# Meta — America’s Workforce Academy: No Cost. No Prior Experience Necessary. A Career on the Other Side.

- Company: Meta (meta.com)
- Announced: 2026-08-18T13:00:28+00:00
- Category: not stated
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: no
- Group: routine
- Source: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/08/americas-workforce-academy-meta-skilled-trade-training-program/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/9913-america-s-workforce-academy-no-cost-no-prior-experience-necessary-a-career-on
- Subject: Meta AI

Meta announced the first graduating class of its America's Workforce Academy (AWA), a free training program that provides four weeks of hands-on training in fiber technician and generalist construction skills, with travel and lodging covered, and a job with a Meta partner after graduation.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://about.fb.com/news/2026/08/americas-workforce-academy-meta-skilled-trade-training-program/:

> The first class of America’s Workforce Academy (AWA) has graduated, and they’re headed to Meta construction sites to help build America’s future.

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