This project provides funding for city of pittsburg to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of the city of pittsburg in environmental careers with skills needed to safely…

This project provides funding for city of pittsburg to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of the city of pittsburg in environmental careers with skills needed to safely conduct remediation work at solid and hazardous waste-contaminated sites, as well as appropriate training in green remediation technologies, storm water management, emergency planning and chemical safety. City of pittsburg will operate four training cycles comprised 204 hours with 20-25 participants. Sixteen-week class schedules, program contents, and auxiliary services provided are crucial in student and community successes. The curriculum is designed to provide graduates with the skills needed to seek and retain employment in local and regional businesses as well as fulfill community needs like environmental assessment and cleanup. This assistance agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $200,000. Activities:this project will train graduates to earn skills and certifications necessary to enter into environmental careers. Activities to be performed during under this project are forty-hour hazardous waste operations and emergency response (hazwoper), refinery safety, forklift operator, solar technologies, emergency response at brownfields sites, confined space and occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) ten-hour. The program will enroll eighty participants with the goal of a graduation rate of eighty five percent and placement rate of seventy five percent with fifty-one individuals placed in environmental positions. Subrecipient:the subawards will be used exclusively for environmental training, program management of grant activities and placement and tracking activities for employment. Outcomes:the anticipated deliverables for are: 80 individuals recruited, trained, certified, and placed in environmental careers in communities impacted by solid and hazardous waste sites and facilities; 12 classroom style trainings, practical trainings, and curricula modules; 7 appropriate certifications in environmental sampling and site cleanup methods; and 80 individuals that receive certifications in OSHA 29 CFR 1910 and 120 40-hour hazwoper training. Expected outcomes from this project include: -help residents of communities take advantage of jobs created by the assessment and cleanup of brownfields and the assessment, cleanup, and management of solid and hazardous waste sites and facilities while addressing environmental justice concerns. -provide training that leads to sustainable employment in the environmental field. -improve community involvement and stimulate the development of constructive partnerships. -reduce exposures to hazardous substances and other contaminants and improve the health of workers, occupants, and residents. -foster self-sufficiency and enhance the skills and availability of labor for environmental remediation in environmental justice and other communities impacted by environmental contamination. -enable residents to participate in the promotion of environmental health and occupational safety, both on the job and in their communities.