BAE System's Barrow shipyard has taken on 145 new graduates and apprentices and there is hope that a further 700 jobs could be created at the resurgent site.
Barrow's shipyard, which at its lowest point employed 2,600 workers, is growing again, and apprentice and graduate hiring took the shipyard back over the 4,000 staff mark last month.
A total of 104 apprentices have been taken on, with 62 in the craft trades section, 24 in technical, eight warehouse apprentices, three in business administration and seven mature apprentices.
Some 41 graduates have also joined the graduate development programme, bringing the total at the shipyard to 65. But despite the high number of spots, competition for them is fierce.
Engineering training manager Martin Pulford told the North-West Evening Mail: "Demand is incredibly high for these positions.
"This enables Submarines Solutions to recruit the number and calibre of graduates required to meet the future demands of the company."
And even more jobs, graduate positions and apprenticeships could be created if the government signs a contract for two new aircraft carriers.
Barrow Mayor, councillor Ken Williams told the newspaper: "What is needed now is for the government to start signing orders."
