Green Job Resources
News:
Are you a Green Business looking to hire? CNY Works and partner One Stop Career Centers in Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, and Oswego counties have paid internships available for green business. See our 13-N grant information below for more details.
Looking for a Green Job? You may want to start with a Green Training program.
CNY Works has several community training partners in Syracuse and Onondaga County, and throughout Central Upstate New York, who are providing training in energy/environmental science and sustainability fields, including:
The best place to find training programs near you is through our Eligible Training Provider List, contacting your local community center, community college, BOCES program, and SUNY university.
Several other Green Training certificate or credential programs exist.
Contact Hanah Ehrenreich at (315) 849-0566 or greenworkforce@cnyworks.com for more information on Green Workforce programs.
CNY Works is coordinating the eCuse Pathways Out of Poverty grant which will provide low-income jobseekers living in the City of Syracuse with access to green training and employment assistance. To learn if you are eligible to participate in this program please call Sadequa Fore at (315) 849-0566 or email ecuse@cnyworks.com
- eCUSE includes 6 green training providers: PEACE Inc (green operations & maintenance), Matawon L&M Training Program (green construction, OSHA 10/LEAD Abatement), Hope 4 US Housing Training program (deconstruction), Women's Opportunity Center (green administrative office work), Northside Green Train (green construction/weatherization, green infrastructure/landscaping), and Jubilee Homes (urban agriculture and green construction/deconstruction).
- For more information on these Green Training programs see the Green Jobs for Syracuse Directory or the Eligible Training Provider List.
- eCUSE helps workers with our 10 case managers located at the following nine organizations: Center for Community Alternatives, Salvation Army Barnabas Center, Dunbar Center, Syracuse Model Neighborhood Facility, the Women's Opportunity Center, the Spanish Action League/La Liga, New Justice Service Initiatives, Westcott Community Center, and Interfaith Works Center for New Americans.
- and our job developer works with the green business community to assist employment.
CNY Works is a partner in Cornell Cooperative Extension Onondaga County's "Different Shades of Green" veteran green training program.Different Shade of Green veteran info. This program has already started for 2010. Contact David Marr at 315-424-9485 x227 (djm392@cornell.edu)for more information.
CNY Works and Syracuse Center of Excellence, in partnership with Onondaga County Human Rights Commission, Matawon Development Group, and East Environmental Training Center, just completed the first Enitiative LEED-ing Edge grant (2008-2010) which provided the US Green Building Council 8-hour training and test scholarships for contractors, the building trades, and income-eligible workers with construction backgrounds. LEED certified contractors have the competitive advantage in government and large-scale contracts, have the tools for Green Homes/Green Jobs contracts, and build energy efficient homes/businesses
Are you a business looking to fill some Green Jobs? You came to the right place. Syracuse and Onondaga County have a strong and growing workforce with specialization in energy and environmental science fields. Contact Paula Chapman, our Job Developer, at (315) 423-9422 or email at pchapman@cnyworks.com to learn more about our newly trained Green Collar workers.
CNY Works has a New York State (NYS) Department of Labor 13-N grant that currently provides paid internships with green businesses. Our process is simple.
1) Contact Hanah Ehrenreich to discuss the details of how this internship relates to Energy & Environmental Systems (EES) fields, or how the business is a green business.
2) You and the intern meet with Hanah at CNY Works and fill out the Worksite Agreement (2pg), Internship Agreement (1pg), and the intern is registered with our OSOS state database system. This meeting should take 30min-1hour.
3) The intern starts the internship and completes it in the number of hours specified in the Internship Agreement. A site visit of the internship site is arranged for a CNY Works staff person.
4) The business will invoice CNY Works requesting reimbursement for the $1000 stipend with a time sheet signed by both the intern and the supervisor as backup documentation. The intern sends Hanah a short statement on their internship experience.
There are a couple ground rules to the internship: A) If an intern has already completed an internship with CNY Works, we cannot allow a second internship with that individual. B) A repeat internship will only be offered to a green business worksite that has satisfied all the invoicing and site visit requests with CNY Works from the previous internship. C) CNY Works reserves the right to limit the number of interns allowed for any single business.
What are Green Jobs? Find more information here:
- Green For All, http://www.greenforall.org/resources/
Green Jobs are…
Jobs in Energy & Environmental fields (including: renewable energy, energy conservation, environmental preservation, science, and/or technology)
Jobs that use the principles of Reduce, ReUse, Recycle
Jobs that are Carbon neutral
Jobs that create or maintain renewable energy (wind, solar, geothermal, hydro/water)
Jobs in sustainable and organic agriculture
Some examples of Green Jobs, from Green For All...
- Bicycle repair and bike delivery services
- Car and truck mechanic jobs, production jobs, and gas-station jobs related to bio-diesel, vegetable oil and other alternative fuels.
- Food production using organic and/or sustainably grown agricultural products
- Green building
- Green waste composting on a large scale
- Hauling and reuse of construction and demolition materials and debris (C&D)
- Hazardous materials clean up
- Green (sustainable) landscaping
- Manufacturing jobs related to large scale production of a wide range of technologies (i.e.: solar panels, bike cargo systems, green waste bins, etc.)
- Materials reuse/products made from recycled, non-toxic materials
- Non-toxic household cleaning in residential and commercial buildings
- Parks and open space maintenance and expansion
- Printing with non-toxic inks and dyes and recycled papers
- Public transit jobs
- Recycling
- Solar installation and maintenance
- Tree cutting and pruning
- Peri-urban and urban agriculture
- Whole home performance (i.e.: HVAC, attic insulation, weatherization, etc.)
---excerpt from Raquel Pinderhughes (2007)
Job listings:
More local resources on Green Jobs/Businesses:
- Check out the US Green Building Council website for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Accredited Professionals (LEED AP) and green builders registered in the local area. See USGBC Upstate NY Chapter for more information.
- The Sustainable Upstate Network (SUN) is a group made up of local green businesses able to refer and deliver a spectrum of skilled services. Find the SUN Group on LinkedIn.
- The WorkKeys Center at Syracuse University developed Green Career Ladder maps for Central New York on Environmental Systems and BioTechnology, Manufacturing, and Energy career pathways
- Green Drinks Social Networking night is the 2nd Thursday of every month from 6-7pm at the Genesee Grande Hotel. See Syracuse Green Drinks for more information.
Find out what’s new in the world through these print & online resources:
- The Clean Technology Center Clean Tech blog
- The Syracuse Technology Garden Syracuse Tech Garden.
- The Apollo Alliance: http://apolloalliance.org/blog/ Unions for a Clean Energy and Good Jobs, check out the blog or website for more resources.
- The Post Standard Green. A special section of the Post Standard available in print every two months. Pick it up free at newsstands near you. Green CNY