Greening the Workforce

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Greening the Workforce
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Mission Statement

• To build a safe, productive, and
• sustainable workforce of
• craft professionals.

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Green Building Facts

• By 2009
• 80 of corporate America is expected to be
  engaged in green at least 16 of the time
• 20 will be engaged 60 of the time
• By 2010
• Value of green building construction projected to
  increase to 60 billion
• Green building products market 30-40 billion
  annually
• 10 of commercial construction starts expected to
  be green

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SOURCE U.S. Green Building Council
ltwww.usgbc.orggt
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Why is Green Important?
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SOURCE Green Recovery. Center for American
Progress, the Political Economy Research
Institute, U of MA (09/2008)
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Opportunities in Green
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SOURCE Green Recovery. Center for American
Progress, the Political Economy Research
Institute, U of MA (09/2008)
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Government Initiatives

• LEED Initiatives (including legislation)
• Found in 44 states
• LEED Certification Required on Government
  Buildings
• American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
• Green Jobs Act of 2007

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Employment Training AdministrationGreen Jobs
Initiative
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StimulusEnergy Green Jobs Programs
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SOURCE National Governors Association, State
Opportunities under the ARRA (02/26/2009)
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StimulusFunding for Green Training
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Job Corps DirectiveProgram Instruction No. 09-11

• Directive
• To ensure all program instructors become
  ICTP-certified.
• Ensure that all ICTP-certified instructors obtain
  NCCERs green certification.

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SOURCE Directive Job Corps Program Instruction
No. 09-11 (08/12/2009)
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Job Corps DirectiveProgram Instruction No. 09-11

• Under the ARRA, Job Corps has committed to
  producing 8,500 green graduates from all of its
  construction programs by August 2010.
• Updating TARs that incorporate green elements
  based on the NCCER green curriculum.
• Immediate steps must be taken to ensure that all
  Job Corps construction training programs have
  the ability to certify students completing these
  TARs.

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SOURCE Directive Job Corps Program Instruction
No. 09-11 (08/12/2009)
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LEED Green Building Rating System

• Strategies
• Sustainable Site Development
• Water Savings
• Energy Efficiency
• Materials Resources Selection
• Indoor Environmental Quality

• Voluntary
• Consensus-Based
• National Rating System
• For developing
• high-performance
• sustainable buildings

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Your Role in the Green Environment

• Fundamental instruction in the green environment,
  green construction practices, green building
  rating systems
• Developed with
• Sustainable Facilities Infrastructure Research
  Team at
• Myers-Lawson School of Construction at Virginia
  Tech University
• NCCER is a USGBC Education Provider

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Basic Green Training

• Your Role in the Green Environment
• Text web-based
• Provides NCCER green credential
• Developed by LEED-Accredited Professionals
• Designed to supplement Core, but
• Can be used as a stand-alone module
• Designed for entry-level craftsperson's to
  explain
• Their role in the green environment
• Basic methods of green construction
• LEED Green Building Rating System
• Supported by
• Green Collar Employers Council, Washington, D.C.

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Building a Green-Collar Workforce
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Topics Presented in this Module
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NCCER Green Credentials

• Instructors must be certified to teach the
  green module
• Successful completion of the ICTP one of the
  following

Pass NCCER online green module exam
Possess current LEED AP certification
Possess current Green Advantage credentials
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Green Advantage

• A non-profit, 3rd-party, national environmental
  certification for building related practitioners.
  
• Started with assistance from
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• The Nature Conservancy
• SAIC
• University of Florida

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Green Advantage

• Developed
• Green Advantage Study Guide
• Packaged with
• Your Role in the Green Environment
• Opportunity to earn

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Green Advantage Certification

• Commercial/Residential or Commercial
  certification
• Qualifying LEED projects are eligible to apply
  for a LEED-Innovation credit IF
• 30 or more of select personnel attain Green
  Advantage certification prior to commencement of
  construction
• Residential certification
• Meets NAHB Green Builder Verifier requirements

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Green AdvantageCertified Practitioner

• The Green Advantage Certification Exam covers
• sustainability green building
• materials
• indoor environmental quality
• water
• site land use
• energy
• In order to prepare for one of the GA exams,
  thoroughly review the GA Study Guide appropriate
  to exam
• Commercial
• Residential (not accepted by NCCER)
• Commercial/Residential

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To register for exam, go to www.greenadvantage.or
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NCCER Green Worker Credential GA
Commercial/Residential Certification



NCCER Certified Instructor
teaches
ICTP-certified online green exam or GA Cert or
LEED AP



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Industry Credentials
Testimonials
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Thank You