vvEPA Brownfields Job Training Program

Preparing the Unemployed and Underemployed
Living in Solid and Hazardous Waste-Impacted
Communities for Employment in Environmental

Careers

Each year, EPA awards competitive grant funding to nonprofit
organizations and other eligible entities in communities across the nation
to recruit, train and place unemployed individuals, including low-income
and minority residents of solid and hazardous waste-impacted
communities, for a wide range of environmental careers. Grant
recipients are provided the flexibility to design training curricula that
meet local employers" hiring needs.

The program was created to help build a skilled workforce in
communities where EPA brownfields assessment and cleanup activities
are taking place. Rather than seeing local jobs filled by contractors from
distant cities, EPA created its environmental job training program to
offer an opportunity for unemployed residents historically affected by
environmental pollution, economic disinvestment and brownfields to
gain the skills and certifications needed to secure local cleanup work in
their communities.

Grantees also help participants build skills to deal effectively with the
demands and challenges of everyday life, including effective
communication and decision-making, interpersonal relationships, and
other life-skills training leveraged through non-EPA funding sources.

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RESOURCES:

EPA Brownfields Job Training website

https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-job-training-jt-grants

Hazardous Material Training and Research Institute (HMTRI), an EPA
HQ technical assistance provider for job training
https://brownfields-toolbox. org/

Region 3 Job Training Coordinator:

Gianna Rosati, Rosati.Gianna@epa.gov, 215-814-3406

GRANT FACTS

EPA awards JT grants of up to
$500,000 each with 5-year project
periods

Total estimated funding for FY24 is
$12 million, ~25 grants nationwide

Next solicitation expected
Spring 2024

Training Programs

Each grant recipient develops and delivers its
own unique environmental training program
based on local employers' hiring needs.
Training may include:

•	Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) 40-hour
Hazardous Waste Operations and
Emergency Response

•	Superfund and brownfields site-specific
assessment and cleanup

•	Environmental health and chemical safety

•	Mold remediation

•	First aid and cardiopulmonary
resuscitation

•	Lead and asbestos abatement

•	Leaking underground storage tank removal

•	Stormwater management

•	Green infrastructure installation and
maintenance

•	Green building design and Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) certifications

•	Hazardous materials transportation,
commercial driver's license, forklift and
machine operations

•	Integrated pest management

•	Geographic information systems, global
positioning systems and site surveying

•	Oil spill response

•	Ecological restoration, including coastal
restoration

•	Landfill operations

•	Wildlife hazing and climate adaptation

•	Vapor intrusion testing and mitigation,
and radon testing

•	Energy auditing and weatherization

•	Solar panel and wind turbine installation

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