Item No. 11a_supp Date of Meeting: June 23, 2026 Workforce Development 2025 Annual Report 1 Overview • Mission/Programs • Shared Vision, Shared Success • Continuum of Services • 2025 Accomplishments • Where We Are Headed 2 Mission Statement Position the Port of Seattle as an economic engine through strategic partnerships to develop a skilled, diverse workforce to access and advance in port-related careers. 3 Expanding Our Focus Aligning investments with industry need Supply Demand # of Available Workers # of Available Jobs Prepare Diverse Workforce to Create Equitable Access to Jobs Meet Hiring Needs Community led plans and services Employer led plans and services 4 Continuum of Services Career Connected Learning Outreach and Awareness Explore Preparation Launch Adult Training Upskilling, Reskilling Placement Retention & Advancement 5 Career Connected Learning Shared Vision, Shared Success Outreach and Awareness • Port Tours • Port Staff in Classrooms Explore • Maritime High School • Raisbeck High School Preparation • South King and Port Communities Fund Launch • Port Internships Adult Training • Pre-Apprenticeship Upskilling, Reskilling • AMT, GSE, Aviation Security Training Placement • Duwamish Valley Career Navigator Retention & Advancement • Priority Hire 6 Workforce Development 2026 - 2027 Look Ahead Career Connected Learning 2025 Outreach and Awareness • • • Duwamish Valley Career Navigation (2025) Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Airport Employment Center Explore • • Maritime High School Maritime Afterschool classes (2025) Preparation • Maritime High School Launch • Youth Maritime Career Launch • • • • • • • • • • • • • Language Access Port Career Pathways (2025) Airport Employment Center Pre-Apprenticeship Airport University Aviation Maintenance Tech Training Ground Service Equipment Training Duwamish Valley Career Navigation (2025) Airport Employment Center Pre-Apprenticeship Taxi Driver Career Navigation (2025) SEA Childcare Navigator (2025) Pre-Apprenticeship Leadership Roles in Construction Adult Training Upskilling, Reskilling Placement Retention & Advancement • Maritime Recruitment/Wraparound Supports (2026) • Core Plus Maritime (2026) • • Shipyard Welding (2026) Maritime Underway Careers (2027) • Aviation Security Training (2026) • • Maritime Workforce Liaison (2026) Maritime Underway Careers (2027) • • Maritime Workforce Liaison (2026) Leadership Roles in Construction (2026) S K P C F 7 Expanding Our Focus Our roles ADVOCATE CONVENE COMMIT INVEST Advise, develop and champion workforce development policy Bring key stakeholders together for collaboration and system improvements Secure private employer commitments to workforce development activities Fund career services, job training, retention, capacity building, etc 8 9 2025 Accomplishments 1,733 job, internship, and apprenticeship placements +14% increase 84% live in low equity areas of King County +16% increase 89% of the participants supported were Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) 1,006 trained -4% decrease 142 hiring employers +39% increase steady 10 State of the Work Strengths Threats • Connects workforce investments directly to Port-industry needs • Long-standing, high-performing programming models • Strong convening power across industry, labor, education, community partners and public agencies • Volatility of the labor market • Decrease in external workforce investments and nonprofit instability • Gaps in influencing maritime and aviation employers 11 Construction Seattle-Bellevue Metro Construction Employment 80,000 2025 saw records numbers in hours worked 78,000 76,000 795 apprentices from 32 crafts earned $16.7M $2.8 Billion in upcoming capital projects 74,000 72,000 70,000 68,000 66,000 Here at the Port of Seattle 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 12 Construction 2025 Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Training Results Total Participants Enrolled/Graduated/Placed 159/132/56 BIPOC 81% Women 30% Econ Distressed ZIPs 63% • • Priority Hire and Apprenticeship Utilization Apprentices made up nearly 17% of all work on Priority Hire projects Priority Hire workers made up 27% of all work on PLA projects 66% of Priority Hire workers came from South King County • • • • 2026 LOOK AHEAD Continue collaboration with pre-apprenticeship programs Regional workforce demand analysis Re-launch construction leadership development program Support construction industry convenings/roundtables • Construction Apprenticeship Guidebook 13 Aviation 2025 Demographics and Job Placements BIPOC 90% Female 41% Econ Distressed ZIPs 86% Job Placements 1,654 2026 LOOK AHEAD • Airport Employment Center moving to the STOC buildings, which are now Port property • Aviation Security Training bridge course launching • Childcare Navigation renewal • Continuation of Taxi Employment Navigation services 14 Aviation Airport Employment Center 2,500 2,000 1,500 Ground Support Equipment Video: 1,000 Aviation Maintenance Technician Video: 500 0 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Job placements (# of jobs) Training completions (including SIDA support) 15 40 Youth Maritime Career Launch (YMCL) Maritime YMCL Demographics and Internship Placements 30 20 10 0 2023 2024 2025 Training Completions Placements into Internships Maritime High School • Served 121 students in 2025-26 • 49% identify as BIPOC • First graduating class: 13 in college + 7 in maritime jobs • Expanded hands-on career learning through WSF's Classroom on the Water experience BIPOC 90% Female 29% Econ Distressed ZIPs 74% Internship Placements 23 Core PLUS Maritime • Added STCW maritime safety certifications to Core Plus Maritime programming • New partnership with Puget Sound Educational Service District to expose educators and school counselors to maritime careers 16 Maritime Outreach Assessment Training Job Placement Shoreside Track (Working on land) Shipyard Welding Job Placement & Retention Skill Centers Maritime High School WorkSource Underway Track (Working on water) Core Plus Maritime SKPCF partners, military, etc Underway Training/ Sea time Accumulation In 2027 Connections to Scholarships/ Direct Hire 17 Green Jobs DUWAMISH VALLEY CAREER NAVIGATOR - • Started services in Q3 of 2025 • Outreach conducted in South Park, Duwamish Valley and greater King County • 13 participants received career navigation services in 2025 • In 2026, the focus is on increasing the number of jobseekers served from the Duwamish Valley Duwamish Valley Career Navigation 19 Shared Vision, Shared Success Career Connected Learning Outreach and Awareness Explore Preparation Launch Adult Training Upskilling, Reskilling Placement Retention & Advancement Leverage existing outreach efforts among SKPCF, state and federally funded partners Leveraging the Port's relationships with tenants, contractors, and port-related employers to create more tangible opportunities for jobseekers, including site visits, career exposure and work-based learning Across Services: • Strengthening data collection and reporting • Focus on systems, not stand-alone programs Build training capacity to be responsive to labor market shifts due to AI, federal policy, decarbonization, etc Ensure industry and participants gets a say in investments made 20 Why It Matters JOBS 21 Thank you! 22