Job Training Program Helps DC Residents Land Green Jobs
Friday, July 25, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Three
recent graduates from CSA’s Building Futures
Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Program were
honored at a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday
for a new green roof at DC
Water’s Fort Reno Reservoir in Northwest DC.
Following graduation from Building
Futures, staff got Leon Green, Trevanoyn
Shelton and Anthony Hall into a new Green Roof
Maintenance training program through partner DC
Greenworks, which was made possible with
funding from DC Water, where they joined three
other DC residents who also completed the
program. “This whole project combined
good environmental policy to reduce water and
sewer overflow into our local rivers, with
community benefits in the form of training and
jobs for local residents,” said George
Hawkins, DC Water General Manager.
“These
green roofs not only have to be built but
maintained to operate as intended, and while
they bring beauty to our communities, they also
provide living wage jobs to our neighbors.”
The graduates have already been hired by a
regional green roof maintenance company as
Green Roof Maintenance Technicians. “DC
going green is important,” said Leon Green,
“but what is most important is the job
opportunities going green will provide for DC
residents. I’m so
thankful to everyone who helped me get this
far.”
Photo
(l-r): Building Futures program graduates
Trevanoyn Shelton, Leon
Green and Anthony Hall with BF Job Developer
Andrea Thompson; photo by Kathleen
McKirchy