Mapping Green Career Pathways: Job Training Opportunities and Infrastructure

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Mapping Green Career Pathways: Job Training Opportunities and Infrastructure in Wisconsin
January 2010
COWS and the Apollo Alliance released a joint report that identifies components of Wisconsin's workforce development infrastructure that can be better integrated and scaled up to support the state's emerging green economy. The report recommends strengthening Wisconsin's ex­isting training infrastructure in technical colleges and apprenticeship programs to build workers' skills and create green career pathways. Many of these jobs will be in construction and manufacturing, sectors currently in decline but projected to account for the majority of new jobs in clean energy industries. The new study also charts existing train­ing programs - apprenticeship, technical college and community-based pathways - that represent key elements of a greener workforce develop­ment system. While many of these elements thrive in Wisconsin, gaps between them must be minimized if the state is to build career pathways to serve Wisconsin workers and employers.