Training Options
Employee Scholarships
For customized employer-requested training, employees are identified and sponsored through their employer. Full grant scholarships are available for qualified, eligible participants and will pay for training tuition. SVEP funding is available for training which ends before Feb. 28, 2013 or until grant funds are depleted. See participant guidelines and eligibility requirements for additional information regarding employees who will participate in training. See employer guidelines and enrollment requirements for additional information for employer participation.
Customized Training Options
Listed below are some examples of possible customized training. This is not a comprehensive list because employers can request additional options based on their workforce needs.
Option 1
Green Sustainability: Your Role in the Green EnvironmentThis module is geared to entry-level craft workers or to anyone wishing to learn more about green building. It provides fundamental instruction in the green environment, green construction practice and green building rating systems. It explains the environmental impact of the built environment and identifies ways in which construction professionals can mitigate this impact responsibly and effectively. It contains exercises on calculating your carbon footprint and worksheets in inventorying household and product impacts and introduces the LEED Green Building Rating System. Module was developed by the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER).
Course Outline
- Introduction to Green Building
- Best Practices for Green and Sustainable Construction
- Tools and Strategies – Green Building Rating Systems
Approximately 18 Hours + Credentialing Exam
Successful exam completion leads to the NCCER Green Worker Credential.
Program Contact: Lord Fairfax Community College
Larry Baker, Coordinator of Business and Industry Training
[email protected] • 540-868-7283
Option 2
Green Sustainability: Your Role in the Green Environment (see description above)
Introduction to Green Building Practices
Green Building technologies are becoming commonplace in the current building construction market. Introduction to Green Building Practices will provide students with the core knowledge surrounding the constantly expanding world of sustainable building technology. Students can take this course as a means of educating themselves on the latest in trends in the world of sustainability. Topics will include sustainability in new construction and building remodeling, renewable energy technologies, and a summary of the various certifications that encompass these subjects. Students will be required to pass a 30-question exam for successful completion of this course.
Course Outline
- The Building Envelope and Methods of Preventing Air and Moisture Infiltration
- Energy Auditing
- Tools for Testing a Building’s “Tightness” (blower door, duct blaster, thermal imaging)
- Types of Insulation, R-values
- Space Conditioning: Discussion of methods of space conditions, their efficiency rates and an introduction to refrigerants (freon, cloro-flouro-carbon)
- Passive Solar Building Design
- Glazing
- Site Placement and Design for Sustainability and LEED Points
- Alternative Energy: A brief summary of each technology
- Solar (PV and solar thermal)
- Wind
- Bio-fuels
- Overview of how this knowledge base is beneficial for anyone attempting any of the offered certifications (understanding the big picture is invaluable)
- Discussion of potential future “green” job offerings and which certifications might be most beneficial in the pursuit of these jobs. Overview of knowledge sets required for an attempt at any of the certifications
- Discussion and questions/40-minute assessment test
This module was developed by Lord Fairfax Community College as an introduction and preparation course for future green classes along the LFCC Green Energy Career Pathway. This class is also an assessment to determine if the participant may proceed forward to take more classes with additional grant scholarships. If the assessment is not passed, future classes may not be funded.
Approximately 10 Hours + Assessment Exam
Program Contact: Lord Fairfax Community College
Larry Baker, Coordinator of Business and Industry Training
[email protected] • 540-868-7283
Option 3
Industrial Energy Auditor
The Virginia Manufacturers Association Certified Industrial Energy Auditor (CIEA) program will train individuals to audit the business performance and operational excellence of their organization’s energy management team. In cases where no energy management team program exists, the auditor will expand the organization’s awareness of techniques, technologies and resources that will result in a reduction of energy demand, carbon footprint and costs.
Developed by Virginia Manufacturers Association (VMA).
This online program includes the following modules:
- Workplace Mathematics (required pre-requisite)
- Energy Smart Course
- Energy Management and Best Practices Course
- Electricity Generation and Distribution Course
- Energy System Instrumentation and Controls Course
- Lean Energy Course
- Energy Auditing Report Writing Tutorial and Template (post-certification resource)
Approximately 25 hours + Credentialing Exam
Successful exam completion leads to Certified Industrial Energy Auditor credential through VMA.
Program Contact: Virginia Manufacturers Association
Katherine Derosear, Director of Workforce Development,
VCATS Executive Director
[email protected] • 804-643-7489, ext. 18
Option 4
LEED Green Associate (GA)
The LEED Green Associate credential is now an industry standard for green building professionals. This accreditation is designed for professionals who want to demonstrate a basic knowledge of green design, construction, and operations, but who do not necessarily participate in design and construction work. The LEED GA credential is also the prerequisite for those who wish to obtain their LEED AP accreditation. This class is not the certification class, but the class you take as exam prep to prepare you to pass the USGBC exam.LEED instruction can be delivered several different ways:
- as an exam preparation class, approximately eight hours, or
- in conjunction with Green Sustainability: Your Role in the Green Environment, approximately 24 hours.
Program Contact: Lord Fairfax Community College
Larry Baker, Coordinator of Business and Industry Training
[email protected] • 540-868-7283
Option 5
World Class Manufacturing
World Class Manufacturing (WCM) training is based on Shingo principles of continuous improvement. This program is designed to train individuals to improve employee morale, individual and company performance, and company profits at all levels of the company, by highlighting value- and non-value-added activities. WCM training will be customized to your company’s needs, performed in your workplace and will include significant hands-on training. WCM certificate holders will have learned to eliminate waste working across the enterprise through teamwork and communication. Small changes will be seen immediately as employees become energized by the training to start making improvements right away.
Supplemental Training Courses
- Value Stream Mapping
- Total Productive, Predictive and Preventive Maintenance (TP3M)
- Quick Changeover
- Error Proofing
- Cellular Layout
- 5S Organization
- Visual Workplace
- Individual Assessment and Development Planning
WCM is highly customized and the length of training varies based on the supplemental courses selected by the employer.
Program Contact: Virginia Manufacturers Association
Katherine Derosear, Director of Workforce Development,
VCATS Executive Director
[email protected] • 804-643-7489, ext. 18
Option 6
Other customized training as defined by employer green workforce development needs
Program Contact: Shenandoah Valley Workforce Investment Board
Sharon Johnson, Director of Regional Workforce Development,
Director, Shenandoah Valley Energy Partnership
[email protected] • 540-649-4322