Profiles of workers in green industries - shows pathways from training programs/apprenticeships through attainment of high-wage jobs
Energy Efficiency Retrofit Jobs
• Auditing energy use in existing buildings
• Manufacturing materials and devices
• Installing efficient lighting and heating systems
• Installing insulation, windows, and appliances
Jobs in Solar PV
• Manufacturing parts for solar PV systems
• Assembling solar panels
• Installing solar panel systems on rooftops
• Maintaining and repairing solar PV systems
Wind Energy Jobs
• Manufacturing parts for wind turbines and towers
• Constructing wind farms
• Operating and maintaining wind turbines
Solar Water Heater Jobs
• Manufacturing parts
• Assembling finished heating systems
• Installing the heaters
• Providing regular maintenance
• Marketing and selling systems to consumers
Geothermal Heat Pump Jobs
• Manufacturing equipment and parts
• Installing the heat pump system
Renewable Fuel Jobs
• Growing and harvesting crops for feedstock
• Collecting waste oils for feedstock
• Manufacturing parts for production facilities
• Constructing production facilities
• Working in the production facility
• Distributing and marketing fuel
- Many of the clean energy strategies that we recommend in New Energy for Cities [an Apollo Alliance report] involve some sort of government subsidy or tax break to private companies that produce, buy, sell or distribute energy efficient or clean energy products. Cities can and should attach job quality and job training standards to these types of subsidies to achieve greater public benefit.
- Tactics: apprentice utilization requirements [through Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), the agreements between units of government and contractors carrying out publicly funded projects]; local hiring policies; wage policies; give extra renewable energy credits to utilities that have apprenticeship/training program; community benefits agreements
- p18 Workforce intermediaries (WIs), also known as “regional training partnerships,” are partnerships among regional economic development stakeholders, including businesses, unions, technical and community colleges, job training programs, community organizations, and local an state workforce development officials. Rather than being one-size-fits-all approaches, they are place-specific partnerships that work to develop and implement pathways for career advancement and family supporting employment for low-skill workers. Successful WIs in Milwaukee, San Antonio, Seattle. No real headway into green economy yet.
- p19 Profiles of LA and Richmond, CA.
- City of of LA commissioned a study to identify which sectors of the energy economy the city already has in place; and then to determine which of these sectors currently provide high-quality jobs and career ladder opportunities. http://www.economicrt.org/summaries/Green_Tech_synopsis.html . LA Apollo Alliance also identifying public buildings ripe for retrofitting.
- City of Richmond, CA enlisted Urban Habitat to help create a green development plan
- Good resource list; contains most of the RE&EE/jobs reports that Heidi refers to
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