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Now hiring: US offshore wind ramps up, workers taught safety

John Mansolillo helps other classmates get into a six-person life raft during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Students practice flipping a life raft, in case it is deployed upside down, during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Instructor Pete Nagorka, left, demonstrates how to keep an injured person afloat during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Instructor Stephen Faszcza, left, helps to demonstrate equipment used for water rescues during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Participants, wearing waterproof suits, learn evacuation techniques that might be used in an emergency situation on an off shore wind turbine during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Tyler Spofford, left, and Sergio Cordova practice evacuation techniques on the water during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Sergio Cordova, bottom left, plays the victim so classmates can learn how to deal with someone injured on an off shore wind turbine during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

While Norm Witt, bottom, plays a victim of an accident, an instructor goes over the students' responses to the simulated incident during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

While Lucas Drake, center, plays a victim of an accident, an instructor goes over their response to the simulated incident during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Sergio Cordova, center, plays the victim so classmates can learn how to deal with someone injured on an off shore wind turbine during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Ellen Crivella, left, and other participants learn how to get from a boat to the tower of an off shore wind turbine during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Lucas Drake jumps in the water with other classmates during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Lucas Drake, center, and other classmates get on waterproof suits before entering the water during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Participants wearing waterproof suits during a Global Wind Organisation certification class prepare to get in the water for training at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Instructor Stephen Faszcza, left, talks to students as they learn techniques for working at heights during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

John Mansolillo, right, works with classmates to learn working-at-heights rescue techniques during a Global Wind Organisation certification class at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Participants in a Global Wind Organisation certification class learn how to do a group survival float at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. At the 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay, people who will build the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Now hiring: US offshore wind ramps up, workers taught safety