Cypress Creek Renewables and Hudson Valley Community College’s Workforce Development Institute are partnering to launch a new solar job training initiative in New York State.
Cypress Creek representatives will be on campus at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24 with a $25,000 investment that will help provide reduced course fees for students interested in solar job training, with a focus on bringing more women, veterans and underrepresented people into the industry.
The college’s Workforce Development Institute has been offering successful fast-track, entry-level training in the field of photovoltaic installation for more than decade. Investment in job training and workforce development in emerging industries will strengthen New York State’s energy workforce and economy.
All are welcome to attend the Jan. 24 event in the Bulmer Telecommunications Center lobby.
President Drew Matonak and other college officials will participate in the event with Cypress Creek Renewables. Congressman Paul Tonko, Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin, State Senator George Amedore and State Assembly Members Patricia Fahy, John McDonald, and Phil Steck are expected to attend as well.
A dozen PV Advanced Training students from the Glenmont Job Corps Center will also attend the announcement. These students were in a PV Advanced Training program at Job Corps centers in Gainesville, FL, and in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, but came to the Workforce Development Institute following the destruction of those centers by Hurricane Maria. They just recently completed the WDI PV program.
Published: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 13:22:13 +0000 by d.gardner