In fall 2006, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College’s College Council approved the adoption of a Green College Initiative, now Green Workforce Education.
This website provides information and resources about Green Workforce Education at LATTC . The following is a list of the green disciplines, click them for more information.
Subscribe to the RSS feed for Green Workforce EducationPosted on 18. Nov, 2009
The Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD) and Trade-Tech have partnered on a Green Capacity Building Grant, through the Department of Labor, to establish the “South LA YouthBuild Program’s Green Jobs Training Initiative”, which will infuse the South LA YouthBuild Program with a green careers focus. The Green Jobs Training Initiative serves the Vernon-Central neighborhood [...]
Posted on 18. Nov, 2009
Both green workforce development efforts and green education and training programs were featured recently in the LA Times and on Payscale.com as follows.
Hsu, Tiffany. (November 15, 2009). So you want a green career? The giant push for eco-friendly practices has created job opportunities for those with little or no experience. Los Angeles Times. The article [...]
Posted on 06. Oct, 2009
Governor Schwarzenegger announced that Los Angeles Trade-Technical College was awarded a California Clean Energy Workforce Training Program grant in the amount of $1,000,000 for the college’s Clean Energy Apprentice (CEPA) program. Funding was made possible from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act from the State Energy Program, Workforce Investment Act Governor’s Discretionary 15 percent portion [...]
Posted on 05. Oct, 2009
October 5, 2009. The word has spread to all corners of the world. When it comes to leadership in “green curriculum” in a higher education environment, no one is doing more than Los Angeles Trade-Technical College. Our reputation caught the attention of the deputy prime minister of Australia, a position similar to that of our [...]
Posted on 10. Sep, 2009
The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Energy Division has confirmed that the Los Angeles Trade Technical College was the winning bidder for the 2009 Low Income Energy Efficiency Program Workforce Education and Training Pilot. An award of $174,690 will be issued by the CUPC to the college to fund the pilot program. This pilot program [...]
Posted on 09. Sep, 2009
Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, through the Workforce and Economic Development division, hosted Environment California’s press conference announcing the release of a new clean energy report. The report, entitled Energy Efficiency in the American Clean Energy Security Act of 2009: Impacts of Current Provisions and Opportunities to Enhance the Legislation*, was released by Environment California and [...]
Posted on 09. Sep, 2009
The Regional Economic Development Institute (REDI), within the division of Workforce and Economic Development at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, has been selected by the California Utilities Diversity Council to design and implement a green jobs study. The purpose of the “Green Jobs Study of Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs) Operating in California”, is to engage key [...]
Posted on 30. Jul, 2009
Trade-Tech’s Architecture Program, under the leadership of instructor Marcela Oliva and chair Bill Elarton, has partnered with LAUSD to implement an innovative program for cultivating high school students to pursue architecture and engineering careers. This program–and Trade-Tech’s partnership role–is featured in this month’s Green Technology Magazine. Excerpts from the article are below.
LAUSD’s iSEE [...]
Posted on 23. Jul, 2009
Staff and administrators in the Workforce and Economic Development Division at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College served as panel presenters at the NexTrendLA Energy Efficiency Conference. Tom Vessella, Green Carpentry and Weatherization/Energy Efficiency Instructor participated on the panel presentation “Energy Efficiency/Weatherization Programs”. Co-presenters were John Newcomb, San Bernardino County and Carlos Hernandez, Southern California Edison Manager [...]
Posted on 15. Jun, 2009
LATTC’s Division of Workforce and Economic Development will launch the Summer Green Jobs @ LATTC focusing on Utilities and Green Construction funded by the City of Los Angeles.
Students will be paid to work 120 hours in addition to taking 3 units of coursework at LATTC. Interested individuals must meet the following requirements for program eligibility:
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