Training More Clean Energy Workers With Apprenticeships

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/28/training-more-clean-energy-workers-with-apprenticeships/

The world will not have a clean energy transformation without more workers to install the tremendous amount of urgently needed solar power, wind power, geothermal, energy-efficiency upgrades, and grid enhancements. These individuals will function as a critical component during the essential movement as clean renewables replace fossil fuels. To that end in the United States, recently the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeships selected the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) to develop and manage clean energy Registered Apprenticeships. The IREC will head up the Apprenticeships in Clean Energy Network to expand the American clean energy workforce.

Richard Lawrence, Program Director at IREC and Deborah Williamson, Vice President of the Institute for Workplace Skills & Innovation America, answered some questions for CleanTechnica.