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New training mock-up in San Diego offers apprentices a 'safe-to-fail' environment for honing their skills
February 25, 2025 — Mtume Salaam, workforce development manager, Code 984, Shop Resources, looks at his current training setting in Building 73 on Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, with a large amount of pride.The converted space wasn’t always the intricate training area it is now. Initially set aside to become a training area in 2023, other priorities put... MORE

Southwest Regional Apprentice Program instructors (from left) Erik Hughes, Shop 38, Marine Machinist; Andrew Fernandez, Code 740, Riggers; and Enrellee Thomas, Shop 26, Welders, pose for photo, Jan. 23, 2025, inside the program's new training facility at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Employees from Shops 11, 17 and 75 use 'cold-cutting' method to cut up old Dry Dock 3 caisson for recycling
April 29, 2024 — A team of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility workers is using a wire saw to recycle one of the original caissons for Dry Dock 3.Workers from Shop 75, Dismantlers; Shop 11, Shipfitter; and Shop 17, Sheet Metal; developed a method of using a commercially available wire saw from Husqvarna, which uses a 3/16 inch wire cable... MORE

Todd Bolden, work lead, Shop 11/17, Shipfitter, Forge and Sheet Metal, and Chase Evans, general worker, Shop 75, IRR Ship Dismantling, monitor a wire saw, March 20, 2024, while cold-cutting a four-foot wide section of Caisson 3's keel in Dry Dock 3 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S Navy photos by Wendy Hallmark)

A family legacy forged in steel: Five generations of Shop 11-17 work supervisor Greg Robins' family have worked at PSNS & IMF
July 10, 2023 — When Greg Robins, work supervisor, Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Forge and Sheetmetal, graduated from South Kitsap High School in 2002, he had some ideas about what he wanted to do for a living.“The one thing I did know was that I didn’t want to work at the shipyard,” he said.Working at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility... MORE

Greg Robins,work supervisor, Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Forge and Sheetmetal, comes from a long line of PSNS & IMF employees. Four generations of his family, dating back to the 1920s, have worked at the shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

School of Steel: New Shop 11/17 training facility provides more 'structured environment' for shipyard employees to hone their skills
April 16, 2023 — After ten years of effort and working through multiple challenges, Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Forge, Sheetmetal, held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the re-dedication of its School of Steel training facility in Building 460 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 5. The new school will provide a safe-to-fail... MORE

Sydney Bennett, shipfitter trainee, Shop 11, Shipfitter, works inside the newly re-dedicated School of Steel training facility April 5, 2023, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

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