Meeting in the town of Korolyov.
Excerpts from Dmitry Medvedev’s opening remarks:
Meeting on training staff to upgrade the defence industry
Meeting on training staff to upgrade the defence industry
Meeting on training staff to upgrade the defence industry
Meeting on training staff to upgrade the defence industry
Meeting on training staff to upgrade the defence industry
Meeting on training staff to upgrade the defence industry
We invest heavily in upgrading and expanding our defence industry. The latest equipment is fielded, and the defence infrastructure is expanding. I just saw how this work is organised at the Tactical Missiles Corporation, which is one of our recognised leaders in designing and manufacturing high-precision weapons. Its products are in service in our country and are well-known abroad. The corporation is carrying out over 100 investment projects under federal targeted programmes.
The staffing policy should get at least as much attention as the production side. The state should clearly form its requirements in this niche and create proper tools for expansion. That’s the only way for the economy to get exactly the professionals it needs.
I approved the 2016-2020 plan for training defence industry personnel. It outlines the benchmarks for the number of students to be enrolled in special vocational and higher educational institutions, and contains instructions to approve the list of required professions and educational institutions that will provide such targeted training.
Young engineers and technicians must be able to use this knowledge to design high-tech equipment and participate in developing and organising the production of competitive weapons systems and maintain control over their full lifecycle.
We need to establish effective ties between enterprises and educational institutions that would be based on both the customer’s and the contractor’s interests. Training programmes for the defence industry should be closely linked with addressing the goals set forth in the armament and defence state contract programme. We need to have a clear idea about what kind of experts we will need 5 to 10 years from now, and what their workplace requirements will be like. This is directly related to the research and design work performed by our major companies.
We have achieved certain progress in using the public-private partnership in vocational training. Last year, 17 major departments were created at defence industry organisations that will focus on targeted staff training for specific plants.
In recent years, we have significantly improved the social guarantees system for servicemen and military families.
Meeting on training staff to upgrade the defence industry
Certain measures have been incorporated in the priority action plan. Russian regions will be allocated upwards of 50 billion roubles to this end.
Of course, hiring an expert is not enough. Proper working conditions and a decent standard of living must be provided as well.
Employees must be paid decent, competitive salaries. They should have a clear outlook on ways to resolve their basic problems, such as housing. It’s imperative to create every opportunity for them to be able to do so, be it state-supported housing cooperatives, easy-term loans, or the construction of rental housing, if needed.
