agency

81 Apprentices and Graduates Join Australia's Submarine Workforce

The Australian Submarine Agency (ASA) and ASC have made further progress to deliver the significant workforce growth and the development of skills, knowledge an
  • Education & training
  • Workforce development
hief of Navy, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, AO, RAN (far left) and the Director-General of the Australian Submarine Agency Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, AO, RAN (far right), with Australia's first Navy officers to graduate from the Royal Navy's Nuclear Reactor Course.
Australian Submarine Agency

Royal Australian Navy Officers Graduate from Royal Navy Nuclear Reactor Course at HMS Sultan in UK

Following their completion of the Officers Nuclear Operator Course and Engineering Administration Course, the first three Royal Australian Navy officers have gr
  • Education & training
  • Workforce development
Royal Australian Navy Enlisted Sailors pose for a photograph with their US peers at US Submarine School.
Australian Submarine Agency

First Royal Australian Navy Enlisted Sailors Begin Training at US Submarine School

The US Naval Submarine School (Submarine School) in Groton welcomed its first cadre of nine enlisted sailors and the second cadre of three officers from the Roy
  • Education & training
  • Workforce development
Royal Australian Navy Sailors graduate Submarine Officer Basic Course
Australian Submarine Agency

Royal Australian Navy Sailors graduate Submarine Officer Basic Course: next step, assignment to U.S. Virginia class submarines

In a first for the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy, three Royal Australian Navy officers graduated from the U.S.
  • Education & training
  • Workforce development
Image of submarine docked in a bay
Australian Submarine Agency

Nuclear Graduate Program - Applications are Now Open

Australia’s conventionally-armed nuclear-powered submarine program will require the collective effort of thousands of highly skilled Australians.
  • Education & training
  • Workforce development
Royal Australian Navy Officers graduate from US Navy's Nuclear Power Training Unit
Australian Submarine Agency

Full steam ahead in nuclear power training

Three Royal Australian Navy officers took another significant step in their submariner careers, and on the Pathway to Australia operating conventionally-armed n
  • Education & training
  • People & profiles
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