Green Building and Clean Energy Pre-Apprenticeship
Training Partnerships:
Los Angeles City
Los Angeles Green Building Retrofit Pre-Apprenticeship Academy
Type of organization: Workforce Investment Board.
Type of training: Training that emphasizes retrofitting both private and public buildings within the City and at Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) facilities, targeted to vulnerable populations, including disconnected youth, ex-offenders, homeless, and persons with disabilities.
Area served: Greater Los Angeles area.
Location of training: TBA.
Estimated trainees: 200
Instruction details: The Academy offers career-focused short-term programs to provide green industry skills and offer academic and basic skills remediation as needed, training low-income participants for entry-level positions.
Result of classes: Preparation for registered apprentices positions and other entry-level jobs.
More about the organization: The City's Workforce lnvestment Board is partnered with the Los Angeles Community Development Department, the Los Angeles Community College District and others. The focus on the Greater Los Angeles region stems, in part, on the City's legislative initiatives (the Private Sector Green Building Ordinance and the public sector Green Retrofit and Workforce Ordinance) and, in part, on $50 billion voter approved investment in constructing and retrofitting LACCD facilities.
Find more information here: TBA
Program Manager Contact:
Robert Sainz
(213) 744-7396
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