III. MANPOWER AND TRAINING 



Professional oceanographic staffs are drawn 

 from many disciplines, and manpower statistics 

 for oceanography are difficult to assess. The most 

 recent nation-wide smvey (1964) showed about 

 3,000 professionals engaged in oceanographic 

 work, of which 700 were identified as research 

 oceanographers in terms of education and work 

 experience.' 



Exclusi\e of ocean engineering, budget plans 

 for FY 1967 indicate a 10 percent increase over 

 1966 and staff increases are expected in the same 

 proportion. Such increases will continue to require 

 recruitment from allied disciplines accompanied 

 by in-service training in oceanography. 



Deployment of Oceanographic Staff 



Principal employers of oceanographic staff 

 are the Federal Government, colle<res and uni- 



'See Scientijk and Technical Personnel m Oceanography, ICO Pamplilet 

 No. 21. This report, revised and edited by the Interagency Committee 

 on Oceanography, contains the results of a survey conducted by the 

 International Oceanographic Foundation under contract (C-33I) with 

 the National Science Foundation. 



versities. State and local governments, private 

 industry, and miscellaneous nonprofit institu- 

 tions.- The accompanying Table I presents an 

 estimated percentage distribtition of ocean- 

 ographers and professional staff engaged in ocean- 

 ographic work by type of employer. 



Manpower Implications of the FY 1967 

 National Oceanographic Program 



Since FY 1964 Federal obligations for oceano- 

 graphic research and surve\s increased from $85 

 million to $97 million in 1965. to $109 million 

 in 1966, and to an estimated $121 million in 1967. 



This represents a 1967 expenditme level for 

 research and surveys of 42 percent over 1964.^ 



-lb„l.. pp. 12, 13. 



^Ocean engineeiing program obligations are not included in the 

 base since they reflect, to a great extent, construction and equipment 

 contracts. Although these engineering obligations may imply the general 

 direction of personnel requirements, they are not a good indication 

 as to quantity. 



Table I 



Estimated Percent Distribution of Research Oceanographers 



and Oceanographic Staff by Type of Employer, 1964 



Type of Employer 



Percent Distribution 



Research Oceanographic 



Oceanographers Staff 



Total 



100 



100 



Federal Go\ernment 



Colleges and universities 



State and local governments 



Indi.!Strv 



Miscellaneous nonjirofit 



Other 



Students" 



29 

 50 



7 

 4 

 7 

 4 



32 

 28 

 8 

 8 

 5 

 3 

 17 



N=700 



N=3,000 



"Inckides graduate stttdents. many of whom are emplo\ed ]3art-time 

 in iini\ersity research. 



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