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Training and Job Placement
Richmond BUILD Pre-apprenticeship Construction Skills & Green Jobs Training Academy was first developed to create employment and career opportunities for Richmond residents and also to implement a strategy for reducing violence in our community.
Richmond BUILD was established in April 2007 and has quickly become a model of effective and broad public/private partnership that is focused on developing talent and skills in the high wage construction and renewable energy fields.
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RichmondBUILD students complete a solar installation project.
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Student during the Energy Efficient component of RB.
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Richmond BUILD has received national and international recognition as an exemplary green-collar job training program. The program won 2008 FBI’s Director’s Community Leadership Award, selected as a semi-finalist for the 2009 Harvard Innovations in American Government award, and recently was awarded a Conservation Champion award by Senator Barbara Boxer. The 14-week intensive program includes training in safety, first aid/CPR, power tools, framing, sheet rock, basic electrical, roofing, scaffolding, basic plumbing, basic welding, eco literacy, energy efficiency and solar installation training. To date, Richmond BUILD graduates have a 90 percent placement rate with an average wage of $18.33 an hour.
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Interested applicants may sign up at the RichmondWORKS’ One Stop Center, located at 330 - 25th Street, Richmond CA 94804.
For information, please contact Fred Lucero at 510-307-8034.
Interested? View Program Requirements.
View list of Richmond BUILD Partnerships
Building Robust Partnerhips to Support Green Collar Job Training Initiatives PDF
East Bay Craft Program - Designed to upgrade skills of laid-off residential construction workers.
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Students begin construction of a new home.
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