Program Creates Green Jobs for Veterans

The journalistic publication The Leaf-Chronicle has recently issued an article stating that several associations and organizations local to the Greater Nashville and Fort Campbell area have participated in a collaborative effort to furnish green jobs resources and opportunities to veterans in those areas.

Operation Stand Down Nashville, Mission Green, Campbell Crossing, and Tennessee State University have all reportedly teamed together to assist unemployed veterans in breaking into the booming industries that collectively compose the broadly defined green jobs market.

According to the article in The Leaf-Chronicle, Mission Green "focuses on training veterans for jobs in the green building industry," and positions its teachers and curriculum to educate its students in both the skills and background information they need to succeed as entry-level installation workers within the bustling green building sector. Among the education participants will receive at Mission Green Campbell Crossing is information pertaining to the Department of Energy's weatherization requirements in order to attain compliance with the Weatherization Assistance Program, or WAP.

James Hahner, a program representative for Campbell Crossing-which will serve as the official training site for the Weatherization Assistance Program for Mission Green-expressed his satisfaction with the direction the institution is taking.

"We could not be happier to serve as a hands-on training site for the Mission Green program," Hahner is quoted by The Leaf-Chronicle as saying.

The article also goes on to state that Campbell Crossing "boasts the first zero energy homes every constructed on a military installation and all homes on the installation are built to Energy Star standards."

For more information about the range of programs offering assistance in green jobs training for United States veterans, please visit: http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20110227/BUSINESS/102270307/Program-aims-to-train-veterans-for-green-jobs

Source: Green Jobs Ready Blog