Gov. Roy Cooper vistis Wake STEM Early College High School to discuss careers in offshore wind

INTO THE WILD IN THE FALL.

>> CUTE LITTLE FACE. HOPEFULLY

SHE'S GOING TO BE OK TODAY.

GOVERNOR ROY COOPER VISITED A

WAKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL TO

DISCUSS CAREERS AND OFFSHORE

WIND WRAL'S. LIZ MCLAUGHLIN

REPORTS COOPER SAYS PUBLIC

EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT TO THE

STATE'S CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE.

>> WHAT CENTURY WE DID WAS

BUILD LIKE LITTLE WIND

TURBINES.

>> AS GOVERNOR ROY COOPER

ROUNDED THE ROOM, ONE CAR TO

HANNAH AND OTHER STUDENTS IN

WAKE STEM EARLY COLLEGE HIGH

SCHOOL WORKED ANY PROJECT WITH

TIES TO A BIG INDUSTRY. IT'S

IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE JOBS

CAN ALSO PROVIDE US WITH HIGH

PAYING WAGES AND NEVER REALLY

LOOKED AT THIS FIELD. BUT

LOOKING AT IT NOW, IT SEEMS

PRETTY INTERESTING.

>> OFFSHORE WIND IS EXPECTED TO

BRING 14,000 JOBS IN MORE THAN

4 BILLION TO THE STATE'S

ECONOMY BY 2030. 0, KILLING

MEANS ALL TO GET THOSE JOBS.

SO WE NEED TO BE ON THE

FOREFRONT A KEY STEP IN THE

CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION SAYS

COMMERCE SECRETARY MICHELLE

BAKER. SANDERS IS STRAINING

THE WORKFORCE TO SUPPORT IT.

PUBLIC EDUCATION IS WORKFORCE

DEVELOPMENT. SO IT IS VITALLY

IMPORTANT TO OUR STATE AND WE

CONTINUE TO INVEST IN PUBLIC

EDUCATION. IT'S OCCASION WILL

OPEN THE DOORS AND THE PATHWAYS

TOO MANY OPPORTUNITIES

>> WITH HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS

LIKE WORKFORCE CREDENTIALS,

THE STATE SURPASSED A RECORD

LAST YEAR WITH MORE THAN

325,000 CAREER IN TECH

EDUCATION, STUDENTS EARNED THEM

REALLY PROUD OF OUR.

>> PUBLIC SCHOOLS ALL ACROSS

NORTH CAROLINA THAT ARE

PROVIDING WORKFORCE CREDENTIALS

THAT CAN GET STUDENTS READY

FOR CAREERS. LIKE RIGHT NOW.

>> OPPORTUNITIES THAT COOPER

DROVE HOME 2 WEEKS. STUDENTS

TODAY AS THEY ASSEMBLE BLADES

AND UTILIZE SKILLS THAT CAN BE

CARRIED INTO CLEAN ENERGY

CAREERS. IT'S PRETTY FUN

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS

SOMETHING THAT SOME OF THE

SCHOOLS WERE ABLE TO HAVE.

SO FOR ME, IT'S KIND OF LIKE

I THINK A PRIVILEGE TRAINING

NOW FOR THE WORKFORCE OF

TOMORROW. LIZ MCLAUGHLIN, WRAL

NEWS.

>> RIGHT NOW, 3 AREAS ARE

LEASED FOR OFFSHORE WIND FARMS

ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST,

INCLUDING TO ABOUT 20 MILES

SOUTH OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY.