ST nicks will use the awarded funds to offer 3 cycles of entry-level emergency response training during the approved project period

St. Nick's Alliance Corporation will provide entry-level emergency response training through a $200,000 cooperative agreement award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815). Specifically, St. Nick's will offer three cycles of training during the June 2021 to May 2024 project period, including the 40-hour HAZWOPER, 30-hour OSHA Health and Safety, and 10-hour OSHA Site Safety certification courses. This training will allow graduates to work on remediation and construction sites. St. Nick's may also provide two to four additional certifications based on employer demand. The training targets unemployed and underemployed residents in disadvantaged communities in Brooklyn to prepare them for jobs in the growing environmental remediation field.

This training includes the required 40-hour hazwoper, 30 hours OSHA health and safety, and 10 hour OSHA site safety courses. Certifications will allow graduates to work on all remediation and construction sites, in addition, ST. Nicks will offer 2-4 additional certifications based on employer demand. By design, the ER training will allow a highly disadvantaged population to access training and enter a growing industry with high wages, one that would otherwise be closed to them without training. The target populations include those in and around brooklyn community districts 1,3,4,5,8 and 16 with relatively poor, predominantly hispanic and african-american residents. ST. Nicks mission focuses on the unemployed with significant barriers to employment. The training program is designed to be successful with the most disadvantaged in the target communities.