News Release Immediate Release

Saturday October 4 2014

Unemployed and looking for a job?


An EPA grant in partnership with EDC of Warren County, City of Glens
Falls, NY Department of Labor,Warren County and Local 773 Plumbers
and Steamfitters will be offering a no cost job training program in
the late fall for the unemployed in the greater Glens Falls region . Ed
Bartholomew, President of EDC of Warren County indicated that
the environmental training program will consist of approximately
an 8 week course which will focus on training in a variety of
environmental employment areas including: asbestos removal
technician, hazardous waste management, facility maintenance,
industrial cleaning , forklift operator, safety technician and many
others .

According to Bartholomew, this collaborative 8 week job training
program is being offered at no cost to currently unemployed
individuals. A total of 20-25 applicants will be selected for the first
round of the grant to enroll in this program.

To better inform potential candidates about this program; there
will be an orientation sessions at the Warren County One Stop
Career Center located in the Northway Plaza, Queensbury on
Thursday October 16
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from 2 to 3:30pm.

The training program which will commence in November will be
conducted at the newly opened $5.5 M Local 773 Plumbers and
Steamfitters Regional Job Training Center at Tech Meadows
(Luzerne and Veterans Road) in Queensbury.

Bartholomew thanked the efforts of NY US Senator Charles Schumer for
his support and advocacy for this grant application and grant award on
behalf of this region.