Type of organization: Workforce Investment Board.

Type of training: Training for new workforce entrants, unemployed or underemployed workers with little or no construction experience, to work in the construction industry, energy and water efficiency or renewable energy fields.

Area served: San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties.

Location of training: Cuesta College and Santa Barbara City College.

Estimated trainees: 200

Instruction details: This program will include classroom and hands-on training in basic green building construction and energy/water efficiency so individuals are prepared for work in the weatherization and building retrofit construction fields.

Result of classes: Ensures job seekers are trained in fields of Energy Weatherization, Retrofit, and Alternative Landscape encompassing Water Efficiency.

More about the organization: Primary partners in this proposal include Santa Barbara Workforce Investment Board, Cuesta Community College, Santa Barbara City College, California Conservation Corps, Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County Department of Planning and Building, Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local #639, Building and Trades Council of Santa Barbara, South Coast Regional Occupational Program, Tradart Foundation and Santa Barbara Contractor's Association.

Find more information here:
www.sloworkforce.com/details.php?id=43&sub=projects

Program Manager Contact:
Joyce Aldrich
(805) 602-2441

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