Brownfields Job Training Grants
About the Brownfields Job Training Program
Resources
About the Brownfields Job Training Program
The Brownfields Job Training Grants allow nonprofits, local governments, and other organizations to recruit, train, and place unemployed and under-employed residents of areas affected by the presence of brownfield sites. Through the Brownfields Job Training Program, graduates develop the skills needed to secure full-time, sustainable employment in various aspects of hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, and petroleum products within the larger environmental field, including sustainable cleanup and reuse, and chemical safety. These green jobs reduce environmental contamination and build more sustainable futures for communities.
Job Training Grant Factsheet (pdf)
Example petroleum related Job Training Programs:
- Training in the assessment, inventory, analysis, and remediation of sites or facilities at which hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, and petroleum products are located, transported, or disposed, including training for jobs in environmental sampling, demolition, underground storage tank removal, groundwater extraction, site remediation, and equitable development associated with brownfields.
- Training in release detection methods, techniques, and practices at underground storage tank (UST) facilities where hazardous substances and/or petroleum products are or were located, in order to assess whether the tanks have leaked or may be leaking. This includes training for:
- Jobs that conduct activities such as tank or piping tightness testing
- Testing of spill prevention equipment and containment sumps
- Inspections of overfill prevention equipment
- Testing of release detection equipment; and
- Walkthrough inspections.
(Note: EPA funds may not be used for training in equipment repairs and similar leak prevention activities, but applicants may use funding from other sources in combination with EPA funding to develop a comprehensive training curricula.
EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Grant Program is refocusing the competition on training activities that support assessment, cleanup, and preparation of brownfield sites for reuse. As part of that change, the former Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Program will now be called the Brownfields Job Training Program.
Starting in Fiscal Year 2022, funding will be available solely through EPA’s Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization and under the authorities of CERCLA §104(k)(7). Other funding sources from other EPA program offices will no longer be available to fund this program.
Brownfields Job Training Grant Recipient Resources
- Brownfields Job Training Grants – Technical Assistance Resources
- List of Eligible and Ineligible Brownfield Job Training Courses
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Job Training Reporting Form (PDF)(4 pp, 362 K)
- Brownfields Grant Reporting/Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES)
General Resources
- JT Program Contacts
- Other Federal Grants
- Search on Grants.gov
- National Institutes for Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - HAZMAT Safety & Training, Worker Training Program
- U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration
- U.S. Department of Labor Microenterprise Grants Program
- Other Resources
- Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center
- American Association of Community Colleges
- American Green Jobs
- Career Onestop
- Community Training and Response Center
- Green for All
- Home Builders Institute
- Interstate Renewable Energy Council
- National Association of Workforce Boards
- National Council for Work Experience
- National Council for Workforce Education
- National Environmental Health Association
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Online Curricula Database
- U.S. Department of Transportation Workforce Development
- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education
- U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- U.S. Department of Labor, Workforce Investment
- U.S. EPA, Office of Environmental Justice
- U.S. EPA, Energy and the Environment