DOT Announces Funding Opportunity for TIGER II Discretionary Grants

The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the availability of funding and requests proposals for the National Infrastructure Investments. DOT has also announced selection criteria and pre-application and application requirements. Like the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER Discretionary Grants), these TIGER II Discretionary Grants are for capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure and are to be awarded on a competitive basis for projects that will have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region. Click on 'view page now' for full application requirements.

Economic Recovery: The View from Where You Stand

We want to hear from you on what the employment and apprenticeship opportunities look like in your area. Are you seeing signs of recovery in your area? How has ARRA made a difference in your community? How can we get more coverage like the recent CNN piece? To participate in this event, log in to the Apprenticeship Chat page (http://21stcenturyapprenticeship.workforce3one.org/page/chat) at 2pm EST on May 18th and participate in our inaugural open Chat dialogue!

Economic Recovery: The View from Where You Stand

We want to hear from you on what the employment and apprenticeship opportunities look like in your area. Are you seeing signs of recovery in your area? How has ARRA made a difference in your community? How can we get more coverage like the recent CNN piece?

Economic Recovery: The View from Where You Stand

We want to hear from you on what the employment and apprenticeship opportunities look like in your area. Are you seeing signs of recovery in your area? How has ARRA made a difference in your community? How can we get more coverage like the recent CNN piece?

The Maritime Administration today announced a funding opportunity

The Maritime Administration today announced a funding opportunity with $14,700,000 identified for grants available for grants for capital and related improvements for qualified shipyard facilities that will be effective in fostering efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship construction, repair, and reconfiguration. The shipyard facility for which a grant is sought must be in a single geographical location, located in or near a maritime community, and may not have more than 1,200 production employees. The applicant must be the operating company of the shipyard facility. The shipyard facility must construct, repair, or reconfigure vessels 40 ft. in length or greater, for commercial or government use. Click view page for full background and application requirements. Applications are due February 16.

MI receives $4.2M for green jobs

Michigan to train auto-related industry workers for green jobs.

Registered Apprenticeship in the Maritime Industry

Marine transportation is vital to national security and ensuring mobility of U.S. goods around the world. This brochure provides examples of how the maritime industry is building their workforce utilizing the Registered Apprenticeship model.

Earn While You Learn: 10 Great Apprenticeships

If you're looking to make a career switch but need to stay employed, you can learn on the job through an apprenticeship program. Carol Tice highlights 10 careers.

College wins green jobs funding

The collaborative effort combines funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act from the State Energy Program, Workforce Investment Act Governor's Discretionary 15 percent portion of the federal Workforce Investment Act, Assembly Bill 118 Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program plus public-private partnership matching funds. In the case of Solano Community College, a green building and clean energy pre-apprenticeship training program will get a total of $418,751 including $165,505 from the governors 15 percent portion of the federal Workforce Investment Act and $253,246 in state energy program funding.

New bridge symbolizes river’s rebirth

Warren Hallam, construction manager for Parsons Construction, builder of the bridge, hailed the role of AFL-CIO Building Trades unions in providing the skilled workers needed on the project. The firm assigned 48 of its own employees and hired 167 subcontractors who worked a total 85,000 hours on the job, he said. “All of the unions were fully cooperative,” Hallam told the World. “We didn’t know how many workers with the necessary crafts and skills would be available here on the Olympic Peninsula but the workers all came forward from day one with the level of skill we needed. They came straight out of the union halls with excellent training in their apprenticeship programs. They were all paid the prevailing wage.”

Apprenticeship on Top of the Green Scene

My Friend, Maggie

All-America City projects: the Youth Auto Repair Apprenticeship creates teen jobs in Inglewood, CA

Former Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman is the president of the National Civic League this year and a big proponent of these kinds of partnership projects. During her tenure, in 1990, Tampa was named an All-America City. ...

Promoting Registered Apprenticeship Online

Use You Tube and other "new media" to get the word out about your apprenticeship program.

Washington Area Women in the Trades

Promoting Registered Apprenticeship