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Career Exploration with Western Towboat
Thinking of pursuing a career in the maritime industry? Consider tugboats.
Building a tugboat requires welders, engineers, carpenters, engine mechanics
and other skilled workers. Once a tugboat is complete, people are needed to run
the boat. Tugboat operation offers employment opportunities for captains, mates,
cooks, deckhands and engineers.
Tugboats based in Seattle travel to ports up and down the West Coast, Alaska,
Hawaii and other ports around the world. If you enjoy traveling to new places, a
career in the maritime industry might be the one for you.
There are also many opportunities for jobs in the maritime industry that directly
impact your daily life. When it snows, road crews apply salt that comes into
Seattle on barges towed by tugboats. The materials used in asphalt and
cement (used to pave our roads and construct new buildings) are also
brought in by tugboats. For more information visit
westerntowboat.com
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Maritime Workforce Training Programs
Maritime careers are great gigs. The average annual salary before benefits for
maritime industry employees in Washington is $70,800. That’s nearly $20,000
more than the average job in Washington!
Interested in getting into the maritime industry?
First, stop by the 16th Annual Maritime Career Day from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.,
on Friday, May 9. It’s being held at the Maritime Event Center, 2211 Alaskan
Way, Pier 66. You can meet with representatives from more than 30
businesses, maritime organizations and training schools. There will also
be cool demonstrations, displays and tours. Maritime Career Day is
sponsored by Harley Marine Service with Compass Courses. Be sure to also
stop by the Vigor Industrial Welding School Open House, 1801 16th Avenue
SW, from 3–5 p.m. that day.
Here are some of the Washington training programs you might also check out:
Ballard High School Maritime Academy
– Training programs
Bates Technical College
– Boat building
Clatsup Community College
– Maritime training, certification and licensing programs
Compass Courses Maritime Training
– Maritime training, certification and
licensing programs
Crawford Nautical School
– Maritime training, certification and licensing programs
Flagship Maritime Training Center
– Maritime training, certification and
licensing programs
Fremont Maritime Services
– Maritime safety training programs
Fryar’s Maritime Service
– Maritime training, certification and licensing programs
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
– Motorcycle, Marine and Power
Service Technology
Maritime Training Services
– General training
Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building
– Boat building
NPFVOA
– Vessel Safety Program
Olympic College Manufacturing
– Welding
Pacific Maritime Institute
– Maritime training, certification and licensing programs
Renton Technical College
– Welding
Seattle Central Community College
– Maritime training, certification and
licensing programs
Seattle Maritime Academy
– Training, certification and licensing programs
Skagit Valley College
– The Northwest Center of Excellence for Marine –
Manufacturing and Technology
Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center
– Diesel Power Tech, Welding
South Seattle Community College
– Welding
The Anchor Program
– Maritime training, certification and licensing programs
University of Washington
– School of Marine Affairs
U.S. Maritime Academy
– Maritime training, certification and licensing programs
Washington State Patrol Fire Training Academy
– Marine Firefighter Training
Youth Maritime Training Associations
– K-12 programs to promote Maritime careers
Zenith Maritime
– Maritime training, certification and licensing programs
WESTERN TOWBOAT COMPANY
617 NW 40th Seattle, WA 98107-5028
(206) 789-9000 24 hours (206) 789-9755 FAX
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Celebrating 65 Years!
1948 - 2013
We would like to thank all our employees customers and friends
who have made the last 60 years possible.
We look forward to many more...
Can you think of any other ways
tugboats serve our daily lives?
Source: Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County, Community Attributes (2013).
Seattle Maritime 101:
A Celebration of a Five Star Working Waterfront
