Green Collar Jobs Training

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Green Collar Jobs Training
WINGS Workforce Innovative New Generation
Solutions Presented by
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Talent Supply Chain
Higher Education

• Career Exploration
• Career Academies
• Mentoring
• Shadowing
• Work Experiences
• Work Readiness Skills

Career
Pre-apprenticeship
Apprenticeship Green Collar Jobs Initiative
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Partners/MOU

• St. Lucie County Government
• 5 Trade Organizations
• (1) Florida Carpenters Regional Council
  Training Trust Fund
• (2) Insulators Local Union No. 60
• (3) Iron Workers Local Union No. 60
• (4) Painters Allied Trades District Council
  No. 78
• (5) Sheet Metal Local Union No. 32
• Workforce Solutions workforce development system

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Partners roles

• St. Lucie County training facility, access to
  contractors, shovel-ready green projects
• Trade Organizations curriculum w/green
  technologies, instructors, equipment, facility
  build out, connectivity to employers
• Workforce Solutions recruitment, eligibility
  determination, case management, training support,
  OJT incentives, placement assistance, trainee
  follow up

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Project Investments

• St. Lucie County - 200,000
• Trade Organizations - 362,500
• Workforce Solutions - 167,357
• TOTAL COMMUNITY INVESTMENT 729,857
• Business Competitiveness Council/WFI - 500,000
• TOTAL PROJECT COST 1,229,857

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Training

• Work Certified soft skills, work readiness
• 5 occupational areas
• (1) Carpentry
• (2) Sheet Metal
• (3) Insulation
• (4) Painting
• (5) Ironworks
• Traditional and green skills energy
  conservation, energy efficiency, weatherization

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Green Emphasis

• Handling hazardous materials
• Asbestos removal and abatement procedures
• Volatile organic compound compliance
• Super space structural foam systems
• Warm edge insulating glass units
• Enhancing environmental comfort
• Energy emissions reductions

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Green Emphasis

• Health near windows
• Solar panel installation
• Weatherizing techniques
• Water efficiencies
• Improving environmental quality
• Resources stewardship
• Sensitivity to the impacts on resources

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Green Emphasis

• Mold remediation
• Thermal barriers
• Green sealants
• Photovoltaic paints
• Solar roof coatings

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Certifications

• LEEDS
• OSHA
• First Aid/CPR
• Professional Code of Conduct
• More than a dozen other industry-recognized
  certifications in the various specializations

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Targeted Trainees

• New apprentices
• Employed journeymen requiring skills upgrades
• Referrals from a RWB-funded pre-apprenticeship
  program
• Graduates from the secondary school Construction
  Academies

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Recruitment

• Printed flyers and news stories
• Pools of unemployed
• Radio interviews and advertisements
• Trade organization announcements
• Job Fair matching interested employers with
  interested potential apprentices
• Employers requirements in government contracts,
  business incentives (reimbursements tax
  credits)

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Anticipated Outcomes

• Recruit 175
• Enroll 125 (88 new, 37 employed)
• 100 earn (80)at least 1 certification in grant
  period
• 88 placed (100) into employment (62 in green
  collar)
• 35 employed workers retained (95)

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Grant Budget

• Total 500,000
• Direct Training Costs 334,370 (67)
• Trainee Support Services 33,000 (7)
• Staffing Staff Support - 88,331 (18)
• Community Awareness Campaign - 25,000 (5)
• Administrative Costs - 19,299 (4)
• Note Exceeds 100 due to rounding

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Contacts

• Gwenda L. Thompson
• President/CEO
• Workforce Solutions
• 772-335-3030, ext. 412
• Rhonda Blakey
• Branch Manager St. Lucie County
• Workforce Solutions
• 866-482-4473, ext. 528