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10,000. That’s how many new mobility and infrastructure jobs it may require to complete upcoming capital projects in Central Texas — annually.
In a summit last week, local political and transit leaders unveiled the results of Central Texas’ first mobility workforce study. As the Austin area embarks on major developments like Project Connect and the I-35 expansion, here are three other takeaways from the findings:
As populations continue to boom in Austin and San Antonio, both cities’ mayors shared interests and focus on expanding mobility and infrastructure workforce opportunities — and possible rail connections between the two cities.
On Friday, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg spoke at Workforce Solutions Capital Area’s Moving Forward: Mobility & Infrastructure Workforce Summit. During their conversations, both cities’ mayors said they’re eyeing infrastructure funding opportunities to expand rail services between the two Central Texas metropolitan areas.
Central Texas leaders are promoting the region’s unique workforce opportunities and potential for greater partnership along the I-35 corridor as the Austin and San Antonio areas ramp up major infrastructure programs that will stretch on over the years ahead.
During an Oct. 12-13 summit hosted by Workforce Solutions Capital Area in Austin, officials promoted the first-ever mobility workforce study conducted for the region and shared their thoughts on how Central Texas employers and residents can take advantage of what’s to come.
Findings from Austin’s first mobility and infrastructure workforce study released Thursday will help guide the Central Texas area as it gears up for a slew of large-scale mobility projects in development and on the horizon.
Over the next two decades, the study found the Austin metro area will increase jobs within the mobility and infrastructure sectors by nearly 97,000 positions, up 39%. However, when factoring in major projects in development — including the Project Connect light rail system, the Interstate 35 project near downtown and the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport expansion — that job creation jumps 81% to 181,000 new jobs, said Tamara Atkinson, CEO of Workforce Solutions Capital Area.
A new group of community leaders is launching large-scale changes within mobility and infrastructure industries in central Texas. The goal is to connect local people with thousands of jobs and careers. Sarah Garza, director of Mobility Industry Partnerships for Workforce Solutions Capital Area gives us insight.
After a summer of record-breaking heat in Austin, Texas, officials with the $1.4 billion Amplify Credit Union are once again turning up the temperature on the competition with a new banking program that will dispatch personal bankers and lenders throughout Central Texas.
The Austin-based Amplify has partnered with Workforce Solutions Capital Area to pilot the new service which aims to remove barriers to receiving financial assistance and education services in a way that the credit union comes to the member – not the other way around.
On Tuesday, September 26, Workforce Solutions Capital Area, Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area, and the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership (represented by Baylor Scott & White Health, Ascension Seton and St. David’s HealthCare) will host a nursing academy for junior and high school students in the Central Texas area.
This event will allow students from Austin, Del Valle, Dripping Springs, Elgin, Georgetown, Hays, Leander, Lockhart, Pflugerville and Round Rock ISDs, as well as local charter schools and American YouthWorks, to explore nursing career paths, along with hands-on opportunities in Austin Community College’s simulation labs to experience wound care, injections, and IV lines.
The nursing shortage is the largest gap in employment for healthcare, and the event is designed to help inspire the next generation of skilled healthcare workers, as well as spotlight the value nurses provide to our community.
When it comes to labor, the biggest challenge is having the skilled labor to fill available positions, said Tamara Atkinson, CEO of Workforce Solutions Capital Area. From 2021 to 2026, job growth in the region is forecasted to grow 12.5%, which is nearly three times more than what’s projected for the U.S.
It’s on regional partners to make sure companies in industries that are expanding can fill those jobs with training, upskilling or apprenticeships. She called economic and workforce development “two sides of the same coin.”
The unemployment rate in the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan statistical area hit 3.8% in July, as reported by the Texas Workforce Commission on Aug. 18.
The rate represents nearly 55,400 unemployed residents and is up from 3.5% in May and June.
According to representatives with the Workforce Solutions Capital Area, the health care industry is experiencing a “pressing issue” of workforce shortages, especially in nursing and various entry-level and middle-skill positions.
Local officials and transportation entities announced Aug. 17 the next steps for a Central Texas workforce plan aimed at getting thousands of locals into the infrastructure jobs pipeline that’s expected to flourish over the coming years.
Members of the Mobility and Infrastructure Leadership Group include Watson, Travis County Judge Andy Brown, other city and county officials, local labor and education leaders, and construction industry representatives. Capital Metro, the Austin Transit Partnership and the jobs group Workforce Solutions Capital Area are supporting the initiative.