Green Collar Training Center Now Open For Classes
The St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners have partnered with eight building trade organizations and Workforce Solutions of the Treasure Coast to create this new green apprenticeship and training facility. The County donated 12,500 square feet of the Logistics Center (formerly Sam's Club), the building trades paid for the materials to build the classrooms and shop and also donated all of the labor, and Workforce Solutions helped secure a $500,000 grant from the Business Competitiveness Council of Workforce Florida, Inc.'s WINGS (Workforce Innovative New Generations Solutions) program.
Residents had the opportunity to tour this unique facility on June 5 and learn more about the programs that will be offered. The center features six classrooms/conference rooms, 10 computer labs, an outdoor welding area, material storage areas, restrooms and administrative offices. Representatives from the various trade groups and Workforce Solutions were present to answer questions and provide information about the curriculum.
The Green Collar Task Force is a unique partnership of local government and various non-profit programs established to meet the demands of existing and new emerging clean energy technologies currently developing within the Treasure Coast and United States. Partners include: the St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners, Workforce Solutions, the Treasure Coast area workforce development board, and eight individual union apprenticeship training programs affiliated within the Palm Coast Building Trades including: the W.P.B. Sheet Metal J.A.T.C., Iron Workers L.U. #402, Insulators L.U. #60, Painters and Allied Trade District Council #78, Florida Carpenters Regional Council Training, U.A. Sprinkler Fitters L.U. #821, U.A. Plumbers and Pipe Fitters L.U. #630, and the Electrical Workers L.U. #728 Apprenticeship Training Program.
For more information visit: http://www.greencollartf.org/ or call (772) 418-4990.
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