A 10-week workforce training program based in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood is working to better prepare students of all backgrounds for jobs in the clean energy sector.
This spring, nine young adults with varying degrees of education and experiences took part in the hands-on solar installation training program.
“We learned about different wiring types, what is a PV system, grid types” Raeven Terrell, who just completed the course, told NBC Chicago.
Terrell said she was planning to go into sales, and looked at the opportunity to educate others in that role as something to look forward to.
Fellow trainee Jamaal Gayles has a degree in graphic design and used the program to learn more about using his skillset in the solar industry.
“It was definitely outside of my wheelhouse, outside of my comfort zone,” Gayles said.
Elevate, a nonprofit organization, partnered with Grid Alternatives, Sesenergi Eco…
