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Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of HII, has partnered with the Virginia Ship Repair Association and local Virginia community colleges and maritime training facilities to offer several course-to-hire Marine Trades Training (MTT) programs for individuals interested in learning a trade and working full-time for Newport News Shipbuilding.
Courses are offered once a month with 8-10 students per class.
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Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of HII, has partnered with the Virginia Ship Repair Association and local Virginia community colleges and maritime training facilities to offer several course-to-hire Marine Trades Training (MTT) programs for individuals interested in learning a trade and working full-time for Newport News Shipbuilding.
Courses are offered once a month with 8-10 students per class.
How it Works:
Read our FAQs
Focus on Values: Citizenship, Scholarship, Leadership, Craftsmanship
WATCH TRAINEE PROGRAM VIDEO to learn more
Program offered at Virginia Peninsula Community College (Hampton, VA)
2-week program (80 hours)7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Monday thru Friday)
Deck Electricians work on many electrical systems aboard the ship including lighting, power distribution, communications or navigation. Deck Electricians can quickly switch between different tasks ranging from lighting and receptacle hook-ups, installing wire way racks and electrical controls, lighting maintenance, and performing preventative maintenance
Program offered at Camp Community College (Suffolk), Virginia Peninsula Community College (Hampton, VA) and Tidewater Community College (Portsmouth, VA)
3-week program (120 hours)7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Monday thru Friday)
Shipfitters are often called “carpenters of steel.” Shipfitters weld ship ceilings, floors, hulls and walls. Experience in carpentry, construction and mechanics lends itself to a career as a Shipfitter.
Program offered at Camp Community College (Suffolk, VA)
Two-week program (80 hours)7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Monday thru Friday)
Inside Machinists work in NNS shops operating various manual and CNC machines. Inside Machinists are responsible for troubleshooting operations and performing quality inspections.
Outside Machinists work on propellers and shafts, elevators, periscopes, missile and torpedo launchers, turbines, pumps, valves, diesel engines, air conditioning, catapults, steering gear and dive planes. Outside Machinists work with various complex tools and and machinery and can work indoor or outside in all climates.
Program offered at Tidewater Community College (Norfolk, VA)
Two-week program (80 hours)7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Monday thru Friday)
Nearly every element aboard a ship requires coatings. Painters are responsible for a wide variety of marine coating systems. Painters wear a respirator often and must be clean shaven daily.
Program offered at Tidewater Community College (Portsmouth, VA)
3-week program (120 hours)7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Monday thru Friday)
Pipe fitters are responsible for more than 23 MILES of pipe on a nuclear submarine and more than 230 MILES of pipe on a nuclear aircraft carrier. WOW! As a Pipe fitter, you will learn how to read blueprints, fabricate, install, inspect, and test the many piping systems onboard a ship. The ability to perform mathematical conversions is required.
Programs offered at Camp Community College (Suffolk), Virginia Peninsula Community College (Hampton, VA) and Tidewater Community College (Portsmouth, VA)
3-week program (120 hours)7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Monday thru Friday)
As a NNS welder, you will first be qualified through the shipyard’s nationally recognized welding school. Welders weld (not fabricate) using a wide range of filler metals and welding processes to perform structural and/or pipe welds in all phases of ship construction. We employ the most skilled nuclear welders in the nation.
Program offered at QED Systems in Norfolk, VAX
One week program (40 hours)7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Monday thru Friday)
As a NNS insulator, you will remove, repair, and install various types of insulation, including fiberglass, calcium silicate, and rubatex from piping systems, ventilation systems, and various components and structures throughout the ship.
* $250 tuition fee is required for Marine Insulator Trainee program at QED Systems in Norfolk, VA
Program offered at Tidewater Community College in Portsmouth, VA
Two-week program (80 hours)7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Monday thru Friday)
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