Manufacturing + Solar Power = New Green Jobs

Solar Power

Solar power provides a range of opportunities for employment growth. Companies need fabricators for the sheet metal frames, electrical component manufacturers to transform and control the electricity, and maintenance professionals to install the equipment. Even more important — behind every manufacturing component is the workforce that produces it.

Forward-thinking manufacturers willing to make the green transition will need a well-trained, qualified workforce on the production floor and in the field. Toolingu.com provides job-specific competencies and online training content that can help you train your workforce for a green economy.


If You Make or Install... You Need to Train...
  • Photovoltaics (PV)
  • Thin Film
  • Electronic Equipment & Components
  • Sheet Metal Frames & Encasing
   

...renewable energy technologies can provide, on average, four to six times as many jobs as equivalent investments in fossil fuels when manufacturing, installation and operations and maintenance jobs are all accounted for.

— How to Revitalize America's Middle Class with the Clean Energy Economy, Renewable Energy Policy Project (REPP) Report, June 2009.

 





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