High School Seniors Sign for Careers at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding
11 May 2024 - 2:30AM
HII’s (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division is welcoming
more than three dozen graduating high school seniors to careers in
shipbuilding. The shipyard held a signing day at The Newport News
Shipbuilding Apprentice School Wednesday and participated in the
New Horizons Regional Education Centers (NHREC) Good Life Solution
Program’s Career Selection Day on Thursday.
A total of 38 students accepted employment offers from NNS: 15
who will begin full-time trade positions within the shipyard and 23
who will attend The Apprentice School. Funded by HII to train and
develop the next generation of shipbuilders, The Apprentice School
offers four- to eight-year, tuition-free apprenticeships in 19
trades and eight optional advanced programs, to include accredited
undergraduate degrees in engineering.
Wednesday’s event, in partnership with the Department of Labor
in celebration of National Youth Apprenticeship Week (YAW),
recognized students who have completed one of several workforce
development programs at The Apprentice School: the
Pre-Apprenticeship Program, Youth Builders, Good Life Solutions,
and Apprentice Accelerated (APX).
The Thursday event recognized additional students in The Good
Life Solution Program, which is a collection of partnerships
between NHREC and local employers looking to improve the way they
recruit, hire, train and retain entry-level new hires out of high
school. The program has a one-year retention rate of 80%.
Photos accompanying this release are available at:
https://hii.com/news/hii-signing-day-newport-news-shipbuilding-2024/.
“It is an exciting time to embark on a career in shipbuilding,”
said Xavier Beale, NNS vice president of human resources. “These
students will not only build the highest-quality aircraft carriers
and submarines for the U.S. Navy, they are also building a
meaningful career. We are thrilled to have them join our ranks in a
calling to serve our nation as only shipbuilders can.”
NNS plans to hire approximately 3,000 skilled trade positions
this year to meet the shipbuilding needs of the U.S. Navy. The
shipyard anticipates hiring nearly 19,000 trades people within the
next decade.
To learn more about the Good Life Solution Program,
visit nhrec.org/gls.
For more information about careers at Newport News Shipbuilding
visit, hii.com/careers.
About HII
HII is a global, all-domain defense provider. HII’s mission is
to deliver the world’s most powerful ships and all-domain solutions
in service of the nation, creating the advantage for our customers
to protect peace and freedom around the world.
As the nation’s largest military shipbuilder, and with a more
than 135-year history of advancing U.S. national security, HII
delivers critical capabilities extending from ships to unmanned
systems, cyber, ISR, AI/ML and synthetic training. Headquartered in
Virginia, HII’s workforce is 44,000 strong. For more information,
visit:
- HII on the web: https://www.HII.com/
- HII on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeamHII
- HII on X: https://www.twitter.com/WeAreHII
- HII on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/WeAreHII
Contact:
Todd CorilloTodd.T.Corillo@hii-co.com(757) 688-3220
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/37306963-3b32-4a4d-bee2-bf0f158a7292
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