skills development
bridging the gap
By leveraging the evidence-based knowledge and historical wisdom of the space industry with novel innovation and agile working practices, a safe and highly resilient space sector can grow and deliver.
established industry behaviours
- Large industry
- Highly skilled
- Specialist trained
- Long term programmes
- Small volume, large format
- De-risked & conventional
- Expensive
- High quality supply chain
- High safety standard
- Excellent safety track record
newspace behaviours
- SMEs, new-entrants, spin-out
- Innovation
- Limited sector knowledge
- Shorter life-cycles
- Small format, large volume
- Rapid prototyping, agile
- OTS & cost effective
- High quality, no track record
- Little experience on quality
- Little knowledge on safety
blending the two will achieve sustainable and reliable newspace supply-chains
- Safe
- Risk-led
- Quality-driven
- Socially responsible
- Reliable
- Affordable
safety is a critical foundation for the space industry as it undergoes growth and transformation
Our skills development programmes are unique, offering practical skills predicated on best practice being applied in our commercial work. Supported by the UK Space industry and proven in industrial settings, our programmes are the best available in the UK today.
Besides our standards practical skills development modules, we have the inhouse expertise and peer network with the knowledge to design and deliver custom skills development throughout the space industry supply-chain.
Propulsion test: From first principles for assuring safe and productive sub-system design & test
Launch operations: Full-process from pre-launch to post-flight facility set-down
Next generation safety: Preparing undergraduates for safe testing of propulsion hardware
Propellant handling: Preparing launchsite operators for safe handling & transfer of propellants
We invite you to talk with us today about your skills development needs, whether for established professionals or new team members straight from university or even transitioning from another business setting.
Propulsion test safety
Our propulsion test safety course consists of five modules and was funded with a grant from the UK Space Agency. It provides undergraduate engineers with critical skills and knowledge in space engineering safety and contributes towards their employability for careers in the space sector.
Course details
- Module 1: Flight Hardware overview
- Module 2: Component testing
- Module 3: Test plan design
- Module 4: Test procedure design
- Module 5: Test reporting & critical life analysis
Watch the first module here
You can watch the first module from our Propulsion Test Safety course here. Please complete the form below to get access to all modules.