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STAR Center Attends Career Source Broward "Worlds of Work"

On Tuesday March 12th 2025, STAR Center’s Director of Operations Graeme Holman and TECH Program Administrator Grace Chrisman attended the Career Source Broward's "Worlds of Work" at the Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida. With over 1,000 attendees, this outreach was to introduce high schoolers and their guidance counselors to opportunities in the maritime industry. Particular emphasis was given to STAR Center's TECH program and how high schoolers could develop to make themselves strong candidates for the program.

The 2-year TECH apprentice engineer program rewards successful candidates with a lifelong career as a US licensed merchant marine engineer officer, featuring:

  1. Immediate employment on graduation
  2. A starting salary of $120,000
  3. 6 months vacation annually
  4. Full benefits package

Several students expressed strong interest in the program, which can be seen here: TECH Apprentice Engineer Program