The Workplace providing green job training (audio)

The WorkPlace, Inc. helps people prepare for careers and strengthens the workforce for employers. As Southwestern Connecticut’s Regional Workforce Development Board, it administers workforce development funds and coordinates providers of job training and education programs to meet the needs of residents and employers in the Southwestern Connecticut Region.

The Workplace has begun using federal funds to train individuals for green jobs and joining me now to talk about green jobs in Connecticut is Joe Carbone, President & CEO of The Workplace, Inc.

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FYI...lets define: Green jobs are occupations that preserve, restore or improve the environment and result in saving energy, advancing new energy-efficient technologies, and fostering a more sustainable regional and national energy system.

YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT;

1. What types of green job training are you providing CT residents?

2. Of those that have graduated your programs how may have found work? ...what types of jobs do they now have?

3. Who are some top CT companies that have green jobs?

4. Who's eligible for green job training?

5. How do residents apply for training? Phone: (203) 610-8500