Brownfields 2013 Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
Oxnard, CA
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 has selected the City of Oxnard for an
Environmental Workforce Development and Job
Training grant. The City of Oxnard plans to train
55 students, place 45 graduates in environmental
jobs, and track graduates for one year. The core
training program includes 62 hours of instruction
in 40-hour HAZWOPER, general industry safety
and health, and confined entry. Half of the
participants will complete an additional 16 hours
of hazardous materials handling procedures
training and half will complete an additional 60
hours of wastewater treatment course work. In
addition, up to ten interested participants with high
achievement records will be offered the Class B
commercial driver's license course and ten will be
offered a 200-hour wastewater treatment
internship. A total of nine state and federal
certifications will be offered. The City of Oxnard
is targeting unemployed and underemployed
migrant and Native American workers, veterans,
ex-offenders, high school dropouts, homeless
individuals, and other disadvantaged residents
Oxnard. Key partners include Ventura Community
College, Rural Community Assistance
Corporation, Center for Creative Land Recycling,
Center for Employment and Training, and the
Saviers Road Design Team, a local
community-based organization involved with the
Halaco Superfund site.
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 9 Brownfields Team
(213)244-1821
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-13-203
June 2013
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(http://www.epa.gov/region9/bro wnfields)
Grant Recipient: City of Oxnard,CA
805-385-8072
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-13-203
June 2013
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