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RichmondBUILD
Training & Job Placement
RichmondBUILD Pre-apprenticeship Construction Skills and 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.

RichmondBUILD 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
RichmondBUILD students complete a solar installation project.
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Student during the Energy Efficient component
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RichmondBUILD 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, RichmondBUILD graduates have a 90 percent placement rate with an average wage of $18.33 an hour.

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.

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Participants begin construction of a new house
Students begin construction of a new home.


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