GBRIA presents workforce development awards at annual banquet
The Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance Inc. (GBRIA) presented the 16th Annual Craft Workforce Development Awards during a recent banquet at the Renaissance Hotel...
How to beat the heat: Three immediate changes that will protect workers
Heightened risk and strenuous operating conditions occur as temperatures rise, a combination that can have harmful outcomes, reports Manufacturing.net.
Heat often leads to impaired cognition...
Proportion of Louisiana jobs in construction 6th highest in U.S.
Recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that nearly 7 percent of jobs in Louisiana are in the construction industry, 1.7...
Bollinger Shipyards plans to close its operations in New Orleans
Bollinger Shipyards is closing its operations in New Orleans and plans to shift the work to its larger facilities on the Mississippi Gulf Coast,...
Capital Region manufacturing sector sees record high job numbers
Baton Rouge’s manufacturing industry saw a record high 30,900 jobs in June, according to the latest numbers from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s monthly...
Energy companies are scrambling to attract petroleum engineers
Even as oil and gas companies post record profits, the industry is facing a worsening talent drought, The Wall Street Journal reports.
At U.S. colleges, the pool...
Eighteen Louisiana high school students complete BASF’s TECH Academy
Eighteen area high school students recently completed BASF's TECH academy, a week-long educational and workforce development program hosted at River Parishes Community College (RPCC),...
Area industrial contractors are creating new solutions for an old and worsening labor problem
Jeramiah Blum knew something had to be done. In 2021, MMR Group’s vice president of estimating lost the bulk of his estimating department in...
Grand Isle Shipyard consolidating Baton Rouge area offices in a new campus
Galliano-based Grand Isle Shipyard, an oil and gas services company, is planning to consolidate its Capital Region operations with a new campus along Innovation Drive.
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Budding U.S. offshore wind industry facing rough seas
Just as the U.S. is plunging into the deep end of offshore wind energy development, the nascent domestic industry is facing major supply chain...
