Posted on March 4, 2024
State officials joined union leaders at a commercial diving school in Camden County on Friday to tout the prospect of new jobs in New Jersey’s growing offshore wind industry.
The Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters opened its dive school in Sicklerville two years ago, to train some of the workers that will soon build wind farms off the Jersey Shore, and throughout the region.
It’s a generational job growth opportunity, supporters of the nascent industry say. “Offshore wind represents the biggest opportunity, probably, for New Jersey, for our economic future,” said Tim Sullivan, the CEO of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. “Surely for South Jersey, there is no bigger economic opportunity presenting itself for thousands, if not tens of thousands, of jobs and careers over the next 30, 50, 100 years.”
