Buck PaulsrudDirector of Training

Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 10Minnesota

State Energy Sector Partnership Grants - Benefits Update

• Who we are

• Our project

• Why is this so special

• Related initiatives

Session Game Plan

Metro Area Sheet Metal Joint Apprentice

& Training Committee (Metro JATC)

• We are Sheet Metal Workers

• Sheet Metal Workers are Construction Workers

• We are the Building Trades!

Who We Are:

Our Project

• Upgrade the Green Construction skills, technology and Sustainable Project awareness of our members and employers

• $40,000 MSESP grant awarded for this

• Specifically…

• Education on how to build and/or retrofit the Green Built Environment

• Education on LEED Certified Standards

• What is LEED? Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design

• Rating Systems Created by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC)

• The mission of the USGBC is to transform buildings and communities

• USGBC Accreditations: LEED Green Associate (LEED GA), LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)

• For our project, it’s all about ENERGY and INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY!

Our Project

Project Outcomes

• Cutting edge trained workforce

• Healthier buildings

• Happier and healthier building occupants

• Building occupants much more productive

• Buildings much more energy efficient

Project Outcomes

• 300 plus people trained• Includes people enrolled in community-

based work training programs such as: Merrick Community Services and Goodwill-Easter Seals

• Includes government employees from: City of Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minneapolis School Board

• 18 have achieved LEED GA or LEED AP status

Project Outcomes - Specifics

Project Outcomes - Specifics

• Employers are calling for workers with this training, and we can supply that trained workforce to them

• 40-plus unemployed sheet metal workers went back to work as a direct result of this training

• Aside from the Metro Area, workers from Rochester, St Cloud and Duluth were trained

• Good, sustainable CAREERS!

• Operating Engineers Local 49/Wind Turbine Training

• Heat & Frost Insulators Local 34/LEED GA training

• Electricians Local 292/partnered with Summit Academy

• Workforce Development Inc (WDI)/ partnered with Electricians Local 343

• NW Technical Colleges/partnered with Bemidji Carpenters Union

Related Initiatives

The Big Picture – The New Vikings Stadium

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