Discover amazing shoreside or at sea careers!

Did you know the average annual salary, before benefits for maritime industry employees, is $70,800 - $20,000 more than the average wage in Washington?

Check out the video of our May Maritime Career Fair here.

The Fair featured representatives from Foss Maritime, Pacific Fishermen Shipyard, the Puget Sound Pilots, Compass Courses, Argosy Cruises, Western Towboat, Washington State Ferries, the Port of Seattle and others! Moderator: Sarah Scherer, City of Seattle Maritime and Manufacturing Advocate and Co-President, Seattle Propeller Club.

Check out the incredible opportunities! Discover opportunities for women and communities of color. Hear about the high-tech aspects of the industry, its passion for environmental sustainability, and commitment to family wage jobs. Learn about the skills and training needed to be successful in the industry. Connect with companies that are looking for people like YOU!

Sponsored by the Seattle Propeller Club, Port of Seattle, City of Seattle, and Washington State Ferries. Presented in cooperation with King County Maritime, Washington Maritime Blue, Youth Maritime Collaborative and their members, Seattle Marine Business Coalition, and the North Seattle Industrial Association.

Did you know….

$67,000 - average annual salary before benefits for maritime industry employees – more than $20,000 above the average wage in Washington!

$79,000 – average annual salary of ship building and repair employees

$83,000 – average annual wage of Marine Engineers and Naval Architects

$72,000 – average annual wage of Crane and Tower Operators

$71,000 – average annual wage of Captains, Mates and Pilots

Washington State Maritime in 2015 generated $37.5 billion in revenues and was responsible
for more than 148,000 jobs.

How do you get into a great maritime career? Check out this awesome Maritime Employment Resource Guide, which was developed by the Center for Wooden Boats.

Here are some of the Washington training programs you might check out:

Ballard Maritime Academy

Training programs

http://ballardmaritimeacademy.wordpress.com/

Clatsup Community College

Maritime training, certification and licensing programs

https://www.clatsopcc.edu/

Compass Courses Maritime Training

Maritime training, certification and licensing programs

http://compasscourses.com/

Crawford Nautical School

Maritime training, certification and licensing programs

http://crawfordnautical.com/

Flagship Maritime Training Center

Maritime training, certification and licensing programs

http://flagshipmaritimetraining.com/

Fremont Maritime Services

Maritime safety training programs

http://www.fremontmaritime.com/

Fryar’s Maritime Service

Maritime training, certification and licensing programs

http://www.maritimetesting.com/pages/index.php

Lake Washington Institute of Technology

Motorcycle, Marine and Power Service Technology

http://www.lwtech.edu/

Maritime Training Services

General training

http://www.maritimetraining.com/Home

Maritime Welding at Harbor Island Training Center

http://www.southseattle.edu/harbor-island-training-center/ 

Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building

Boat building

http://nwboatschool.org/

NPFVOA

Vessel Safety Program

http://npfvoa.org/

Olympic College Manufacturing

Welding

http://www.olympic.edu/Students/DegreesCertificates/Welding/welding-CS.htm

Pacific Maritime Institute
Maritime training, certification and licensing programs

http://mitags-pmi.org/

Renton Technical College

Welding

http://www.rtc.edu/Programs/TrainingPrograms/Welding/

Seattle Central Community College

Maritime training, certification and licensing programs

http://seattlecentral.edu/

Seattle Maritime Academy

Training, certification and licensing programs

http://seattlecentral.edu/maritime/

Skagit Valley College - The Northwest Center of Excellence for Marine

Manufacturing and Technology

http://www.marinecenterofexcellence.com/

Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center

Diesel Power. Tech, Welding

http://snoisletech.com/

South Seattle Community College

Welding

http://www.southseattle.edu/programs/proftech/weldfab.htm

The Anchor Program

Maritime training, certification and licensing programs

http://www.theanchorprogram.com/

University of Washington

School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

http://fish.washington.edu/

University of Washington

School of Marine and Environmental Affairs

https://smea.uw.edu/

U.S. Maritime Academy

Maritime training, certification and licensing programs

http://www.usmaritime.us/

Washington State Patrol Fire Training Academy

Marine Firefighter Training

http://www.wsp.wa.gov/fire/fireacad.htm

Youth Maritime Training Association

K-12 programs to promote Maritime careers

http://ymta.net

Youth Maritime Collaborative

www.youthmaritimecollaborative.org/

Zenith Maritime

Maritime training, certification and licensing programs

http://zenithmaritime.com/

Source:
Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County, Community Attributes  (2013).

The Seattle Propeller Club, Port of Seattle, Vigor, Harley Marine, The Seattle Times’ Newspapers in Education (NIE) program and the maritime industry partnered together to produce a series of special 12-page newspaper supplements. The supplements featured a cargo hold full of stories about the value of maritime industry to our community and region.

The supplements also were distributed to classrooms throughout the Puget Sound region. The Seattle Times NIE currently serves over 44,000 students and nearly 1,100 educators in Washington state. Over 70% of NIE students are middle school-college level, and over 41% of NIE educators teach some type of STEM education in their classroom.



Click on the photo below to read the 2016 Maritime 101 supplement.