{"id":147419,"date":"2026-02-02T12:23:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/147419\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:23:53","slug":"austin-infrastructure-academy-career-expo-to-be-held-feb-4-at-acc-highland-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/147419\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Infrastructure Academy career expo to be held Feb. 4 at ACC Highland campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArea residents seeking careers in the infrastructure and mobility sector can attend an <a href=\"https:\/\/wfscapitalarea.com\/austin-infrastructure-academy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Infrastructure Academy<\/a> career expo Feb. 4 at Austin Community College&#8217;s Highland Campus.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s happening<\/p>\n<p>The academy&#8217;s next infrastructure career fair will allow job-seekers to meet with area employers and explore career opportunities in fields like transportation, construction and other skilled trades. Workforce resources, and in-person interviews for open positions, will be offered.<\/p>\n<p>ACC career services specialists and <a href=\"https:\/\/wfscapitalarea.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Workforce Solutions Capital Area<\/a> career navigators will also be available at the event to assist attendees.<\/p>\n<p>The free event will take place Feb. 4 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the ACC Make It Center located at 6101 Highland Campus Drive, Bldg. 2000, Room 2.2429. Registration for the public event is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/austin-infrastructure-academy-expo-tickets-1978165579499\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The context<\/p>\n<p>The Austin Infrastructure Academy <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/south-central-austin\/government\/2024\/03\/13\/austin-to-launch-infrastructure-academy-to-bolster-citys-workforce\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was created<\/a> to address regional employment needs related to the billions of dollars in <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/south-central-austin\/news\/2023\/10\/13\/central-texas-leaders-target-regional-workforce-gains-with-major-infrastructure-projects-on-the-way\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">major infrastructure projects<\/a> planned or underway around Central Texas.<\/p>\n<p>A 2023 study estimated roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/south-central-austin\/news\/2023\/10\/17\/study-10000-more-infrastructure-mobility-jobs-needed-per-year-in-austin-through-2040\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">10,000 new jobs<\/a> in infrastructure and mobility will be needed through at least 2040 as work on those projects progresses. The <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/south-central-austin\/government\/2025\/03\/28\/austin-infrastructure-academy-pipeline-to-bolster-thousands-of-jobs-in-central-texas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hiring and training initiative<\/a> is overseen by Workforce Solutions, has received financial support from Austin, and is physically located out of <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/south-central-austin\/education\/2024\/03\/22\/austin-infrastructure-academy-regional-workforce-program-launches-at-acc-riverside\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">current and future<\/a> ACC campuses.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Area residents seeking careers in the infrastructure and mobility sector can attend an Austin Infrastructure Academy career expo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,11987,134,61488,133,61487],"class_list":["post-147419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-community-college","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-infrastructure-academy","tag-austin-news","tag-workforce-solutions-capital-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}