Millions for clean energy job training in California

Green job training and clean energy job training partcipants

Under the first phase, the program anticipats training 5,600 participants. These job trainees will be prepared for hands-on jobs, installing solar panels and maintaining electric vehicles to computer programming and researching fuel cell technologies.

Green related degree and certificate job training

The job training participants will receive a variety of green-related degrees and certificates such as certified green building professional, home energy rater, certified photovoltaic installer, water energy auditor, and weatherization specialist auditor.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced this program, called the California Clean Energy Workforce Training Program. “This program represents the kind of innovative thinking needed to steer our economy toward a greener future,” said the governor.

The state of California will provide 34 recipients with $27 million in grants. The grantees anticipate training participants for clean energy jobs in weatherization and building retrofit construction, solar installation, green plumbing and energy auditing among others. Some of this money comes from the federal Recovery Act.

The recipients are:

Green Building and Clean Energy Retraining

• Contra Costa Community College District
• Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District
• Humboldt County
• Kern Community College District
• Long Beach Community College District
• Los Angeles County
• North Orange County Community College District
• Northern Rural Training and Employment Consortium
• Sacramento Employment Training Agency
• Sonoma County

Green Building and Clean Energy Pre-Apprenticeship Training Partnerships

• College of the Desert
• Hartnell College
• Humboldt County
• Imperial Valley College
• Kern/Inyo/Mono Consortium
• Long Beach Community College District
• Los Angeles City
• Los Angeles Trade Technical College
• Northern Rural Training and Employment Consortium
• Peralta Community College District
• Richmond City
• Sacramento Employment Training Agency
• San Bernardino Community College District
• San Diego Workforce Partnership
• San Francisco Department of Economic & Workforce Development
• San Luis Obispo County
• Solano Community College
• South Bay Workforce Investment Board

Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technologies Workforce Development and Training Program

• Long Beach City
• Sacramento Employment Training Agency
• Imperial County
• Richmond City
• Los Angeles County
• San Francisco Department of Economic & Workforce Development