A high-achieving workforce aligned to your needs and goals

TEAM UP: Higher concentrations of experience and skill

 
2X THE NATIONAL AVERAGE:
  • Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic
  • Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
  • First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
  • Tool and Die Makers
  • Team Assemblers
  • Cutting, Punching & Press Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders/Metal and Plastic
ABOVE AVERAGE:
  • Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
  • Machinists
  • Industrial Engineers
AVERAGE CONCENTRATION:
  • Mechanical Engineers
  • Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

 

CUSTOM-BUILT SKILLS ready for any challenge
Workforce Training
Workforce Training

Globally recognized customized training is one of our most renowned incentives and can be tailored for your manufacturing operation through our state's programs:

  • readySCTM: One of the nation’s most innovative workforce training programs, with the greatest depth of experience
  • Apprenticeship CarolinaTM: Flexible, on-the-job training, popular with both domestic and global manufacturers
  • South Carolina’s technical college system with campuses throughout our region

 

“Our growth is a direct result of our dedicated and skilled employees remaining focused on Phoenix’s mission – and as we grow we look forward to adding many more team members.”

-- Russell Hurst, Chief Executive Officer of Phoenix Specialty Manufacturing

 

SKILLS: One reason why SC is #1 in foreign direct investment

ACCESS leading research
Gratuate
Gratuate
  • Savannah River National Laboratory at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site
  • Clemson University Edisto Research and Education Center
  • University of South Carolina McNair Space Center
  • Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR)
  • Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

No. 1
Most popular state to
move to nationwide
moveBuddha 2023-2024 Migration Report
Highest
Net searches per capita in the U.S.
moveBuddha 2023-2024 Migration Report
170
Average new SC residents
each day
SC Department of Commerce
1st
Cooperative and Responsive State/Local Government
Area Development, 2024
No. 1
Most popular state to
move to nationwide
moveBuddha 2023-2024 Migration Report
Highest
Net searches per capita in the U.S.
moveBuddha 2023-2024 Migration Report
170
Average new SC residents
each day
SC Department of Commerce
1st
Cooperative and Responsive State/Local Government
Area Development, 2024