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College of the Desert, county join in ‘green jobs’ effort

College of the Desert and Riverside County’s Workforce Development Division are working together to use federal stimulus dollars to turn unemployed valley residents into skilled, green-energy workers.

College of the Desert and Riverside County’s Workforce Development Division are working together to use federal stimulus dollars to turn unemployed valley residents into skilled, green-energy workers.
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The county’s EDA Workforce Development Division contracted with the school to provide job skills training, using about $1.15 million in stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

College of the Desert, which recently received an $800,000 grant for California’s Clean Energy Workforce Training Program, is using about half of the contracted dollars to provide courses in wind turbine technician training, said Larry McLaughlin, director of COD’s Advanced Transportation Technology and Energy Center.Read Full Article

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