Gain real work experience and get paid for it!
LAGC trains young adults and adults ages 18 and up for jobs in construction, green infrastructure and conservation.
LAGC includes green infrastructure training.
With green infrastructure, wet weather is used as a cost-effective resource creating environmental, social and economic benefits.
Louisiana Green Corps provides environmental education and career building opportunities for people aspiring to improve their lives and our community.
Impact
Students not only gain the certifications and hands-on training, but LAGC also provides stipends and transportation assistance. Counselors are on staff to help any student with any personal barriers they are experiencing. After graduation, LAGC maintains relationships with past students through job search assistance, facilitation of child care and more, as needed. With this high level of support, students become immediately work ready.
LA Green Corps In The News
During the LA Green Corps Training Programs, students earn nationally recognized industry related credentials including:
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OSHA-10
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National Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER)
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Forklift Certification
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Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)
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Clean Water Certification (CWC)
Upon completion of the program, we assist our graduates with finding full-time employment where they can earn a living wage and where there is room for upward mobility.
Quotes from Youth Construction and Conservation Corps
"The Louisiana Green Corps program brought me out of poverty and helped me connect to a job in the sustainable energy industry where I feel good about the work I do and the impact my work has on the environment."