In a multiagency collaboration, Workforce Solutions Capital Area launched the Austin Infrastructure Academy on March 26, a “person-centric” career development program.
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Austin launches Infrastructure Academy to build workforce for $25B in upcoming projects
A couple years in the making, Austin’s Infrastructure Academy launched to the public Wednesday to help accomplish just that.
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Austin’s new Infrastructure Academy launches with career fair
The Austin Infrastructure Academy, born out of a partnership looking to tackle workforce demands, affordability and infrastructure needs in the city, officially launched Wednesday morning with a career fair to connect industry employers with anyone in Austin looking for a new career.
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How a new Infrastructure Academy could help meet Austin workforce gaps, deliver high wages
Since 2022, Mayor Kirk Watson has been wrestling with a challenge. The good challenge, as he calls it, of a booming city: how to tackle affordability and infrastructure.
As more people moved to Austin, he wondered, how can he make it so more families keep more money in their pockets?
As the growing city’s new infrastructure projects ballooned — spanning to $25 billion in projects with the renovation of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Interstate 35 expansion and Project Connect — a parallel goal emerged: to help Austinites “make a living making Austin.”
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Austin infrastructure career fair to be held March 26 with launch of workforce initiative
Central Texans interested in starting or advancing their roles in infrastructure-related fields are invited to a regional career fair hosted by Workforce Solutions Capital Area on March 26. -
Infrastructure Academy celebrates launch with career fair
Workforce Solutions Capital Area is set to launch the Austin Infrastructure Academy with a career fair at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 26. The event will be held at Workforce Solutions Capital Area’s north location in Austin. The academy aims to connect local talent with opportunities in Austin’s expanding infrastructure sector. -
Austin Infrastructure Academy set to launch with career fair
The new Austin Infrastructure Academy plans a launch event later this month to introduce its training programs and publicize its goal of boosting the region’s workforce in the infrastructure and mobility sectors. -
Meeting the Moment | Mobility + Infrastructure Industry Snapshot (Jan 2025)
Austin’s unprecedented growth and major infrastructure projects like the IH-35 expansion, Project Connect, and airport redevelopment require 10,000 skilled workers annually.
Currently, regional training programs meet only 40% of this demand and women make up just 14% of the industry’s workforce. Workforce shortages risk project delays, impacting economic and community development.
Read the white paper for more labor market insights and to see how Workforce Solutions Capital Area, Opportunity Austin, and partners are working to align infrastructure investments with career pathways, helping to support our growing community.
Looking to connect with future talent and strengthen your workforce? Join the Mobility + Infrastructure Sector Partnership. Get started.
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Austin Infrastructure Academy tees up spring launch as billions in transit projects progress
The Austin Infrastructure Academy will host its inaugural expo event later this spring to build up a local pipeline of infrastructure workers to support billions of dollars’ worth of mobility projects underway.
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Meeting the demand: new program builds pipeline of skilled workers to Austin’s construction industry
Texas Construction Career Pathways, a program run by Texas Climate Jobs Project, offered Travis County residents an opportunity that trains individuals in the construction industry and prepares them to join the workforce within unionized building and construction trades.