Solar Workforce Development in Puerto Rico
GRID is dedicated to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive solar workforce that offers people of all backgrounds access to family-sustaining careers that bring wealth to their communities. GRID’s Installation Basics Training (IBT) curriculum consists of three weeks of interactive classroom learning and hands-on solar training labs. Job trainees learn in Spanish about safety, construction basics, electricity basics, array installation, commissioning and O&M, and employment readiness offering students resume-building support, interpersonal skills training, and job search assistance to graduates get hired and stay employed. Job trainees learn to install PV systems with storage to build resilience against climate-related disasters and grid outages which affect Puerto Rican residents.
Job trainees earn a stipend to support wrap-around services, like childcare, transportation and meals, to remove barriers to participation. We work together with Puerto Rican workforce organizations and community-based organizations to recruit students from diverse backgrounds including people who are underrepresented in technical roles in the solar industry.
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Upcoming Courses:
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2025 |
2024 Jan 29 - Feb 16, 2024 - complete March 4 - March 21, 2024 - complete April 8 - April 26, 2024 - complete May 13 - May 31, 2024 - complete June 17 - July 5, 2024 - complete July 22 - August 9, 2024 - complete September 16 - October 4, 2024 - complete October 14 - November 1, 2024 - complete |
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Are you interested in sponsoring job trainees in Puerto Rico?
If you are interested in providing financial support so more job trainees can participate in our solar workforce training program, please contact us at international@gridalterantives.org. Individual, foundation, government, job training organization or company sponsorships are available.
In Collaboration
Thank you to the following companies, organizations and associations for your support: Environmental Protection Agency, Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Savant, GitLab, Dolby, Empowered by Light, Enphase Energy, IronRidge, Windmar, Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC), La Asociación de Contratistas y Consultores de Energía Renovable de Puerto Rico (ACONER), EP Cube, Glenn International.