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Posts Tagged ‘job training’

West Oakland flower farm to provide job training for youth

By Wyatt Kroopf | December 14, 2018

At a flower farm in West Oakland, former foster youth are set to begin an internship program to learn about urban farming and running a small flower business.

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Building the future for women in trades

By Serla Rusli | March 23, 2016 | 2

The Bay Area’s first and only all-women construction and solar training program was launched last week in Berkeley. Women Build was launched in response to the low participation of women in the construction trades.

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With increased demand for solar power, green job opportunities return

By Fabian Graber | March 23, 2015 | 2

It is just shortly after noon on a Saturday, and the sun stands high over the historic Atchison Village in Richmond. Not a single cloud is in the sky. In its northwestern corner, a small crowd has gathered in front of one family home. The housing complex was originally built during World War II to…

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