With startup support from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Isles’ new Center for Energy and Environmental Training (CEET) is collaborating with private industry, labor, state and local government, higher education, and community-based organizations to train New Jerseyans for green jobs that improve the environment and stimulate the economy.
Training is available to:
- Community members seeking entry-level positions in green careers.
- Workers wishing to advance their skills and certifications.
- Employers seeking customized training for their employees.
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CEET provides wrap-around services as needed, including job readiness, financial literacy, life skills, employer outreach, and
other support.
To meet the rapidly changing needs of industry statewide, CEET’s training will target four broad career paths:
- Energy audits of buildings and energy retrofits (residential and commercial)
- Alternative energy design, installation and maintenance (solar, wind, and other distributed energy)
- Environmental cleanup (lead safe renovation, lead remediation, and brownfields)
- Green building (operations and management)
For a listing of available training opportunities, click here.
In addition to providing green job training in the Trenton area,
CEET will provide instructors to teach its Energy Efficiency
Assistant curriculum for entry-level workers at designated community-based organizations across the state, including the Hispanic Family Center of Southern New Jersey in Camden, the Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District in Newark, and the Central Jersey Community Development Corporation in Somerset/Franklin. Each of these organizations will provide workforce readiness, life skills, and basic skills instruction to complement the CEET job training.
As a result of this powerful Green Job Training Partnership, over 300 community members will be trained for jobs in 2009 — jobs that will improve the environment and open up new opportunities where they are needed the most.