Green Jobs 101

The Role of Youth in Shaping a Sustainable Economy

Christina NicholsUS Department of LaborEmployment and Training AdministrationDivision of Youth Services

Why the Push to Green?

Climate Change Economic Recession

Two Different Challenges

US Goals Today:

• Create 3 million new jobs within 2 years• Re-align global economies • Transform energy use to eliminate coal and

depend on renewables within 30 years• End two wars; reform health care; erase

debt; inspire public commitment

• Prepare youth to solve these problems, innovate, and change cultural expectations

What’s up? Heat. Carbon.The Earth is getting hotter.

2005 was the hottest year on record; the 14 hottest years occurred since 1990. 24

out of 25 hottest years since 1980.

Source: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/

What’s Up? Unemployment.

Oct. ’09 10.2%

Actual under/unemployment rate – 17.5%

Same Solution Green Jobs

• Broad Societal Shift to Conservation, Efficiency, and Renewable Energy Use

• Economic Transformation From Industrial/Consumptive to Sustainable/Stewardship

Behavior change is the most important component of a green economy

Behavior Change Needs Help

Showing people is more effective than telling them how to go green.

Take the Green Quiz!

Recyclable plastic

A

Corn, compostable

B

Stainless steel

C

Recycled polypropylene

D

Q: Which cup is “green”?

A: YES!

Sources of GHG emissions

From IPCC, WG3, 2007

Credit: John P. Holdren, “The UN SEG Recommendations on Mitigation”

Key Federal Trends

Broad “Green Jobs” Industries• Energy Efficiency

o Weatherization, Smart Grid and Conservation

• Renewable Energyo Wind, Solar, Hydro, Geo-Thermal

and Bio-Mass

• Brownfields Recovery & Remediation• Water -- Treatment, Conservation and

Efficiency Activities• Garbage/Solid Waste

o Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle

o Waste-to-Energy

• Land Restoration; Habitat and Park Protection

Summer Youth - Green Leadership

• Green Construction practiceso Intro to Weatherizationo Rehab and New Construction – internships,

surveys, pre-audits• Clean energy training and prep• Partnerships – city, community, utility, educational institutions• Integration – education, career, leadership• Bigger environmental picture: Water, biomass, Grid, health

Greening of Occupations• Green Growth Occupations (46):

o Increase in the Employment Demand for an Existing Occupationo Changes in Work Contexto Few Significant Changes in Work (Tasks) and Worker Requirements of the

Occupation

• Green Enhanced Occupations (45): o Significant Changes in Work and Worker Requirementso Purpose of the Occupation Unchanged, But Tasks, Skills, Knowledge, and

External Elements, Such as Credentials, Have Changedo May or May Not Result in an Increase in Employment Demand for the

Occupation

• Green New & Emerging Occupations (90): o New, Unique Work and Workers Requirements from Green Economic

Activities o The New Occupation Could be New or “Born” From an Existing Occupation

See: http://www.onetcenter.org/reports/Green.html

Green Jobs ProjectionsIndustry Currently

employedStimulus workforce jobs (NEW)

Projected to 2016 (Permanent)

Notes

Wind 85,000 30,000 110,000 - direct380,000 – dir. + indirect

Based on climate goals of 20% wind by 2030

Solar 39,000 (’07)67,000 (’08 est.)

35,000 246,000 PV and thermal; most recovery post 2010

Energy Efficiency 8,586,000 (2007)

~ 1,300,000 13,787,000 – moderate case

Assumes 7% growth per year; 7 M new jobs

Weatherization 480,000 ~ 180,000 (installation)

150,000 (ongoing)

Installation only; no mfr or indirect

Smart Grid NA 280,000 – direct

140,000 (perm)

Funded thru DOE

Est. Green Jobs

9,218,000 1,825,000 14,703,000 No MFRing jobs in this #

Green job investments*Each $1 Million in this sector…

… Creates this many jobs

Transit/rail 22Building retrofits 17Biomass 17Solar 14Smart Grid 13Wind 13Coal 7Oil and gas 5

