Nov 8, 2009 4:47 pm US/Mountain
Wyo. Program To Train Women For 'Green' Jobs
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) ―
A program aimed at training single mothers in careers that will enable them to support their families is moving into "green" occupations with the help of a $60,000 grant.
Climb Wyoming recently received the money from the Business and Professional Women's Foundation to train women for green jobs such as wind power technicians.
"Women are really good at doing that because they tend to be smaller and can get into smaller places to work," said Climb Wyoming spokeswoman Jessica Barrett Speer.
She said some women have already been trained as wind technicians through Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne and that the group is considering a similar program in Casper.
Climb Wyoming's objective is to train and place low-income single mothers in careers that will enable them to successfully support their families. Its goal with the grant money is to train and place at least six women in green jobs by Sept. 30, 2010.
Many of the women placed by Climb Wyoming are in nontraditional fields such as welding. Speer said they're generally still working despite the tough economy.
"We're doing OK," she said. "We're getting creative."
One of the ways it's doing that is by paying a worker's wages for several weeks after she's hired.
"It's so important because it gives women the on-the-job training they need when they're brand new in the field," said Speer.
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Information from: Casper Star-Tribune - Casper, http://www.casperstartribune.net
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