Latest in green job opportunities for women,
best practices for recruiting,
training and building local partnerships
to support green job marketplace.
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Date: |
Tuesday, Nov. 10 |
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Time: |
2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
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Places: |
California Center for Sustainable Energy |
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Highlights: |
Speakers and workshop participants. Panel members will discuss their role in green job development and how they entered the green workplace. |
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Selected Speakers: |
Charlene Zettel, San Diego office of Gov. Schwarzenegger |
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SOT: |
CCSE spokespersons and invited speakers will be available for interview. |
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Background: The California Center for Sustainable Energy is providing a forum bringing together experts from training, education, labor and workforce develop-ment communities in San Diego. Brief presentations will be followed by an open discussion of experiences and lessons learned in the green jobs movement. This event is being conducted under a contract with the Dept. of Labor, Women’s Bureau Region 9. The roundtable is free and open to the public. |
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Related News: CCSE is a participant in several new initiatives that have received Recovery Act funds related to kick-starting green employment in San Diego. One program provides nearly $3.5 million in funding from the Dept. of Energy to the California Community Colleges, in collaboration with CCSE, the California Energy Commission and the Labor Management Cooperation Committee (IBEW-NECA), to create a statewide standardized training curriculum and certification program for solar photovoltaic ( PV) and Solar Thermal. An additional $1 million award from the California Clean Energy Workforce Training Program to the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District will fund a broad-based initiative in which CCSE is participating as a member of the San Diego Green Building Training Collaborative. To register visit CCSE's event calendar |
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