Georgia's green jobs : service delivery region 1 : northwest Georgia

Green Core Area Definitions
The Georgia Department of Labor's Workforce Statistics & Economic Research Division has identified five core areas of green business activities and green jobs. Green activities and jobs fall under one or more of the following five core areas:
Renewable Energy activities related to developing and using renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass, as well as traditional, non-renewable sources of energy undergoing significant green technological changes (e.g., oil, coal, gas, and nuclear)
Energy Efficiency activities related to increasing energy efficiency (broadly defined), making energy demand response more effective, constructing "smart grids", and other energy efficient activities
Pollution Reduction & Removal, Greenhouse Gas Reduction, & Recycling & Reuse activities related to reducing or eliminating the creation or release of pollutants or hazardous waste from the environment, reducing greenhouse gas emissions through methods other than renewable energy generation and energy efficiency, such as electricity generated from nuclear sources, or reusing, remanufacturing, composting, or avoiding creation of waste materials or wastewater
Natural Resources Conservation activities related to reducing the environmental impact of agricultural production and improving natural resources conservation, including the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, soil and water conservation, sustainable forestry, land management, and wildlife preservation
Environmental Compliance, Education & Training, & Public Awareness activities related to enforcing environmental regulations, providing education & training related to green technologies & practices, & increasing public awareness of environmental issues

For more information please contact:
Georgia Department of Labor Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
(404) 232-3875, Fax (404) 232-3888 Email: Workforce_info@dol.state.ga.us
Georgia Department of Labor Home Page www.dol.state.ga.us
Georgia's Green Jobs Portal www.greenjobs4georgia.com
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Georgia's Service Delivery Region
1 GREEN
JOBS Northwest Georgia

Dade Catoosa

Fannin

Towns

Union

Rabun

Whit eld

Northwest Walker

Murray Gilmer

Chattooga

Gordon

GA

Pickens

Floyd

Bartow Cherokee

White Haber-

Lumpkin

sham Stephens

Dawson Forsyth

Hall Banks Franklin

Jackson Madison

Hart Elbert

Polk Haralson

Paulding Cobb Douglas

Gwinnett Barrow Clarke

Oconee Oglethorpe

DeKalb

Walton

Rock-

Wilkes

Lincoln

Carroll

Fulton Clayton

dale Newton

Morgan Greene Taliaferro

Columbia

Heard

Fayette Henry

Coweta

Spalding Butts Jasper

Putnam

Hancock

McDu e Warren
Glascock

Richmond

Troup

Meriwether

Pike

Lamar Monroe

Jones

Baldwin

Je erson Washington

Burke

Upson

Harris

Talbot

Bibb

Wilkinson

Crawford

Twiggs

Johnson

Jenkins Emanuel

Screven

Muscogee

Taylor

Peach

Marion Chattahoo-

Houston Bleckley Macon

Laurens

Treutlen

Candler Bulloch E ngham

chee

Schley Stewart Webster Sumter

Dooly

Pulaski Dodge Wilcox

Montgomery

Wheeler

Toombs

Evans

Tattnall

Bryan Chatham

Quitman

Randolph Terrell

Lee

Crisp Turner

Telfair Ben Hill

Je Davis

Appling

Liberty Long

Clay Calhoun Dougherty

Early Miller

Baker Mitchell

Worth Colquitt

Irwin Tift

Co ee

Berrien Atkinson

Cook

Lanier

Seminole Decatur

Grady Thomas Brooks

Lowndes

Clinch

Echols

Bacon

Wayne

Pierce

Ware

Brantley

McIntosh Glynn

Charlton

Camden

Includes the following counties in the vicinity of the cities of Dalton and Rome: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield
Georgia Department of Labor
Workforce Statistics & Economic Research Division
Mark Butler, Commissioner

The Georgia Department of Labor recently conducted a Green Jobs Survey to assess current levels of "green" employment in the state. This pamphlet presents our findings for Service Delivery Region (SDR) #1 - Northwest Georgia.
Broadly defined, a green job is one that produces goods or provides services that benefit the environment. The work can be found in at least one of the five core green economic clusters listed on the back of this pamphlet.
Nearly one percent of all jobs in this region are green, roughly the same percentage as in the state as a whole. Of the approximately 40,000 total green jobs in Georgia, 2,330, or almost six percent, are located in this region. These jobs can be found in all five green economic clusters, in eight major industry sectors, and in 70 different occupations. They range from jobs that do not require any education beyond high school to positions that require advanced degrees and extensive job experience.
Survey Highlights
Twenty-nine of the 70 green occupations have higher than average pay ($20.56) for all occupations in the state of Georgia, while 25 had higher than average pay ($22.75) for all green jobs in the state.
The average wage ($19.56) for green employment was nearly 15 percent higher than the average wage ($17.03) for all occupations in the region.
Nearly 80 percent of all green jobs fell into either the Increased Energy Efficiency or the Pollution Reduction & Cleanup, Greenhouse Gas Reduction, and Recycling core areas.
Over half the green positions were in Manufacturing, while nearly one quarter was in Construction.
Seventy-five percent of the green occupations in SDR #1 required a high school education or less.
Of the top ten green jobs, only one requires any education beyond high school, that being postsecondary vocational training.
Sixty percent of employers in this region stated that some form of specialized training was required to perform the duties of the job.

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Envir Compli, Ed & Training, & Pub
Awareness 8.2%

Renew Energy 3.7%

Nat Res Conserv 8.2%

Energy Efficiency 23.8%

Pollution Reduction/Removal,
Greenhse Gas Reduct, &
Recycling
56.0%

GreenGrJeoenbJosbbs byy IInndudstury sSetcrtoyr Sector

31-33 - Manufacturing

1,253

23 - Construction
56 - Admin, Support, Waste Mgt, & Remediation Servs
81 - Other Services

452 157 119

90 - Government

112

11 - Agriculture

111

54 - Prof, Scientific, & Tech Servs 7

55 - Mgt of Companies & Enterprises 3

Goods-producing

Services-providing

Top Ten Green Jobs

Average

Job Prep Employ- Hourly

Occupation

Level ment Wage

Heat, Air Cond, & Refrig Mechanics

& Installers

7 203 16.77

Industrial Truck & Tractor Forklift

Operators

11 173 13.55

Supvsrs of Production & Operating

Workers

8 125 24.20

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers,

& Weighers

10 101 14.28

Insulation Workers, Mechanical

10

91

N/A

Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer 11 89 16.87

Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters

9

76 22.67

Industrial Machinery Mechanics

9

72 19.61

Maintenance & Repair Workers, General 10 71 16.17

Team Assemblers

10 64 13.53

1. First Prof Degree 4. Bachelor's or Higher + Exp 7. Postsec Voc-tech Training 10. Moderate-term OJT

Job Prep Levels
2. Doctoral Degree 5. Bachelor's Degree 8. Work Exp in a Related Job 11. Short-term OJT

3. Master's Degree 6. Associate's Degree 9. Long-term OJT

GreeGnreEenmEpmlpolyomymeennt bbyyJJoobbPrPerpeLpevLeel vel

Doctoral degree 1.2%
Short-term OJT 26.7%

Bachelor's or higher + exp
3.9%

Bachelor's degree 6.2%

Postsec voc training 12.4%

Associate's degree 1.7%

Mod-term OJT 28.2%

Work exp in a related job 10.3%
Long-term OJT 9.4%

Bachelor's or More, 11.3%

Postsec Ed, Less than Bachelor's, 14.1%

HS Diploma or Less, 74.6%