*Source: Robert Pollin, et al, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Center for American Progress

Green Jobs and CredentialsType of job Highest

Education level attained

Average wage/hour

Clean energy(jobs for $1

million invested)

Fossil Fuels(jobs for $1

million invested)

High-credentialed jobs(architect, manager)

Bachelors degree or more

$24.50 3.9 1.5

Mid-credentialed jobs(Crew chief, tech)

Some college $14.50 4.8 1.6

Low-credentialed jobs(laborer, clerk)

High school or less

$12 8 2.2

Low-credentialed jobs in fields with potential for earnings growth(utilities, mfr, construction)

High school or less

$15 4.8 0.7

Source: Pollin et al, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Courtesy of Anthony Joseph, New York State Department of Labor

Weatherization Example (New York State)

Labor Demand

Weatherization Jobs•DOE and HEAP funding

Installation Helper

Installer

Crew Supervisor

Building Auditor

Prod. Coordinator

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Workforce Training

Entry-Level Training1. WIA• RFP (state DOL)• One-Stop Centers2. TANF (state, local

social svc districts)

Weatherization and EE Training•WIA, state energy office

Training not necessary

Infrastructure (state energy office)

Labor Supply

Workforce One-Stop System(state DOL, state social svc agency)

Skills Assessment

Skilled

•Union

•Non-Union

Unskilled

What is Clean Energy Workforce Development?

Consider for your Youth• Construction training – relevant curricula :

• Nat’l Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER)

• Home Builders Institute Pre-Traineeship Certificate training (PACT), or

• Building Trades Multi-Craft Core Curriculum• State approved weatherization curricula

• Additional green activities with credentials• Pre-Apprenticeships• Internships – through business, nonprofit,

educational partners

• Workforce readiness – various

New GREEN Youth Skills• Weatherization specialties• Solar installation or prep• Optimum Value Engineering (OVE) framing• Integrated Building Design (internships)• Water conservation • Basic environmental science• Land restoration• Biomass – growing & processing• Transmission and electrical basics• IT – for Smart Grid integration

Certifications:Type

• BPI building retrofit• RESNET building retrofit• LEED new construction• Energy Star new and retrofit• NCCER construction• PACT construction• NABCEP solar & wind• Green Advantage construction

… national benchmarks coming

American Recovery and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

DOL Investment: $4,470,000,000

Title VIII of ARRA• Formula Funding - $3.6 billion for training

and employment services

• Discretionary Funding - $750 million provided for a program of competitive grants for worker training and placement in high-growth and emerging industry sectorso $500 M Targeted to Green Jobs

What is DOL Doing to Promote Green Jobs?

• Coordinating with Other Federal Partners

o Establishing Memoranda of Understanding and Partnership Agreements with Federal Agencies

• Aligning Federal Resources toAvoid Duplication

• Developing and DisseminatingGreen Economy Resource Information

• Funding Five Solicitations for Grant Applications (SGAs) Tied to Green Jobs

Who Can Apply for DOL Funding?

SG

A

Cate

gory

State LMI Improve-

ment$50M

Energy Training

Partnership*$100M

Pathways Out of

Poverty$150M

State Energy Sector and

Partnership*$190M

Green Capacity Building

$5M

Elig

ible

Applica

nts

State Workforce Agencies

Consortia of State Workforce Agencies

National Labor- management orgs w local networks; Statewide or non-profits w partnerships of employers, WIBs and others

Nat’l orgs w local networks, coalition members or others; local organizations

State workforce Boards in partnerships with their State Workforce Agency, local WIB and One-Stop Centers

DOL programs: Indian and Native American program, NFJP, Prisoner Re-entry, SCSEP, Heroes at Home/Military Spouses, WANTO, Registered Apprenticeship, YouthBuild, Young Offender

Auto impacted communities

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