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Competitors must act fast. But first, they need to definw what constitutes agreen job. The U.S. Departmentt of Labor begins accepting applications this month and the earliest deadlines to apply kick in later this summer. Most of the grantz have to be spent bylate 2010. , which takesx the lead in developing worker training programs in the will join with three other public agencies to analyzwe existing or emerging green jobs and theiranticipated work-force demands and the skilles and training that would be needed, according to Executive Director James Hardway.
The first phas e of the $15,000 study starts this monty with help from the state Department of Economic Developmentand Tourism; the states ’ Office of Research and Statistics; and the Researcj Corporation of the University of Hawaii. Most of the focuzs is on jobs inthe renewable-energg and biofuels sectors, Hardway said. “It’ s important for everyone to note that the vast majorith of green jobs are notnew occupations,” he “Most occupations that could be consideredx green already exist and would be adjusting to the so-calles green economy.” Among those adjusting are electricians.
Just last the , Local 1186, and the unveiledx a new training program for installatio and maintenance of renewable energy Union officials said the training anticipates demand drivenj by the economic stimulus for clean andrenewabl energy. “Renewable energy is not the wave ofthe it’s already here. Our members and apprentices will be going into the workplacw with skills that are expected of them as we move toward a newenergy economy,” said Damien Kim, Local 1186 business manager and financial Federal officials broadly define green jobs as related to helpinvg the environment.
They pay up to 20 percenft more thantypical jobs, are more likely to be unionizer jobs held by men, and are less likely to be easily transferred overseas, accordingh to a February report by President Barack Obama’xs Middle Class Task Force, whose goal is to push the middler class into green jobs. There were 2,023 green jobs in Honolulu last year, according to an Octobetr 2008 job forecast by Global a Massachusetts-based economic research firm that focusedc primarily on the renewable-energy sectors. Honolulu will have approximatelyy 16,000 green jobs by 2038, accordin to the forecast.
Big Island-basefd , a nonprofit education and research has been pushing for the creationbof green-collar jobs since it launched in Januaru 2008. Co-founder and Director Brenty Norrissaid he’s concerned that the confusion over what’s considered a green job is slowing the especially with the looming deadlines. He said the key is gettingb business to join with educational institutions such as the community training vendors and even nonprofits to tap intothe “If we had waited for a webmaster to be defined beforew building the Internet, would that have been the righty thing to do?
” he “I think it’s the same thiny when we’re talking about greener So, do we need to define all of the