Job Training

Nicaragua: Through Volunteer's Eyes

Five volunteers and six GRID staff volunteers from the United States donated their time to help make possible the installation of a solar system and a coffee roaster for a women’s coffee cooperative in El Regadio, Nicaragua.

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Los Angeles Times community news section profiles GRID Alternatives Workforce Development

Thanks to all of our present and future partners in Orange County, who are helping us magnify the impact of training by going solar!

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Fox 31 News - Volunteers install 40-kilowatt solar power system in Lakewood

The project is part of GRID Alternatives' Women In Solar program. The program works to empower women seeking technical careers in the solar industry.

"Seeing the women on the roof just killing it day after day gave me a lot of encouragement," said Scott.

"GRID brings together women to create a supportive, inclusive environment, where women can work together and gain the skills needed to advance their careers in the clean energy industry," said Adrienne Dorsey, Executive Director of GRID Alternatives Colorado.

4 CBS News Denver - ‘Look At All These Women’: Solar Panel Installation Encourages Women In Technical Fields

According to the Solar Foundation’s Solar Industry Diversity Study, women continue to be underrepresented in the solar industry. GRID’s Women in Solar program aims to help participants gain hands-on solar installation experience while working alongside other women of varying experience levels.

Veterans shine during Potter's Lane Multifamily Project

For more than a year, GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles has been doing big things at Potter's Lane.

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Southern California Edison-sponsored Job Fair empowers South Bay communities

Solar job fairs like this one are a fantastic vehicle to create equitable opportunities and directly connect our trainees to the solar industry.

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Solar Works DC trainees get schooled by Sean White

Twice a year, solar instructor Dr. Sean White takes a week-long business trip to Washington, D.C. — one of a handful of places he visits regularly while traveling the world teaching about photovoltaic (PV) energy systems. Every spring and fall, he spends a week teaching about solar power to trainees in the Solar Works DC program: a 12-week job training program that prepares participants for careers in the growing and lucrative solar industry.