Training and upskilling programs
Workforce Development
Case Studies
Summary
Installing cooling infrastructure requires a skilled workforce to install and maintain it. Heat risk reduction and preparedness interventions can create new jobs and career pathways such as cool roofs, green roofs, and solar panel installation. Workforce development programs can be used to ensure that a trained workforce is in place to implement as interventions are scaled.
Implementation
Establish training programs to provide training and as appropriate, certification in trades to support implementation of interventions.
Considerations for Use
Trainings create opportunities for partnership with community-based organizations, education institutions, and private sector employers. Workforce development programs can be piloted and scaled with the growth of the corresponding intervention. Programs can also be targeted to particular residential demographics.
Overview
Climate:
Cold, Hot/Dry, Hot/Humid, TemperatePolicy Levers:
Workforce DevelopmentPrograms and investments that grow a workforce and support skill growth, training, and education.Trigger Points:
City planning processesIncludes city initiatives such as the development of climate action plan, pathway to zero-energy, master plan, transit plan, energy mapping etc.Intervention Types:
Planning/PolicySectors:
Economic Development, Informal Settlements
Case Studies
Impact
Target Beneficiaries:
Heat-vulnerable communities, ResidentsPhase of Impact:
Risk reduction and mitigationMetrics:
Number of people trained in each skill or occupation
Implementation
Intervention Scale:
CityAuthority and Governance:
City governmentImplementation Timeline:
Short-term (1-2 Years)Implementation Stakeholders:
City governmentFunding Sources:
Public investmentCapacity to Act:
High, Low, MediumBenefits
Cost-Benefit:
MediumPublic Good:
HighGHG Reduction:
N/ACo-benefits (Climate/Environmental):
N/ACo-benefits (Social/Economic):
Build community capacity, Create jobs