A Virtual Green Jobs Showcase


We are gathering the photos and stories below to virtually showcase the great work our members and friends are doing to create and train for good, family-wage, green jobs in Oregon.



Thursday, September 25, 2008

The HVAC and Metals Institute is Ready!


The HVAC and Metals Institute in Portland provides training for good green jobs in the efficient design and installation of energy-efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.

Sheet Metal Workers install, wire, service and repair environmental control systems. For example, members of Sheet Metal Workers Union Local #16, graduates of the Institute, fabricated and installed the scrubbers for Solar World in Portland.


The apprentices in these photos are in their third week of an approximately 5-year training program. They will work and earn as they attend classes on a part-time basis for those 5 years.

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