Ridgeline In The News | KPIX | CBS News Bay Area: Bay Area Teens Explore Different Ways to Earn a Living On the Water

Ridgeline was featured on KPIX | CBS News Bay Area for its first-ever Hands-On Deck: Maritime Career Program this July.

It’s a three-day career experience for 50 juniors, seniors, and recent grads from 25+ Bay Area high schools, with 80% coming from low-income backgrounds. We explored in-demand, high-paying opportunities in the maritime industry across three pathways:

🗺️ Navigate It: Deck officers, vessel operations, navigation, and commanding ferries, tugboats, and oceangoing ships.

🔧 Build & Fix It: Marine engineering, shipyard trades, welding, and technical systems.

🧳 Move the World: Port operations, business and logistics, supply chains, trade, and maritime policy.

We’re grateful to the incredible young people participating in this program and the incredible partners at Cal Poly Maritime Academy and the Working Waterfront Coalition for making this work-based learning program a reality.