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Articles on green job training

• Energy Efficiency, Weatherization & Solar PV Training for Green Collar Jobs Provided for CCC Corpsmembers at Sierra College Sacramento area green collar job training is being provided to young adults in the CCC conservation program to supply trained energy efficiency and weatherization for local businesses. CACT training is also available to manufacturers for lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles.
  
• Best Practices in Green-Collar Job Training Making Green Work shares best practices of successful green job training programs, professionals in the field of workforce development, and leading academic experts.
  
• Green Jobs WEBINAR:
  Discover Your Green Career Options
  April 20, 9am (PDT) Webinar with Carol McClelland on finding opportunities, developing your skills, and networking for green economy success. Tuesday, April 20. Register early!
  
• Job Training Teleconferences - February Here is a list of business and "green" teleconferences available to our readers at a discount.
  
• Energy Careers Expode in College Curricula Energy transformation is happening and colleges are training and retraining the workforce at community college and 4-year colleges across the US.
  
• Green Jobs and Green Job Training Overview Green jobs are the organic wave of the future as the US and the world re-engineers its energy and manufacturing methods to protect and restore our natural resources. And green training is at the heart of this career maker.
  
• Veterans Conservation Corps in Washington State...Therapeutic Transition, Green Job Training and Valuable Conservation Veterans Conservation Corps is sprouting in Washington state and being developed for expansion to additional states. This decompression time provides vets with new skills, stress management and new stateside friends. And their generous donation of volunteer time improves our homeland environment at the same time. Win-win-win-win...!
  
• Green Buildings and Climate Change - Free Half Day Seminar, March 17, Downey CA Learn strategies and approaches to minimize GHG producting during the lifecycle of buildings. Free half day seminar.
  
• How to Tap Into the SmartGrid Play The Smart Grid promises to electrify the nation - literally and figuratively. Green jobs and green careers can be build on innovating, implementing and managing the next generation electrical grid.
  
• Create Green Jobs Survey - online Survey of green job creation - online survey
  
• Oakland Green Jobs Corps Launches Green Jobs Training Program The Ella Baker Center and supporters have worked for two years to launch a green jobs training program in the construction industry.
  
• California Infrastructure Apprenticeship Opportunities California provides funding, training and certification programs for skilled infrastructure jobs.
  
• California Job Training Programs for Veterans On the job training and apprenticeships for veterans are coordinated and funded by the California Department of Industrial Relations' Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS)
  
• $40 Million in ETP Job Training Funds Job training programs launched in California to assist with economic downturn retraining to meet health, green tech and biotech industry development.
  
• The New Apollo Program Solution for Clean Energy Jobs, Infrastructure & Environmental Opportunities The Apollo Alliance's New Apollo Program invests $500 billion over ten years to create 5 million green-collar jobs and global market leadership.
  
• Green Jobs Study for Economic Development Environmental job training is necessary to support green job creation and economic development for communities.
  
• AB 3018 California's 2008 Green Jobs Legislation AB 3018 California's 2008 Green Jobs Legislation - California's first green jobs legislation has passed the legislatures and is awaiting the Governor's signature.
  
• The Federal Green Jobs Act of 2007 The growing California "green" and clean tech economy make reference to the need for more "green" collar jobs.
  
• Job Training for LED Lighting Applications Lighting installers, architects and designers add an enormous amount of freedom to creating new lighting solutions with mastery of LED lighting systems.
  
• Retailers Can Learn IPM Online to Help Homeowners Select Least-Toxic Products Retailers and their employees get trained with FREE Web-based IPM program to help homeowners choose least toxic products.
  
• Green Plumbers: Caring for Our Water and Waer Efficient Technology - Certification & Workshops for Plumbers GreenPlumber provides environmental training for existing journey-level plumbers on a no-fee basis and certification as a green plumber.
  
• EPA Watershed Academy Webinars & Traiing Modules for Watershed Management The Watershed Academy is EPA's Office of Water provides training and information for implementing watershed management.
  
• Grants for California Schools to Become Ocean Guardians $6,000 "Ocean Guardian" grants for California school or community-based conservation project to protect watershed and ocean.
  
• Building and Energy Job Training & Certification Building and facility job training resources by Energy Star, BOC, LEED and more.
  
• Green Your Career Workshop
  Berkeley, May 27 Green Your Career is a three-hour, hands-on workshop for entry- and mid-level job seekers, career changers, and any others in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  
• National Green Economy & Jobs Websites and Organizations Green job resources list of websites and programs
  
• Green Jobs and Green Job Training Green jobs and green job training for sustainable workforces and community stability
  
• Sample industries that provide green jobs List of green industry niches
  
• Reports and Publications about Green Job Programs Green job resource and report list
  
• Create Your OWN Green Job National Green Job Programs and Resources