Electric Boat and Other Connecticut Manufacturers Have Thousands of Job Openings. This is Why It’s Hard to Fill Them.
Esmeralda Zurita, a recent hire of General Dynamics Electric Boat, operates a milling machine during a machinist class in the Manufacturing Apprenticeship Center at Ella T. Grasso Technical High School, in Groton, Conn., on March 17, 2025. Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut Media
This past winter, eight recently hired machinists at one of Connecticut’s largest manufacturers spent more than 200 hours at a school in Groton learning the fundamentals of their trade. Working with lathe and milling machines, they tackled projects that involved cutting, drilling and milling a variety of parts.
