Topic(s)
- People-centric leadership
- Operations improvement
- Business operations improvement
Experience the nation’s premier apprentice program firsthand with an exclusive tour of The Apprentice School, featuring immersive training insights and hands-on activities in the Innovation Lab.
Please note: Visitors must provide credentials to verify U.S. citizenship, including one of the following:
- A current U.S. passport (not expired)
- An original or certified copy of birth certificate AND valid government-issued photo ID (photo copies of passports and birth certificates are not accepted; the Real ID does not replace a passport)
Overview
The Apprentice School is the premier apprentice program in the country. During this tour, attendees will receive a briefing of the history and current operations of the school. This will include descriptions of its work force develop channels, related technical instruction model and leadership development programs. The tour will include visits to the unique academic instructional area. The tour will conclude with hands-on participation in the Innovation Lab. The participants will also be able to experience safe practical activities related to all occupations offered at NNS’s Apprentice School.
Company
Since 1886, the ships built at Newport News Shipbuilding, like the American Shipbuilders who built them, have served our nation in peace and war, in times of adversity and times of abundance. HII’s legacy of “Always Good Ships” includes the design, construction, overhaul and repair of hundreds of ships for the U.S. Navy and commercial customers.
Today, NNS, a division of HII, is the nation’s sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two shipyards capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines, leveraging our unique expertise in nuclear propulsion, naval design and manufacturing. NNS provides fleet services for our ships worldwide. https://hii.com/
