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Construction Trades

The construction industry is traditionally divided into three sub-sectors – the construction of buildings; construction of roads, highways, and other infrastructure; and specialty trades. Construction encompasses all the businesse...

Maritime Industry Training Partners

These organizations are located in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties and offer training programs to enter maritime industry career paths. 

Aviation Sector

Aviation is a large professional sector including a multitude of industries, such as the entire airline industry, aircraft manufacturing, military aviation, researchers, air safety specialists, aviation maintenance technicians, su...

Youth Maritime Career Launch

Now Enrolling for 2024! Visit Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle or Washington Maritime Blue to learn more and apply! The Youth Career Launch program is for young people ages 18-24 to receive training and ...

Career-Connected Learning

The Port partners with local schools and organizations to hold career awareness events that inspire young adults to pursue promising careers in port-related industries, such as public safety, construction and engineering, maritime...

Opportunity Youth Initiative

  "Our COVID-19 regional recovery strategy connects the most vulnerable and impacted communities to job opportunities available in Port-related industries.  Underserved youth need jobs more than ever now, not just t...

Priority Hire at the Port

The Port of Seattle Priority Hire Program supports access to good family-wage jobs to qualified construction workers from Economically Distressed Areas of King, Pierce, and Snohomish County by increasing access to Port of Seattle ...

Workforce Development

Workforce Development is the collection of strategies and services that connect and retain workers to careers within the Port and the port-related industries of aviation, maritime, construction, and green jobs. This includes servi...

Workforce Development: Port Jobs

The Workforce Development Program manages the Port's contract with Port Jobs, under which they provide a range of high-quality workforce development services focused on the airport, transportation, logistics, construction, and oth...

Workforce Development Programs

We help to ensure our port tenants, customers and connected industries have access to skilled workers by partnering with nonprofit organizations, area economic and workforce development agencies, and through direct staff efforts, ...

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