What An Apprentice Ironworker Can Teach Us About Quality Jobs
News Source : Forbes
News Summary
- As energy demand increases across the country, the question isn’t whether “green jobs’ will reshape the labor market; it’s how quickly workers in nearly every field will be ready for the shift.
- Most workforce systems still treat green jobs as niche instead of recognizing that green skills are becoming a new baseline, and can offer pathways to quality jobs.Unless we act now— integrating green skills training into the core of workforce development through apprenticeships, career and technical education (CTE) programs, we risk leaving many regions behind.
Workers now need green skills for many quality jobs not previously considered green. We must act now to reimagine training programs across the country and ensure more people can access the growing nu [+6475 chars]
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