This project provides funding for kern county builders exchange to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of kern county in environmental careers with skills needed to safely…

This Cooperative Agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 provides $197,164 to Kern County Builders Exchange Inc. to deliver job training services under the Brownfields Job Training Program (CFDA 66.815). Specifically, the funding supports a job training program focusing on preparing unemployed and underemployed Kern County residents for careers in environmental remediation and abatement. The program includes OSHA and HAZWOPER training totaling 240 hours delivered over six weeks, with an emphasis on skills for conducting remediation at solid and hazardous waste sites and working with lead and asbestos abatement. The period of performance is from July 1, 2021 through October 31, 2024. The Brownfields Job Training Program aims to equip residents of communities impacted by solid and hazardous waste with skills for full-time, sustainable employment in environmental fields.

This project provides funding for kern county builders exchange to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of kern county in environmental careers with skills needed to safely conduct remediation work at solid and hazardous waste-contaminated sites, as well as appropriate training in lead/ asbestos abatement. And environmental technician. Kern county builders exchange training program will focus on preparing participants in kern county for employment in environmental fields. The program includes two required classes (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.10), 40-hour hazardous waste operations and emergency response (hazwoper) and risk assessment, along with a variety of other courses totaling 240 hours that will be delivered over six weeks. This agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $197,164. Pre-award costs have been approved back to july 1, 2021.