CAMDEN, AUG. 19, 2011 __ The Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the State Employment Training Commission joined the Department of Environmental Protection and the federal Environmental Protection Agency today to underscore the importance of “green training” initiatives.
Officials from the different agencies gathered at the construction site of the Meadows at Pyne Point in the City of Camden. The former Knox Gelatin plant had been located at the same site, and the area is being restored through an environmental remediation project.
New Jersey is getting a $300,000 federal grant for a green jobs training program in Camden that will target unemployed or underemployed residents for jobs in assessing and cleaning up brownfields and other contaminated sites in their city.
Michele Horst, executive director of the State Employment Training Commission, (SETC) used the occasion to highlight the joint effort by the Department of Labor and SETC to administer “green training” grants through the employer-driven State Energy Sector Program.
Also federally funded, the State Energy Sector Program allows employers to identify their employee training needs to become energy efficient, reduce operating costs and be more competitive.