Brownfields 2013 Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
™ Florida State College at Jacksonville, FL
EPA Environmental Workforce
Development and Job Training Grant
Program
In 2010, the Office of Brownfields and Land
Revitalization (OBLR) led an effort to more closely
collaborate with other programs within EPA on workforce
development and job training. Program offices now
participating in the expanded initiative include the Office
of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR), Office
of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
(OSRTI), Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST),
Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO),
Center for Program Analysis (CPA), Innovation,
Partnerships, and Communication Office (IPCO), Office
of Wastewater Management (OWM), Office of Chemical
Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP), and the Office
of Emergency Management (OEM). This initiative was
created to develop a job training cooperative agreement
opportunity that includes expanded training in other
environmental media outside the traditional scope of
brownfields hazardous waste remediation. As a result of
this effort, the Environmental Workforce Development
and Job Training Grants Program now allows applicants
to deliver other training in the environmental field, in
addition to the core traditional brownfields hazardous
waste and petroleum training historically provided.
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training
grant funds are provided to nonprofit organizations and
other eligible entities to recruit, train, and place
predominantly low-income and minority, unemployed and
underemployed residents from solid and hazardous
waste-impacted communities. Residents learn the skills
needed to secure full-time, sustainable employment in the
environmental field, including a focus on assessment and
cleanup activities. Since 1998, EPA has funded 206 job
training grants totaling over $45 million through the
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training
Grants Program. As of March 2013, approximately 11,473
individuals have completed training, of which
approximately 8,198 have obtained employment in the
environmental field with an average starting hourly wage
of $14.12. This equates to a cumulative placement rate of
approximately 71% since the program was created.
Job Training Grant
$200,000
EPA selected Florida State College at Jacksonville
for an Environmental Workforce Development
and Job Training grant. Florida State College at
Jacksonville plans to train 60 students, place 45
graduates in environmental jobs, and track
graduates for one year. The core training program
includes 300 hours of instruction, including
coursework in 40-hour HAZWOPER; leaking
underground storage tank corrective action (e.g.,
site assessment and remediation) awareness,
including procedures for tank removal when
necessary to perform corrective action; solid waste
deconstruction and recycling; green remediation
technologies; environmental math and chemical
awareness training; Florida stormwater, erosion,
and sedimentation control inspector; collections
and wastewater training; two emergency response
classes; and eleven enhanced environmental health
and safety training classes. A total of 22 state and
federal certifications will be offered. Florida State
College at Jacksonville is targeting unemployed or
severely underemployed veterans, displaced
workers, ex-offenders, single mothers, recovering
substance abusers, and homeless, low-income, and
minority residents of Jacksonville. Key partners
include the Jacksonville Housing Authority;
WorkSource; the City of Jacksonville Division of
Military Affairs, Veteran's, and Disabled Services;
and the Florida State College Foundation.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
the EPA Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Team
404-562-8660
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region4/rcr
a/bflr/brownfields.html)
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-13-198
June 2013
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Grant Recipient: Florida State College at
Jacksonville
904-632-5933
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)
EPA560-F-13-198
June 2013
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