Looking for a career that soars?

This week we saw the first Dreamliner taking off Paine Field on its way to Japan and there are many other 787s in the works. So far there are 50 airlines that want a combined total of 821 Dreamliners.  Boeing, its partners and providers will need a strong, talented and highly skilled workforce to build all these planes.

With these Washington aerospace facts, there will be jobs-a-plenty for many years to come: 

+      Greater Seattle boasts one of the highest concentrations of aerospace firms in the world.

+    Washington's aerospace cluster is represented throughout the production value chain from machine shops to tier I suppliers and one of the two largest commercial aerospace manufacturers in the world.

+    Washington state is home to more than 6,000 aerospace engineers.

+    Washington state is home to final assembly operations for Boeing Commercials' 737, 747, 767, 777 and the new 787.

+    Washington's aerospace industry has the largest concentration of aerospace workers in the U.S. - more than 1/6 of all U.S. aerospace workers are employed in Washington state.

House Democrats feel all those jobs should go to Washingtonians, so this year Rep. Deb Eddy sponsored a bill that created the Aerospace Loan Program (ALP) and they’re accepting applications now.

The program offers education loans for residents seeking training through the Washington Aerospace Training and Research Center at Paine Field in Everett.

Students can receive up to $4,800 for 12 weeks of training to enhance their existing job skills or earn certificates in various aerospace production fields. After completion of the program, ALP recipients have up to three years to repay their loans.

For more information:

Read the Everett Herald’s story, Aerospace Loans Available Soon to Students

Go to the program’s website

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