^ Brownfields 2013 Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
St. Louis Community College, MO
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
$799,994
EPA selected St. Louis Community College
(SLCC) for an Environmental Workforce
Development and Job Training grant. SLCC plans
to train 81 students, place 55 graduates in
environmental jobs, and track graduates for one
year. The core training program includes 222
hours of instruction, including coursework in
40-hour HAZWOPER, introduction to
environmental technology; Occupational Safety
and Health Administration courses in 10-hour
safety, chemical hazards, bloodborne pathogens,
fall protection, excavation and trenching, and
permit required confined spaces; radiation worker
I; lead and asbestos abatement worker; mold
remediation; lead renovator, repair, and painting;
leaking underground storage tank corrective
action (e.g., site assessment or remediation)
awareness, including procedures for tank removal
when necessary to perform corrective action;
environmental sampling and monitoring;
innovative/alternative treatment technologies;
stormwater management; and ecosystem
restoration. A total of 12 state and federal
certifications will be offered. St. Louis
Community College is targeting unemployed and
underemployed residents of St. Louis. Key
partners include St. Louis University's College of
Public Health and Social Justice Center for
Environmental Education and Training, St. Louis
Development Corporation, Father's Support
Center, St. Patrick's Center, St. Louis City
Workforce Investment Board, YouthBuild St.
Louis, Operation Excel, and the Carpenters
District Council of Greater St. Louis.
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).
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-13-202
June 2013
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EPA Region 7 Brownfields Team
913-551-7357
EPA Region 7 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region07/cl
eanup/brownfields/index.htm)
Grant Recipient: St. Louis Community
College,MO
314-644-9621
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)
EPA 560-F-13-202
June 2013
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