SYSTEM SUCCESS: BUILDING VIRGINIA’S MARITIME WORKFORCE
2024: A Year of Impact
In 2024, HRMTS Celebrated Record-breaking Success:
- 4,200+ workers enrolled in training programs
- Nearly 4,000 graduates entered the workforce
- 94% overall completion rate across all trades
- Critical trades filled:
- Welding (90% completion)
- Electrical (96% completion)
- Outside Machinist (97% completion)
- Pipefitting & Shipfitting (95%+ completion)
- 4,200+ workers enrolled in training programs
- Nearly 4,000 graduates entered the workforce
- 94% overall completion rate across all trades
- Critical trades filled:
- Welding (90% completion)
- Electrical (96% completion)
- Outside Machinist (97% completion)
- Pipefitting & Shipfitting (95%+ completion)
These results confirm HRMTS is delivering a skilled, reliable workforce that is ready on day one to strengthen our Navy and maritime industry.
HRMTS is Growing
The system is expanding to meet future needs. With two additional training centers underway and the capacity for 5,000 graduates annually, HRMTS is scaling to ensure workforce supply keeps pace with the nation’s defense and shipbuilding demands.
Strengthening Hampton Roads and Beyond
Most graduates remain in Hampton Roads—a region of 1.8 million people and the largest concentration of Navy and ship repair facilities in the nation. By staying local, HRMTS graduates build long-term community strength while reinforcing America’s defense industrial base.
Our Partners.
THEY MAKE THESE OPPORTUNITIES HAPPEN for you.
Thank you to our Hampton Roads, Virginia partners who are helping power your new career path.
For more information on the national effort visit our partners at BuildSubmarines.com
