JVS Training

TrainGreen
 
Are you looking for a new career?
Are you interested in going green?
Do you want a rewarding career with steady growth opportunities?


TrainGreen can help you get ready for a job in the growing green economy!
  • Office administration - Learn what it takes to get an administrative job at a solar, energy efficiency or green company. In this training, you'll learn customer service, keyboarding, Microsoft Office and Excel, business English, introduction to green industries, and more.

  • Energy efficiency enhancement - Prepare yourself for a job in the energy efficiency and auditing industry! This program covers energy efficiency concepts, auditing principles and techniques, and weatherization skills for students with a minimum of 2 years' relevant construction experience.
     
  • Recycling - Get yourself a green collar job!  In the classroom and in the field, The SF Clean City Recycling and Resource Recovery Training will get you up to speed in the waste reduction, recycling, reuse, and recovery fields.
     
  • Transportation - The Goodwill Transportation Training will prepare you to get your commercial driver’s license (CDL A). Learn everything you need to know about customer service, industry standards, Department of Transportation regulations, safety protocols,  environmentally efficient driving, and vehicle maintenance practices.  You'll receive hands-on training both in a state of the art driving simulator and behind the wheel, and our instructor will go with you to your commercial driving test.
To learn more, come to one of our orientations.
  • 7/8/2010, 10:00-11:30am - Southeast One Stop Center, 1800 Oakdale Ave.
  • 7/15/2010, 10:00-11:30am - Visitation Valley One Stop Center, 73 Leland Ave.
  • 7/22/2010, 10:00-11:30am - Goodwill One Stop Center, 1500 Mission St.
  • 7/29/2010, 10:00-11:30am - Mission One Stop Center, 3120 Mission St.
  • 8/5/2010, 10:00-11:30am - Civic Center One Stop Center, 801 Turk St.
  • 8/12/2010, 10:00-11:30am - Goodwill One Stop Center, 1500 Mission St.
  • 8/19/2010, 10:00-11:30am - Chinatown One Stop Center, 777 Stockton St.
For more information, or if you are unable to attend an orientation, please contact Abigail Emerson at (415) 782-6209.
 
All participants must be English-speaking San Francisco residents 18 years or older (22 years and older for the transportation program), with appropriate Math and English level.  Additional eligibility requirements may apply.  Please attend an orientation session for more detail.
 
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