DCNS is to continue with its social and sporting programme, DCNS Develops Talent, for transmitting knowledge for three years. During this next phase the focus will be on getting young people into or back into the job market and making jobs accessible, and on diversity. At the same time, the Hydroptère (hydrofoil) and its designer and skipper Alain Thébault will be joining DCNS Develops Talent with the aim of training apprentice skippers, including Luc Alphand, correspondent for the challenges of integration in the social aspect of the programme.
When DCNS launched the DCNS Develops Talent in 2008 the project might have seemed a bit crazy. The aim of the programme for transmitting knowledge, which addresses both combines social and sporting challenges, was to help young people with no plans. On paper, the objectives looked highly ambitious. But four years later, it has to be said that DCNS has more than achieved them.Since 2008, the Group has in fact welcomed more than 2,300 people in difficulties into the mini ‘discovery‘ courses, it has placed 403 on part-time contracts and to date has helped 150 of them to find a job. At the same time, under the aegis of the skipper Marc Thiercelin, the Group has helped a promising young long distance racer, Christopher Pratt, to finish his training as a sailor and to take part in the Route du Rhum and then supported the ex skiing and rally champion, Luc Alphand, to start a new career in sailing, a change made necessary following a serious motorcycle accident.
At the dawn of 2012, it is therefore quite natural that DCNS should decide to continue with DCNS Develops Talent for another three years with the objective of integrating all the talents into the world of industry and sport and to open up the programme to other groups of people. To achieve this, the social aspect of DCNS Develops Talent is to be expanded: in addition to getting people into or back into the job market, the focus of the first two phases of the programme, the emphasis will be on diversity and accessibility. The objectives are still just as ambitious: to welcome 1,000 to mini ‘discovery‘ courses, to train 300 on a part-time basis at DCNS and to help all who have been trained to enter the world of industry with the objective that at least 50 % of them will find a job in the Group or another company.
The sporting aspect of the programme, which is intended to be the perfect reflection of the social aspect, will be also be enhanced with the arrival of the hydrofoil and its designer and skipper Alain Thébault. The swiftest sailing boat in the world, which goes by the name of Hydroptère DCNS, will benefit from cutting edge technologies developed by the Group. “I am very proud that Hydroptère DCNS has joined DCNS Develops Talent”, states Alain Thébault. “This programme for the transmission of knowledge has a very important social objective and I have always attached the greatest importance to mutual learning between generations. Another aspect that I hold dear in this partnership is the technological cooperation with DCNS which will give us the benefit of their unique skills and R&D resources.”
During the next three years, Hydroptère DCNS will be pursuing the great ocean going records such as for crossing the Pacific between Los Angeles and Honolulu, sailing around the British Isles and crossing the Atlantic. And, during this quest, Alain Thébault will not be alone as he will have Luc Alphand on board with him to continue his apprenticeship in ocean sailing, as well as two other learner skippers who will represent the challenges that diversity and accessibility pose for DCNS Develops Talent. ”It’s a fabulous project that combines the two things that excite me the most: speed and technology”, enthuses Luc Alphand. “Also, I’ve been saying for the past year that I wanted to make a modest entry into the world of sailing and learn the ropes over time. I am very grateful to DCNS Develops Talent for giving me my chance and continuing to support me in this career change. And I can’t wait for my first outing on the boat in March and the challenge of some of this sport's finest world records.” Whether they be sporting or professional, the challenges taken up by all those who join DCNS Develops Talent will be considerable: they will need commitment, motivation and hard work, but they will also help them to prove to themselves and to others that they have talents that they can put to use for a cause, whatever it might be. Smooth sailing to all…
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When DCNS launched the DCNS Develops Talent in 2008 the project might have seemed a bit crazy. The aim of the programme for transmitting knowledge, which addresses both combines social and sporting challenges, was to help young people with no plans. On paper, the objectives looked highly ambitious. But four years later, it has to be said that DCNS has more than achieved them.Since 2008, the Group has in fact welcomed more than 2,300 people in difficulties into the mini ‘discovery‘ courses, it has placed 403 on part-time contracts and to date has helped 150 of them to find a job. At the same time, under the aegis of the skipper Marc Thiercelin, the Group has helped a promising young long distance racer, Christopher Pratt, to finish his training as a sailor and to take part in the Route du Rhum and then supported the ex skiing and rally champion, Luc Alphand, to start a new career in sailing, a change made necessary following a serious motorcycle accident.
At the dawn of 2012, it is therefore quite natural that DCNS should decide to continue with DCNS Develops Talent for another three years with the objective of integrating all the talents into the world of industry and sport and to open up the programme to other groups of people. To achieve this, the social aspect of DCNS Develops Talent is to be expanded: in addition to getting people into or back into the job market, the focus of the first two phases of the programme, the emphasis will be on diversity and accessibility. The objectives are still just as ambitious: to welcome 1,000 to mini ‘discovery‘ courses, to train 300 on a part-time basis at DCNS and to help all who have been trained to enter the world of industry with the objective that at least 50 % of them will find a job in the Group or another company.
The sporting aspect of the programme, which is intended to be the perfect reflection of the social aspect, will be also be enhanced with the arrival of the hydrofoil and its designer and skipper Alain Thébault. The swiftest sailing boat in the world, which goes by the name of Hydroptère DCNS, will benefit from cutting edge technologies developed by the Group. “I am very proud that Hydroptère DCNS has joined DCNS Develops Talent”, states Alain Thébault. “This programme for the transmission of knowledge has a very important social objective and I have always attached the greatest importance to mutual learning between generations. Another aspect that I hold dear in this partnership is the technological cooperation with DCNS which will give us the benefit of their unique skills and R&D resources.”
During the next three years, Hydroptère DCNS will be pursuing the great ocean going records such as for crossing the Pacific between Los Angeles and Honolulu, sailing around the British Isles and crossing the Atlantic. And, during this quest, Alain Thébault will not be alone as he will have Luc Alphand on board with him to continue his apprenticeship in ocean sailing, as well as two other learner skippers who will represent the challenges that diversity and accessibility pose for DCNS Develops Talent. ”It’s a fabulous project that combines the two things that excite me the most: speed and technology”, enthuses Luc Alphand. “Also, I’ve been saying for the past year that I wanted to make a modest entry into the world of sailing and learn the ropes over time. I am very grateful to DCNS Develops Talent for giving me my chance and continuing to support me in this career change. And I can’t wait for my first outing on the boat in March and the challenge of some of this sport's finest world records.” Whether they be sporting or professional, the challenges taken up by all those who join DCNS Develops Talent will be considerable: they will need commitment, motivation and hard work, but they will also help them to prove to themselves and to others that they have talents that they can put to use for a cause, whatever it might be. Smooth sailing to all…
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