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very interested in hiring trained environmental
technicians.
Department of Human Services, Hazardous Materials
Training and Research Institute, Terracon, Inc.,
Advanced Technologies, Ames Environmental, Inc., and
the Waterloo Neighborhood Services Team. Three
potential employers have committed to assist in
providing student internships, developing the
curriculum, providing technical training, loaning
instruments, serving on an advisory committee, and
placing graduates in jobs.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
Conducting outreach to recruit unemployed and
underemployed residents of the Rath
neighborhood of Waterloo;
Conducting training for entry-level positions as
brownfields technicians, including courses in the
use of innovative assessment and cleanup
technologies; and
Supporting career placement of students for one
year after the job training is completed.
The information presented in this fact sheet comes from
the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of
this information. The cooperative agreement for the
grant has not yet been negotiated. Therefore, activities
described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA500-F-01-360
Dec 01
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