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Green Jobs Opportunities Federal Workforce Support for Green Economic Transformation

Green Jobs Opportunities Federal Workforce Support for Green Economic Transformation. Christina Nichols US Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Division of Youth Services. Key Federal Trends. Broad “ G reen Jobs” Industries Energy Efficiency

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Green Jobs Opportunities Federal Workforce Support for Green Economic Transformation

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  1. Green Jobs OpportunitiesFederal Workforce Support for Green Economic Transformation Christina Nichols US Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Division of Youth Services

  2. Key Federal Trends Broad “Green Jobs” Industries • Energy Efficiency • Weatherization, Smart Grid and Conservation • Renewable Energy • Wind, Solar, Hydro, Geo-Thermal and Bio-Mass • Brownfields Recovery & Remediation • Water -- Treatment, Conservation and Efficiency Activities • Garbage/Solid Waste • Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle • Waste-to-Energy • Land Restoration; Habitat and Park Protection

  3. Federal Green Synergies Plus: USDA, Military branches, Education, HHS and other agencies

  4. Green Jobs Projections

  5. Weatherization Example (New York State) Labor Supply Workforce Training Labor Demand • Weatherization Jobs • DOE and HEAP funding • Entry-Level Training • 1. WIA • RFP (state DOL) • One-Stop Centers • 2. TANF (state, local social svc districts) Workforce One-Stop System (state DOL, state social svc agency) Installation Helper Skills Assessment Installer • Weatherization and EE Training • WIA, state energy office Unskilled Weatherization Career Ladder Crew Supervisor • Skilled • Union • Non-Union Training not necessary Building Auditor Prod. Coordinator Infrastructure (state energy office) Courtesy of Anthony Joseph, New York State Department of Labor What is Clean Energy Workforce Development?

  6. Consider for your Youth • Construction training – relevant curricula : • Nat’l Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) • Home Builders Institute Pre-Traineeship Certificate training (PACT), or • Building Trades Multi-Craft Core Curriculum • State approved weatherization curricula • Additional green activities with credentials • Pre-Apprenticeships • Internships – through business, nonprofit, educational partners • Workforce readiness – various

  7. New GREEN Youth Skills • Weatherization specialties • Solar installation or prep • Optimum Value Engineering (OVE) framing • Integrated Building Design (internships) • Water conservation • Basic environmental science • Land restoration • Biomass – growing & processing • Transmission and electrical basics • IT – for Smart Grid integration

  8. Certifications: Type • BPI building retrofit • RESNET building retrofit • LEED new construction • Energy Star new and retrofit • NCCER construction • PACT construction • NABCEP solar & wind • Green Advantage construction … national benchmarks coming

  9. Title VIII of ARRA • DOL Investment: $4.47 Billion • Formula Funding - $3.6 billion for training and employment services • Discretionary Funding - $750 million provided for a program of competitive grants for worker training and placement in high-growth /emerging industries • $500 M Targeted to Green Jobs

  10. Greening of Occupations • Green Growth Occupations (46): • Increase in the Employment Demand for an Existing Occupation • Changes in Work Context • Few Significant Changes in Work (Tasks) and Worker Requirements of the Occupation • Green Enhanced Occupations (45): • Significant Changes in Work and Worker Requirements • Purpose of the Occupation Unchanged, But Tasks, Skills, Knowledge, and External Elements, Such as Credentials, Have Changed • May or May Not Result in an Increase in Employment Demand for the Occupation • Green New & Emerging Occupations (90): • New, Unique Work and Workers Requirements from Green Economic Activities • The New Occupation Could be New or “Born” From an Existing Occupation See: http://www.onetcenter.org/reports/Green.html

  11. What is DOL Doing to Promote Green Jobs? • Coordinating with Other Federal Partners • Establishing Memoranda of Understanding and Partnership Agreements with Federal Agencies • Aligning Federal Resources to Avoid Duplication • Developing and Disseminating Green Economy Resource Information • Funding Five Solicitations for Grant Applications (SGAs) Tied to Green Jobs

  12. Auto impacted communities Auto impacted communities Who Can Apply for DOL Funding?

  13. ETA Resources and Information:www.workforce3one.org

  14. ETA Resources and Information (continued) • Resource Websites and Customer Support • http://www.findyouthinfo.gov/ • www.doleta.gov • www.workforce3one.org • www.careervoyages.gov • www.servicelocator.org • 1-877‑US2-JOBS (TTY: 1-877-889-5627)

  15. Q & A

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