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Buck PaulsrudDirector of Training
Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 10Minnesota
State Energy Sector Partnership Grants - Benefits Update
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
• 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
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