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Your new career is waiting for you.

Find out how you can build a successful career with Ingalls Shipbuilding

Ingalls Shipbuilding offers no-cost career training opportunities to members of the local community. Recent graduates of one of our training programs sat down and told us about their experience and how becoming a shipbuilder has helped them find purpose, transform their lives and build a new career at Ingalls Shipbuilding.

Kristen Dean, Shipfitter

As a mother, shipfitter Kristen Dean, remembers the stress of unstable employment and felt like a weight was lifted when she completed the HireUp program and joined Ingalls Shipbuilding to provide for her children.


Karen King, Welder

Struggling to make ends meet with low wages and sporadic shifts, basically living in her car, Karen King decided it was time for a change and enrolled in classes to become a welder at Ingalls Shipbuilding.


Calvin Tisdale, Shipfitter

Working at the same place for years with no salary increases, Calvin Tisdale remembers a time when throwing a birthday party for his daughters wasn’t possible. He took a chance and enrolled in classes with Ingalls Shipbuilding to become a shipfitter and now things like birthday parties and new cars for his 3 daughters aren’t just dreams, they are his reality.


Ingalls Shipbuilding has partnered with local community colleges and high schools that are providing training in:  Shipfitting, Joiner, Pipe Insulation, Painting and Sheetmetal.
Pre-hire training programs are unpaid but at no cost to you. Click one of the trades below to find out more information and apply for a pre-hire training program.

Classes available to Mississippi residents:

Shipfitting | An up-to-12-week program designed to teach the skills needed to become a shipfitter.

Pipefitting | An up-to-12-week program designed to teach the skills needed to become a pipefitter.

Joiner | An 8-week program designed to teach the skills needed to become a joiner.

Pipe Insulator | A 2-week program designed to teach the skills needed to become a pipe insulator.

Painter | An 8-week program designed to teach the skills needed to become a painter.

Sheetmetal | A 12-16 week program designed to teach you the basic skills to become a Sheetmetal Mechanic.

Learn more about the other training programs Ingalls Shipbuilding offers.

Opportunities available for high school students and adults.
Harbors

  • Program established to help Veterans transitioning from active military service.
  • Expanded to the public through partnerships with industry, state and federal agencies, and community colleges to offer technical training.
 Talent Development Labs

  • Ingalls renovated and modernized the labs at Moss Point and Alma Bryant high schools and the Pascagoula-Gautier school district. Significant infrastructure improvements also included retooling shops and providing state of the art welding and safety equipment.
  • Ingalls provides training guidance, engineering, construction expertise, and material through partnerships with Career Technical Educators (CTE) and school district leaders.
Ingalls Shipbuilder Academy

  • Exposes high school seniors to the maritime trades.
  • Established in 2016, 119 students have completed the program with 58 students currently enrolled.
  • 11 schools currently participate in Shipbuilder Academy
  • Graduates of the program attend a “signing day,” where they sign their Ingalls’ job offers in front of school administrators, Ingalls leadership, family and friends.
 Ingalls Apprentice School

  • Housed at the Haley Reeves Barbour Maritime Training Academy.
  • Over 5,000 graduates since inception in 1952.
  • 2, 3 and 4-Year apprenticeships offered in 15 trades.
  • Program produces technically skilled craftsmen and the next generation of leaders and stewards of our communities.
  • For more information visit: https://ingalls.huntingtoningalls.com/careers/ingalls-apprentice-school/