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Thrive Works Green

Our Workforce Program

Earn While You Learn!

We train individuals from diverse backgrounds through our environmental program for careers in green infrastructure and stormwater management, as well as weatherization and solar energy.

Most importantly, trainees earn while they learn through our cohort model!

Throughout achieving skills such as the use of heavy equipment, hands on training, and earning nationally endorsed certifications including BA-P and BA-T, Building Science Principles Certificate of Knowledge, Building Analyst-Technician Certification, and the Building Analyst-Professional Certification, as well as OSHA 10 (Occupational Safety Health Administration), NCCER CORE (National Center for Construction Education and Research), and Clean Water Certificate Level 100, we supply our workforce partners hands on experience, job opportunities, and the holistic support needed to grow in the environmental career industry.

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THRIVE WORKS GREEN EDUCATION

Check out our environmental workforce trainings and certifications that help support your communities economy, quality of life, and environment.

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Green Infrastructure Training

Participants in the Stormwater Management Green Infrastructure (SMGI) training program gain the essential skills and knowledge to effectively manage stormwater through innovative green infrastructure solutions. This training equips them with practical techniques and strategies to enhance urban resilience, promote sustainability, and improve water quality in their communities. Thrive’s apprenticeship program offers a comprehensive eight-week training to its participants. The program is divided into two phases: a three-week classroom-based soft skills and green infrastructure training and a five-week on-site apprenticeship.

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Weatherization Training

Weatherization refers to making a building more resistant to the elements and more energy-efficient. It involves improving insulation, sealing air leaks, and potentially upgrading heating and cooling systems. This process helps reduce energy consumption, lower utility bills, and enhance the comfort and safety of a home.

Thrive’s weatherization cohort offers a one-month training program that equips apprentices with valuable skills, culminating in the achievement of both BA-P and BA-T certifications. Further, this intensive program not only enhances their expertise but also prepares them for successful careers in their respective fields.

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Solar Training

Students will have the opportunity to apply classroom principles in lab and live field environments and will have the opportunity to earn the following industry credentials: Building Science Principles Certificate of Knowledge, Building Analyst-Technician Certification, and the Building Analyst-Professional Certification from the Building Performance Institute. Students will also have the opportunity to earn the Certificates of Completion for Building Science Principles, PV Associate, Building Analyst-Technician, and Building Analyst-Professional. For the overall program, students will earn the Everblue Energy Specialist Apprenticeship Certificate.

Why We Choose Green

Jobs of the Future

At Thrive New Orleans, we choose environmental workforce development because it is crucial for building a sustainable world for the future to come. Further, on a smaller scale, it equips communities with the skills and knowledge to prepare for, respond to, and recover from environmental challenges, while also creating socioeconomic opportunities and promoting sustainable practices all together.

Become a part of our Thrive Works Green program today!

Why Choose Thrive

Workforce Development with a Holistic Approach

We are creating heroes through our workforce development programs. Heroes well equipped and ready to join the workforce.

Workforce development programs typically encompass initiatives that enhance worker skills and knowledge, including training, education, career development, and job placement, all aimed at improving employability and the overall quality of the workforce. Further, at Thrive we hone in on our soft skill training and our holistic approach initially to support our workforce partners who may not get the chance to develop from the inside-out, before being hired in their careers.

Our workforce development program serves men and women from all different walks of life. This is why we support their everyday needs first and foremost economically, psychologically, physically, and spiritually. We genuinely want to see them thrive while with us and after us.

Consequently, we are not just creating economic opportunities, but we most evidently stand as a vital support system to ensure our workforce heroes thrive throughout the journey into thriving leaders.