The Labor Department has expanded its workforce partnership with HIIA proposal would turn the San Diego Job Corps Center into a maritime training hubThree more Southern California Job Corps Centers may join the shipbuilding pipelineThe U.S. Department of Labor announced Tuesday that it has expanded its workforce development partnership with HII to increase pre-apprenticeship opportunities and strengthen the nation’s maritime workforce as part of broader efforts to bolster the U.S. industrial base. The proposal also includes the possibility of incorporating the Los Angeles, Inland Empire and Long Beach Job Corps Centers to accelerate the development of a skilled shipbuilding workforce. “It gives hope to young men and women enrolled in pre-apprenticeship programs while helping restore America’s maritime workforce and reanimating critical domestic supply chains.” What Could the Initiative Mean for the Shipbuilding Workforce? “With the international threats we face today, we must be the best we can be, which is why we at HII support the work of the Department of Labor and Job Corps.”