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airport just outside of city boundaries, and the city of Fort
Pierce are both committed to improving job prospects in the
city and nearby area.
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between public and private partners,” the EDC’s Tesch
says. “For example, the school district has said they’ll provide
service in whatever area we need.” The district has career
academies in its high schools.
Indian River State College received a $1.53 million grant
from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity to create
a new aviation and marine training program that can train
up to 140 workers a year. The marine and aerospace industries
on the Treasure Coast had more than 300 job openings last
year, the college said in its grant announcement in October.
The programs started their first “fast track” non-degree
phase in spring semester and in the fall will begin their degree
program courses. Starting salaries of about $44,000 a year are
expected, $11,000 over the current average career salary, the
announcement stated, estimating a $2.8 million direct increase
and $14 million indirect increase to the local economy.
The college is also seeking $14.8 million from the state to construct
a 55,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing center. The
total cost will be $23.3 million. The center will be able to train
workers in many of the skills that will be needed by businesses.
The EDC’s 2017 Skills Gap Study lists hundreds of job
openings for skilled workers needed now and in the next
couple of years, Tesch says. In 2017 the EDC did a study
which showed that by 2015 there were already 352 manufac-
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