Job Training

a group of men installing solar on a mock roof

Solar Installation Training with GRID Alternatives Central Valley!

Grow skill sets the solar industry is looking for! 

GRID Alternatives trains and leads teams of job trainees and community volunteers installing solar electrical systems on homes belonging to low-income families. The Solar Installation Basics Training (IBT) 200 program is a certificate course designed to help trainees develop the skills solar industry employers are looking for. Participants gain vital hands-on experience installing solar in their communities, and access to potential employment opportunities.

Fast Company - The Green New Deal is a chance to make clean energy accessible to all
This piece is part of a series that looks at how the Green New Deal might transform industries in the U.S. Focusing on the potential for job creation in the clean energy transition, the article features an interview with our Chief Policy and Business Development Officer Stan Greschner, and highlights GRID's workforce development program as an example.

Spring Training Install-by-Install
You need a job to gain experience, but experience to get hired for a job. It’s a classic Catch 22 and a cycle that GRID Alternatives Bay Area has been working hard to try to break. This Spring, GRID Bay Area’s Workforce Development team partnered with several local organizations to administer real-world, hands-on experience, providing 4,500 training hours to community members in just two months! Click on for some photos from our action packed spring!

Energy News Network - Solar training programs aim to open doors for former prison inmates

Stigma around people who were incarcerated within the solar industry — and society broadly — creates a major barrier to employment, according to Adewale OgunBadejo, Workforce Development Manager with GRID Greater Los Angeles. This piece highlights our work in Greater L.A. to provide hands-on solar training for people returning from prison, as well as the wider effort to hire more people with justice records in the solar industry.