Ingalls & MGCCC offering free classes for shipbuilders

Written on 09/19/2024
Ingalls Communications


Ingalls and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC) are partnering to offer shipbuilders the opportunity to invest in themselves through free educational courses. Learn new skills and sharpen existing ones to help grow your career and gain knowledge in a variety of topics. 

Registration is now open. Classes will begin on Monday, September 23. To register for classes or for additional information, please email MTA@mgccc.edu

Courses vary in length from three to nine weeks and will be held at the Maritime Training Academy (MTA). These continuing education courses are provided at no cost to shipbuilders. The non-credit classes are offered after hours on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The following courses will be offered:

  • Access Basic 
  • Access Intermediate
  • Blueprint Reading
  • ESL – English as 2nd Language 
  • Excel Basic & Intermediate
  • Excel Advance
  • Principles of Management
  • Project Management
  • Spanish 1
  • Spanish 2

These courses offer every shipbuilder the opportunity to learn skills that can be valuable in their current roles by growing their abilities and providing them with more qualifications to help advance their careers. 

For more information about the free education courses offered by Ingalls and MGCCC, contact Sherry Joubert at 228-935-4696 or reach out to Judy Jones at MGCCC at 228-497-7666.