Welcome to Gulf States Shipbuilders Consortium The Gulf States Shipbuilders Consortium (GSSC) was formed in 2006 to provide a forum for interaction among the shipbuilding industry in the Gulf States, to expand the number of technically skilled workers in the region...Read more

Are you involved in or do you support the shipbuilding and repair industry along the Gulf Coast? JOIN GSSC NOW	GSSC HOLDS 2010 ANNUAL CONFERENCE   CLICK ANY IMAGE TO ENLARGE GSSC hosted its third annual conference march 25-26, 2010, in New Orleans, LA.  The theme of the conference was Building Tomorrow with GSSC Today . Conference activities focused on workforce issues facing the shipbuilding and repair industry. Conference Highlights: Keynote addresses from Dr. James Owens, Director of Career and Technical Education for the State of Louisiana and Emily Stover DeRocco, President of the Manufacturing Institute and former Assistant Secretary of Labor in the Bush administration. Thursday evening networking reception. Workshops designed to address workforce issues including safety, welding skills, fume control, fire detection & suppression occupational health and industry partnerships. Ron Pierce with WESCO received the Annual GSSC Navigator Award. GSSC committee meetings and reports to the memebrship. Exhibitor Expo with 18 vendors who provide support services to the industry. Approximately 95 people participated in conference activities. " I thought this was the best GSSC Event yet." “ Great venue! Wonderful event -- very well planned" ” . . . the speakers were great not just satisfactory. Thanks for the opportunity to attend." —Conference Attendees The 2010 Annual GSSC Conference was held at the beautiful and historic LePavillon Hotel.  Thanks to our 6 Platinum Sponsors, our 2 Silver Sponsors, the other exhibitors and the hard work of the Annual Conference and Quarterly Meeting Committee, this was our best conference to date.  The mesages of our Keynote speakers were very well received and were on target, speaking to our mission of workforce development through standardized skill sets, training curriculum and industry certifications.    Plans are already already underway for next year's conference. According to Camie Huett, chair of the committee responsible for organizing this year's event, "I am pleased with the response from our members to this year's conference.  We listen to our members. With their feedback, next year's conference will be even bigger and better." VIEW PICTURE GALLERY VIEW PRESENTATIONS Emily Stover DeRocco - Keynote AIDT Maritime Training Center Update Ten Safety Improvements Shipyards Need to Know Building Tomorrow's Workforce Through Industry Partnerships and Collaboration Ready to Make Some Sparks? To Contract or Not to Contract  That is the Question! Welding Fume Problems Meeting the Challenges of Service Life and Affordability in Fire Detection and Suppression Systems