\ 2012 Environmental Workforce Development
and Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
***лл* Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc., Portland, OR
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 just
brownfields cleanup. As a result of this effort, the
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training
Grants Program, formerly known as the "Brownfields 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
under-employed 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. To date, EPA has funded 191 job
training grants totaling over $42 million through the
former Brownfields Job Training Program and newly
expanded Environmental Workforce Development and
Job Training Program. As of January 2012, approximately
10,275 individuals had completed training and
approximately 7,155 obtained employment in the
environmental field, with an average starting hourly wage
of $14.12. This equates to a cumulative placement rate of
Environmental Workforce
Development and Job Training
Grant
$200,000
EPA has selected Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc., for
an environmental workforce development and job
training grant. Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc., plans
to train a minimum of 30 students, place at least
23 graduates in environmental jobs, and track
graduates for two years. The core environmental
training program includes 68 hours of instruction
in 40-hour HAZWOPER, UST leak prevention,
wastewater treatment, environmental health and
chemical safety, asbestos operations and
maintenance worker, and training related to
cleanup activities at the Portland Harbor
Superfund site. An additional 27 hours of training
in solid waste management, innovative and
alternative treatment technologies, OSHA 10-hour
safety, and a tool use course for environmental
professionals will be offered prior to the start of
the core curriculum. Four state or federal
certifications will be offered as part of the
environmental curriculum. Oregon Tradeswomen,
Inc., is targeting unemployed and underemployed
women living in industrial areas near the Portland
Harbor Superfund site, the lower Willamette
River, and the Columbia Slough, with a particular
emphasis on single mothers, women of color,
veterans, and ex-offenders. Key partners include
the Portland Brownfields Program, Groundwork
Portland, Portland Development Commission,
Verde, and Worksystems, Inc.
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 10 Brownfields Team
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-12-167
June 2012
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approximately 70% for the program, and also includes
accomplishments data recorded since the program was
created in 1998.
(206)553-7299
EPA Region 10 Brownfields Web site
(http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CL
EANUP.NSF/sites/bf)
Grant Recipient: Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.,
Portland
503-335-8200 ext 22
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-12-167
June 2012
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