About the Training
SIGN UP FOR TRAINING HERE.
GOALS:
- Provide meaningful employment opportunities to underemployed and unemployed individuals, primarily in Detroit
- Create equality in accessing green jobs and creating green businesses for Detroit residents
- Expand opportunities for local businesses in green and brownfield industries through a highly skilled and trained Detroit-based workforce
- Transform the lives and communities of Detroit through sustainable, environmentally just and green job practices.
The 2011 Green Jobs Training Program runs 12 weeks M-F, 8:30-4:30.
Training includes the following:
- Basic Skills (Job Readiness, Life Skills, Environmental Literacy, etc.)
- HAZWOPER certification
- Lead worker certification
- Asbestos worker certification
- OSHA 10 workplace card
- Confined space entry
- Deconstruction: Deconstruction is the selective dismantlement of building components, specifically for reusing, recycling and reducing waste. It is a way of salvaging all of the value in a building that is to be taken down.
- Phase I/Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (intro and sampling methods): Phase I assesses the potential for environmental contamination and history of a site. Phase II specifically focuses on obtaining sampling information for contamination.
Priority will be given to applicants from the following zip codes:
48206
48207
48214
48215
48226
48234
Access the recruitment flier (pdf) here
The Detroit Regional Workforce Fund has partnered with Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice to invest in the green economy sector. The investment is a result of the national Pathways Out of Poverty grant awarded to Jobs for the Future from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.