Montana Green-Ready Workforce Competency Model

An American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Energy Training Partnership grant recipient, Montana Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, is using its grant to targets current craft workers in need of skill upgrades. The success of the grant project to date was the ability to submit a grant proposal that included ten different Joint Apprenticeship & Training Councils (JATCs) from across the state.

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Eye On Green

VIDEO: Building Green Skills in California

This video was originally posted on the Apprenticeship Community of Practice (http://21stcenturyapprenticeship.workforce3one.org).

Sheridan Station: A Work in Progress

US Department of Labor announces nearly $190 million in State Energy Sector Partnership and Training Grants

Community Colleges Are On the Forefront of Educating and Preparing a Green Workforce

Green Spotlight: State Partnerships

A brief description of California, New Jersey, and Oregon’s efforts towards green partnerships and initiatives

Los Angeles Partnership for Construction Careers

The Office of Apprenticeship is highlighting a unique collaboration called “The Los Angeles Partnership for Construction Careers”. This Partnership has developed an economic development model that leverages existing funds (in economic depressed areas) to drive social equity goals, and meet training needs for skilled workers who will perform new green jobs.

Green Enterprise Development – From Lean to Green

Green Enterprise Development Technical Assistance Program was designed for manufacturers and others interested in learning how to apply sustainable, environmentally friendly practices in the workplace. Hear experts provide insights about the resources available for workforce development.

Connecting High-Poverty Areas with Green Jobs: Creative Partnerships with Access Points

Designed for workforce systems with existing SHARE Network Access Points but open to all, this Webinar (formerly "Access Point and The New Economy") shares promising practices from areas that are using faith-based and neighborhood partners to help fulfill the needs of the Recovery Act and the new “green jobs” economy. The Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has announced its initial plans for awarding “green job training” funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Training and Employment Notice 44-08 summarizes these plans. This document can be found at http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?docn=2755

Apollo Alliance

A coalition of business, labor, environmental, and community leaders working to catalyze a clean energy revolution in America to reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil, cut the carbon emissions that are destabilizing our climate, and expand opportunities for American businesses and workers. Inspired by the vision and technological achievements of the Apollo space program, we promote policies and initiatives to speed investment in clean energy technology and energy efficiency, put millions of Americans to work in a new generation of well-paid, green collar jobs, and make America a global leader in clean energy products and services.

Youth Energy Conservation Corps (YECC)

This article describes the Arapahoe/Douglas Workforce Board's program called Youth Energy Conservation Corps (YECC), which seeks to develop youths by providing paid and volunteer hands-on experiences in the emergent Energy industry; and comprehensive education on career pathways within the new Energy industry. YECC participants are trained and work in three-person teams doing Tier 1 audits for LEAP recipients in Arapahoe and Adams counties.

Veterans Green Jobs

The Veterans Green Jobs Academy provides job training and career development opportunities for military veterans in the emerging green industries. Veterans Green Jobs connects veterans with a wide range of complimentary resources to assist with establishing civilian careers. Related Resouce: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=PRNI2&STORY=/www/story/02-03-2009/0004965357&EDATE=

Springfield-Holyoke “Gateway to Green Jobs.”

This article explores Massachusetts’ current “green jobs” initiative through the prism of the Springfield-Holyoke “Gateway to Green Jobs.”

Preparing the Workforce for a Green Jobs Economy

As the United States embarks on its journey toward a clean energy economy, the buzz about the promise of “green jobs” has gained momentum among politicians, media, community organizers, educators, and workforce development stakeholders. A new brief from the Heldrich Center, identifies the types of jobs and skills that will be in demand in this green future and the factors that are driving the new energy economy and the growth of its workforce. The brief also considers strategies for building competitive, flexible workforce systems that can respond to emerging employer needs and highlights best practices occurring around the nation.

California's Green Workforce Coalition

In California the Green Workforce Coalition (Coalition) is a community partnership organized by a local WIB in February 2008, whose mission is to guide the development of a skilled green workforce and a sustainable future. Article describes the partners, mission and objectives of the Coalition and could be instructive to workforce organi8zations seeking to implement “green” initiatives.

The Green Coast Innovation Zone

The Green Coast Innovation Zone (GCiZ) is a regional strategy to leverage public and private assets and natural resources to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship through research, business incubation, focused workforce development, targeted economic development and policy development. The GCiZ will focus on the emerging green economy including, renewable energy, and other technologies that promote sustainability as well as public engagement in the process of “going green.” The goal of the GCiZ is to facilitate in the transformation of a more sustainable economy and environment through targeted economic and workforce development opportunities in the three contiguous counties of Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo in California. The three counties also have common geographic, demographic and economic profiles including similar industry sectors. Each county has at least one major university and a military installation where research and product development can occur.

Metro-Denver WIRED Partners with iCAST

The state of Colorado has one of the most highly educated work forces in the country, but its college-going rate is below the national average, particularly among low-income students. This dichotomy is known as the "Colorado paradox." In Jefferson County, Colorado, iCAST (International Center for Appropriate & Sustainable Technology) has recently partnered with the Metro Denver WIRED Initiative, as well as with workforce training centers, community colleges, unions, and certified engineers, to create a training program for individuals transitioning into green collar industries.

Austin Green Job Task Force Initiative Report

In February 2009 the Austin Chamber of Commerce began efforts to coordinate a community-wide approach to green job education and training. The Chamber’s Business Retention & Expansion team coordinated a “Green Job” Task Force to coordinate regional workforce training issues for the Austin and Round Rock areas of the state around the numerous opportunities in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors. This Task Force report is a Community Roadmap that identifies, defines and sizes green collar job opportunities specifically for the Austin region. Although the data contained in the report is geographically-specific, the featured strategies and plans may serve as models for the many communities and regions with similar circumstances.