Workforce Training and Development
The new U.S. offshore wind industry will need a large, diverse, and skilled workforce. The training and development of an offshore wind workforce is important to ensuring local residents have the skills, credentials, and expertise they need to access new, high-quality job opportunities in the emerging offshore wind industry. Through investments, technical assistance, and facilitation, MassCEC is supporting a range of essential, innovative, and thoughtful programs, initiatives, and projects that are training and educating Massachusetts workers for jobs in offshore wind.
Workforce Assessments
Two Workforce Assessments (2018 and 2021) provide a comprehensive analysis of workforce needs, specific occupations, and economic development impacts associated with the deployment of 1,600 MW of offshore wind in Massachusetts
Workforce Development Grants
MassCEC has invested over $7.8 million in growing the offshore wind workforce through training programs, educational programs, and infrastructure projects. Through five rounds of funding, we've awarded 43 grants to 24 unique organizations.
Workforce Development Community of Practice
MassCEC is building a comprehensive ecosystem of training providers, educational institutions, community development organizations, and others who work collaboratively to develop training and educational pathways into and through the offshore wind industry.
Find Your Career in Offshore Wind
Offshore wind is a new, exciting industry in the U.S. Tens of thousands of new workers are needed to build, maintain, and operate the infrastructure that will soon provide power up and down the east coast. You may already have the expertise the industry is seeking! If not, training programs are available to get you started and help you advance. Use our clean energy career pathways tool to fin a training program near you!
Ports and Infrastructure
MassCEC operates two offshore wind facilities: the Wind Technology Testing Center in Boston and the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal on the South Coast of MA. We have also performed engineering studies on 19 coastal properties that are ideally situated to support the growing offshore wind industry.
