Job Training for Beaver County, Inc.

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Job Training for Beaver County, Inc.

• YouthCares
• Computer Recycling Project

"Let every individual and institution now think
and act as a responsible trustee of Earth,
seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics
that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate
pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the
wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in
the human adventure." John McConnell, founder
of International Earth Day
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• The Job Training for Beaver County, Inc.
• YouthCares Computer Recycling
• project funded in part through a grant from the
  Sprout Foundation and in partnership with
  Southwest Corner, Westmoreland-Fayette and Three
  Rivers Workforce Investment Boards and Goodwill
  Industries.

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Our Goal

• The goal of the YouthCares Computer Recycling
  Project was to provide an opportunity for
  disadvantaged/at-risk youth to acquire invaluable
  job skills/work habits through career readiness
  curriculum and to learn civic responsibility and
  pollution prevention through the de-manufacturing
  and recycling of computers.

"You must be the change you wish to see in the
world." Mahatma Gandhi
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Learning about Recycling

• In todays high tech society it is less
  expensive and much easier to buy a new and
  improved electronic device, such as a computer,
  than it is to repair the old one.
• What happens to the old one?

"The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his
willingness to sacrifice something today for
future generations whose words of thanks will not
be heard." Gaylord Nelsonformer governor of
Wisconsin, co-founder of Earth Day
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http//blog.ecolect.net/tag/electronics/
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National GeographicHigh Tech Trash
http//ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/01/high-tec
h-trash/carroll-text
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Electronic wasteE-Waste what is it and where
does it go?
E-Waste http//www.youtube.com/watch?vcqygjt0z-F0
http//michaelzhao.net/eDump/
Ghana http//www.youtube.com/watch?vvcyo5eyhWDY
Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do
without. -New England proverb
China http//www.youtube.com/watch?vYkB95vA4TA4
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GOODWILL INDUSTRIESis making a difference.Our
Computer Recycling Center projects divert over 2
million pounds of electronic waste from area
landfills. De-manufacturing is an entire
process of collecting, disassembling, reusing,
refurbishing, recycling, and/or disposing
products that are obsolete or un-repairable.
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Did you know

• The Association of Electronic Recyclers estimates
  that by 2010, 3 billion computers will be
  scrapped.
• Currently only 10 of computers that become
  obsolete are recycled.
• The US Department of Environmental Quality
  estimates that over 500 million computer became
  obsolete between 1997 and 2007
• 6.32 billion pounds of plastic
• 1.58 billion pounds of lead
• 632,000 pounds of mercury

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• A 2006 New York Times article stated that experts
  estimate over 60 million computers exist in
  landfills around large cities. They also stated
  that over half of the computers found in
  landfills come from the general public.
• In 1997 37 of US households had a computer. By
  2003 that number was 63.
• In a 2003 Consumer Reports study, 2 out of every
  10 consumers reported throwing their desktop/or
  monitor in the trash.

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Goodwill Industries De-Manufacturing facility

• In 2005, Goodwill Industries (GII) received 27
  million pounds of electronics, the equivalent of
  963,000 computers, via donations.
• In addition to promoting the recycling of
  computer equipment, the de-manufacturing and
  refurbishment facilities provide a work component
  to Goodwill in terms of jobs and job training for
  computer repair and refurbishment in the private
  sector.

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• They create jobs and train people how to fix
  computers. There are a number of Goodwill
  locations where they give computers to their
  program participants and provide them with
  on-line career training.
• Goodwill has approximately 40 computer recycling
  facilities nationwide, including Austin, Texas
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Sacramento and Santa
  Anna, California.

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• Taking a computer apart does not require
  sophisticated tools, but having tech-savvy
  employees is essential as they can quickly
  determine which parts require replacement and
  which parts, such as video cards, can be sold as
  parts.
• http//www.americanrecycler.com/0808/goodwill.shtm
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Goodwill Industries De-manufacturing facility
Southside, Pittsburgh PA
The youth don protective eye-wear and they are
given a tour of the facility
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Sorting
Donations of computers, monitors, accessories
and printers are brought in by the truck loads on
pallets, to be sorted to be resold and/or
recycled for parts
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Retail
Some of the computers and parts are repaired and
sold in the retail store
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Job Training for Beaver County, Inc.Beaver
Valley Mall, Monaca PA
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Job Training for Beaver County, Inc.
Interview with Bill, JTBC participant By Deb
Newton, Executive Director of Job Training for
Beaver County, Inc.
Monday through Wednesday I attend classes to
obtain my GED at the CareerLink and Thursday and
Friday I come here to take computers apart so
they dont end up in a landfill Bill, JTBC
participant
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Career Readiness Component

• The second part of our goal was to develop and
  implement Career Readiness Curriculum, by helping
  the youth to acquire and practice specific work
  readiness, and soft skills.
• This was accomplished through classroom
  learning, internships and industrial tours.
• These activities provided youth the
  opportunity to practice and prepare for the world
  of work by learning new skills and then applying
  what they learned through hands-on experiences.

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Youth Competencies and Skills Component
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind
with an open one. Malcolm Forbes
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Characteristics and Activities

• Beautification through community service to
  Grove Cemetery
• Civic Engagement-community service in boroughs
  and townships
• Education-Tour of Penn State, and participation
  in College Career Fair
• Environmental-Recycling Work Shop
• Mentorship-Inner Generational-Older Citizens and
  College Interns

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• Science Technology-Computer De-manufacturing
  tour and internship, Geo-Caching
• Career Exploration Career Readiness-Resources
  utilized Occupational Information Network
  (ONET), PA CareerLink Beaver County, PA, Career
  Guide, Department of Labor, Career Voyages,
  Americas Career Resource Network (ACRN) and PA
  Career Gates

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• The youth learned how to utilize many electronic
  and community resources
• Computer Web searches, interactive cyber
• worksheets, online career search and exploration
• and journaling and data input for diary
• maintenance.
• Allocating time Time management skills
• Money Banking and Budgeting
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• Acquiring and evaluating data Career
  Exploration, comparative salaries and college
  requirements
• Career Research and Building Resources utilized
• Occupational Information Network (ONET),
• PA CareerLink Beaver County, PA, Career Guide,
• Department of
• Labor, Career Voyages, Americas Career
• Resource Network (ACRN) and PA Career Gates.

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Basic Skills Enrichment

• Reading-group participation
• Writing-summarizing and journaling
• Arithmetic and mathematics-cooking and budgeting
• Speaking-group participation and demonstration
• Listening-active listening activities

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Interpersonal Skills

• Working on teams Maintaining the Together
• Everyone Achieves More TEAM foundation
• obtained from PA Career Gates
• Teaching others Peer building and mentorship by
• assisting and working within the TEAM foundation
• Serving customers Active Listening Skills and
• Communication were introduced in
• connection with Customer Service Training

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• Leading Utilized leadership skills obtained
  from
• Leadership portion of PA Career Gates
• Diversity Awareness Speakers, movies and group
• discussions
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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
AWARDED TO NAME for participating in 20 hours or
more of Career Readiness Training and
Exploration Community Service Projects Pollution
Prevention Work Shops through Job Training for
Beaver County, Inc. Awarded this ___ day of
__________, 20__
Beth Demoratz, JTBC Youth Program Coordinator
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Pride Progress

• We believe the YouthCares Computer Recycling
• activities demonstrated in this PowerPoint speak
  to
• our commitment during the course of the past
• year to engage and connect youth to local
• communities through civic engagement and
• community service.