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Examples of Next Steps for Students in their Sustainable Tech Career Journey
Examples of Next Steps for Students in their Sustainable Tech Career Journey
Want to help students transition into growing, quality careers and/or higher education in sustainable tech fields such as water, transportation, and building trades?
Santa Clara high school students that participate in a tailored sustainable tech career program will be prepared and supported to transition after high school directly into a variety of meaningful next steps in their green career journey.
Examples of next steps:
Building & Construction Trades
Building & Construction Trades
Union pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs can provide pathways into high-wage, high-growth green careers with no educational debt. This resource provides detailed information on local pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, and college programs that provide training in the building and construction skills that are vital to creating a sustainable future.
To learn more about the full range of union pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship opportunities in the Bay Area, visit this Guidebook from the Construction Trades Workforce Initiative. The Santa Clara & San Benito County Building Trades Council also provides information on each union Local in their two counties, and the San Mateo Building Trades Council provides this list of their union locals.
Transportation
Transportation
Transportation accounts for nearly 50% of greenhouse gas emissions in incorporated Santa Clara County. As a result, there are ambitious new policies and significant public investments in decarbonizing the transportation sector, which are driving the demand for skilled workers.
This resource provides detailed information on local pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, and college programs that provide training in the transportation career skills that are vital to creating a sustainable future.
Water & Wastewater
Water & Wastewater
Water and wastewater are essential careers that ensure our water supply, and environmental and human health and safety. The water industry is experiencing a “silver tsunami”, a wave of retirements that is creating demand for new workers in this vitally important and high-quality occupational sector.
This resource provides detailed information on local pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, and college programs that provide training in the water and environmental career skills that are vital to creating a sustainable future.
Please email us at CollegeCareer@sccoe.org for more information.
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