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Green careers in building and landscaping
Publisher
Petersons
Publication Date
c2010
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book
Note from the Peterson's editors
What is the new green economy?
Essays On The Importance Of Sustainability
Teaching the concepts of green building to all students: a call to action / Julia Feder, Amy Seif Hattan, and Ashka Naik
Form, function, and those within / Jennnifer Berry, and Deborah J Hanson
Sustainability: a paradigm, not a practice / Robert Fleming
Triple bottom line of sustainability / Alyce Engle
How To Use This Green Career Guide
Part 1: Professional And Skilled Jobs
Part 2: Colleges And Union Organizations With Great Green Programs
Part 3: Workforce Training
Part 4: Appendixes
Special Features Throughout This Guide
Part 1: Professional And Skilled Jobs
1: Building design and construction jobs
Jobs profiled here
Key to understanding the job profiles
Architect
Architectural drafter
Carpenter helper
Cement mansion/ concrete finisher
Civil engineer
Civil engineering technician
Civil drafter
Construction carpenter
Constructor manager
Construction worker
Cost estimator
Electrical engineer
Engineering manager
Operating engineer/construction equipment operator
Pipe fitter and steamfitter
Plumber
Property, real estate, or community association manger
Real estate agent
Roofer
Rough carpenter
Sheet metal worker
Structural iron and steel worker
Surveyor
Surveying technician
Welder, cutter, and welder fitter
How being green works for Jake Pederson, project manger
How being green works for Jim Adrian, architectural designer
2: In stallion, operations, and energy-efficiency jobs
Jobs profiled here
Key to understanding the job profiles
Boilermaker
Electrician
Energy auditor
Energy broker
Energy engineer
Facilities manager
Geothermal technician
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanic and installer
Insulation worker: Floor, ceiling, and wall
Insulation worker, mechanical
Maintenance and repair worker, general
Mechanical engineer
Refrigeration mechanic and installer
Solar energy installation manager
Solar photovoltaic installer
Solar sales representative and assessor
Solar thermal installer and technician
Stationary engineer and boiler operator
Weatherization installer and technician
How being green works for Russ Hellem, Energy efficiency expert
How being green works for Al Maloney, Weatherization specialist
How being green works for Matt Dunham, HVAC technician
How being green works for James Baker, Facilities manager
3: Commercial, industrial, and residential design jobs
Jobs profiled here
Key to understanding the job profiles
Bath designer
Flooring installer
Furniture designer
Interior decorator
Interior designer
Painter
Kitchen designer
Product designer
How being green works for Sandra Gaylord, Kitchen/bath designer
How being green works for Michael D Byun, Interior designer
4: Landscaping, ground keeping, and turf care jobs
Jobs profiled here
Key to understanding the job profiles
Arborists
First-line supervisor/manager of agricultural crop and horticultural workers
First-line supervisor/manager of landscaping, lawn service, and grounds keeping workers
Landscape architect
Landscape designer
Landscaping and ground keeping worker
Lawn care specialist
Nursery and greenhouse manager
Pesticide handler, sprayer, and applicator
Turfgrass manager
How being green works for Margaret (Meg) Gaffney Landscape architect
How being green works for James Michael (Mike) Goatley, Jr, Turfgrass specialist
5: Jobs in policy, analysis, advocacy, and regulatory affairs
Overview
Jobs profiled here
Key to understanding the job profiles
Chief sustainability officer
City and regional planning aide
Compliance manager
Construction and building inspector
Environmental compliance inspector
Regulatory affairs specialist
Training and development specialist
Urban and regional planner
Water resource specialist
Water/wastewater engineer
How being green works for Kimberly A Cameron, Weatherization program manager
How being green works for Tom Chiu, Plan check engineer
Part 2: Colleges And Union Organizations With Great Green Programs
6: 25 four-year schools with great green programs
About the listings
Arizona state university (ASU)
Auburn university
Ball State university
Boston architectural college (BAC)
California polytechnic state university (CAL POLY), Sand Luis Obiso
Colorado state university (CSU)
Cornell university
Drexel university
Kansas state university (K-State)
Louisiana state university agricultural and mechanical college (LSU)
Massachusetts institute of technology (MIT)
New York school of interior design (NYSID)
Parsons the new school for design
Pennsylvania state university (Penn State)
Pratt institute
Purdue university
Rhode Island school of design (RISD)
Syracuse university (SU)
Texas A&M university
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
University of Cincinnati (UC)
University of Georgia (UGA)
University of Oregon, Eugene
University of Virginia (UVA)
Virginia polytechnic institute and state university (Virginia tech)
7: 25 two-year colleges with great green programs
About the listings
Albany technical college (ATC)
Anne Arundel community college (AACC)
Cape Cod community college (CCCC)
Century community and technical college
Cleveland state community college (CSCC)
Crowder college
Cuyahoga community college (Tri-C)
Edmond's community college
Fox valley technical college (FVTC)
Hudson valley community college (HVCC)
Iowa lakes community college (ILCC)
Kankakee community college (KCC)
Lane community college
Lansing community college (LCC)
Los Angeles trade-technical college (LATTC)
Macomb community college
Mercer county community college (MCCC)
Midlands technical college (MTC)
Mount Wachusett community college (MWCC)
Red Rocks community college (RRCC)
Santa Fe community college (SFCC)
St Petersburg college (SPC)
Tidewater community college (TCC)
Tulsa community college
Wake technical community college (Wake tech)
8: Union Training Programs for green jobs
Apprenticeships
About the union program listings
National labor college (NLC)
International association of bridge, structural, ornamental and reinforcing iron workers (iron workers)
International association of heat and frost insulators and allied workers (AWIU)
International brotherhood of electrical workers (IBEW)
International union of bricklayers an allied craft workers (BAC)
International union of operating engineers (IUOE)
International union of painters and allied trades, AFL-CIO (IUPAT)
Laborers' international union of North America (LIUNA)
Operative plasterers' and cement masons' international association (OPCMIA)
Servcie employees international union (SEIU)
Sheet metal workers international association (SMWIA)
United association of journeymen and apprentices of the plumbing and pipefitting industry of the United States and Canada (UA)
United brotherhood of carpenters and joiners (UBC)
United steel, paper and forestry, rubber, manufacturing, energy, allied industrial & service workers international union (USW) (steelworkers)
Part 3: Workforce Training
9: State and federal workforce training
Using the internet
Finding a one-stop career center
Veterans' services
Registered apprenticeship programs
ARRA green job training grants
States' one-stop careers centers
Part 4: Appendixes
Appendix A: Building and landscaping jobs by industry
Building design and construction
Installation operations, and energy efficiency jobs
Commercial, industrial, and residential design jobs
Landscaping, groundkeeping, and turf care jobs
Policy, analysis, advocacy, and regulatory affairs
Appendix B: Green job boards
About green job boards
Appendix C: Green your vocabulary for a sustainable future
Appendix D: Green features in this guide.
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