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Monday, January 16, 2012
A new facility opens its doors in central Iowa next week, and the goal is to train people for the growing field of green jobs.
The unemployed or people looking for a career change have the option of going back to class next week for free. The I-GREEN Learning Center in Newton opens Monday for the first class.
Student Jack McCuen is turning the page on a new career. He says, “I know how good the money is in this trade, so when this opportunity came by, there was no way I could pass it up.”
McCuen will learn to be a lineman. He says the trade is in demand, and at $30 to $40 an hour, he’ll make more than he did at his previous job. He says, “My dad’s been a lineman my entire life, but I’ve never tried it and don’t know much about it, so I’m coming to learn.”
He signed up for the first class at the I-GREEN Learning Center. It’s a ten week course that teaches the trade of putting up power poles. The first class is free thanks to a government grant and discounts through the training center. Director Phillip Stender says, “We’re going to teach them how to climb poles and the materials that electrical linemen work with.”
Stender says the class is just the beginning. He says they plan to offer more in the future, focusing on different types of renewable energy. Stender says,“Any big renewable project that happens that generates electricity or power will be distributed by electrical lineman and we felt this was the first good place to start.”
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Friday, November 20, 2009
When Ron Pike stumbled onto wind power at a trade show last spring, he liked what he saw.
When Ron Pike stumbled onto wind power at a trade show last spring, he liked what he saw.
The 68–year–old lives on a plot of acreage perched high on a Missouri Valley hill.
Utilizing the daily breeze to help generate power seemed like a logical, cost–effective way to stimulate clean energy.Read Full Article
Saturday, September 19, 2009
So-called “green jobs” shouldn’t be viewed as a category of specialized employment in the debate over a federal climate change bill, an energy policy expert said during a weekend visit here.
So-called “green jobs” shouldn’t be viewed as a category of specialized employment in the debate over a federal climate change bill, an energy policy expert said during a weekend visit here.
“What we’re hearing from our legislators is, they don’t know what ‘green jobs’ mean,” said Kate Gordon, vice president for energy policy for the Center for American Progress, during a weekend visit to I-Renew Expo in Norway.
Gordon said legislators don’t know what green jobs mean because, in many cases, they’re the same as traditional jobs. In fact, Gordon said, it’s harmful to talk about green jobs as a separate category of jobs.Read Full Article
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Governor Chet Culver has signed Executive Order 16, which creates the Iowa Green Jobs Task Force.
Governor Chet Culver has signed Executive Order 16, which creates the Iowa Green Jobs Task Force.
“In recent years, thanks to our efforts in biofuels and wind energy, we have created thousands of green-collar jobs for Iowans,” said Governor Culver. “However, if we are to expand these industries, we must also have the workforce necessary to fill those positions. That is why I am creating the Green Jobs Task Force, which will help coordinate our state’s efforts in creating and filling the green-collar jobs of the future.”
The fifteen member task force is to help focus state government’s efforts in creating high-paying, green-collar jobs, as well as coordinate the state’s efforts to secure federal green initiative grants through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Roya Stanley, Executive Director of the Iowa Office of Energy Independence, will serve as chair, and Lis Buck, Director of Iowa Workforce Development, will serve as Vice Chair. Executive Order 16 charges the task force with creating jobs and training workers in the renewable energy industry. They are to prepare a report and present it to the Governor by October 1st on their activities, and provide recommendations on ways we can expand the number of green-collar jobs in Iowa.Read Full Article
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