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Job seekers bet on green, Jersey hopes to lead way

When Ronald Tucker, a sheet-metal worker who had bounced among at least five New Jersey companies over 20 years, was laid off again in March, he decided it was time to trade a job surrounded by silver for one based on green.

When Ronald Tucker, a sheet-metal worker who had bounced among at least five New Jersey companies over 20 years, was laid off again in March, he decided it was time to trade a job surrounded by silver for one based on green.

Instead of looking for jobs making animal cages or ticket dispensers for Skee-Ball machines, the 41-year-old Tucker enrolled in the first class of green-jobs training at the Hispanic Family Center in Camden. The father of one learned how to test home insulation.

After graduating July 1, he landed a job with New Jersey utility giant Public Service Electric & Gas Co. He starts in September.Read Full Article

posted in: New Jersey, News

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