Green Options » manufacturing jobs http://greenoptions.com/tag/manufacturing-jobs Posts tagged 'manufacturing jobs' Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:12:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Michigan Gov. Granholm Signs Bill for Green Collar Job Training (sort of) http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/01/04/michigan-gov-granholm-signs-bill-for-green-collar-job-training-sort-of/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/01/04/michigan-gov-granholm-signs-bill-for-green-collar-job-training-sort-of/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:12:03 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/01/04/michigan-gov-granholm-signs-bill-for-green-collar-job-training-sort-of/ wind turbine technician Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has signed two bills to expand job training opportunities in high-demand fields for Michigan workers. The bills allow the state’s community colleges to tailor job training to meet the needs of employers in their regions.

The jobs produced by the new training programs will not necessarily “green collar,” because they will vary depending on local market needs. But the emphasis Gov. Granholm has been putting on building the state’s clean energy manufacturing sector, for example, is creating new jobs in the state’s budding wind turbine manufacturing industry that require specific types of knowledge, skills, and abilities.

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“We must do everything we can to help our citizens get the training they need for good-paying jobs in this challenging global economy,” Granholm said. “These bills are another part of our plan to ensure that we have a strong workforce that can compete and win in the 21st century.”

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