[Durham INC] Brownfields Job Training Class Graduates Tomorrow

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov

 

 

 

 

For Immediate Release: November 30, 2011

 

 

 

Brownfields Job Training Class Graduates Tomorrow

17 Durham Residents Now Prepared to Enter "Green Workforce"

 

What:              Environmental Workforce Job Training Program
Commencement Ceremony

 

Who:               City of Durham Office of Economic & Workforce
Development, Durham Technical Community College, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Mid-Atlantic Associates, Inc., and Hazardous
Materials Training & Research Institute

 

When:             Thursday, December 1, 2011, at 12:30 p.m.

 

Where:            Durham Technical Community College Main Campus

Collins Auditorium, Room 278

1637 Lawson St. 

Durham, N.C. 27703

 

Fast Facts

*         Since 2008, the City of Durham has received $400,000 in grants
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to train
approximately 120 residents from Northeast Central Durham and the
surrounding area to competitively seek employment in the assessment and
cleanup activities associated with the redevelopment and reuse of local
and regional brownfield sites as well as other related "green" markets.


 

*         To date, 93 students have graduated from the previous classes
and 17 students will be graduating tomorrow from this program.  

 

*         Graduates of this class have achieved a number of
certifications valued by the environmental community, including 10 hours
of Occupational Safety & Health Administration; eight hours of First Aid
& Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR); 40 hours of Hazardous Waste
Operations & Emergency Response; 16 hours if EPA Lead Worker Initial; 32
hours of EPA Asbestos Worker Initial; and a Career Readiness
Certificate. Employment opportunities for these students will offer
starting salaries of $11 to $13 per hour.     

 

*         For more information about this program or tomorrow's
ceremony, contact Nicholas McCoy, senior workforce development manager
for City's Office of Economic and Workforce Development, at (919)
560-4965, extension 15220 or via e-mail at Nicholas.McCoy at DurhamNC.gov. 

 

About the Office of Economic and Workforce Development

The Office of Economic and Workforce Development oversees programs and
services that help businesses start, grow, stay in, and get recruited to
Durham. These services include offering advice to businesses and
assisting with financing through our economic development grant and
incentive programs. The department also administers federal, local, and
private grant dollars to help people move forward on a career path, find
jobs, and keep them. Guided by the City's Strategic Plan, the department
helps ensure that Durham has a strong and diverse economy by helping to
revitalize Durham's urban neighborhoods and targeted suburban areas;
increase Durham's commercial tax base; and prepare the community's
workforce for the 21st century economy. For more information, visit 
www.DurhamEconomicDevelopment.org. 

 

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