Georgia's green jobs : service delivery region 5 : northeast 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
5 GREEN
JOBS Northeast Georgia

Dade Catoosa

Whit eld

Walker

Murray

Chattooga

Gordon

Floyd

Bartow

Fannin

Towns

Union

Rabun

Gilmer Pickens Cherokee

White Haber-

Lumpkin

sham Stephens

Dawson Forsyth

Hall Banks Franklin Jackson Madison

Hart Elbert

Polk Haralson

Paulding Cobb Douglas

Northeast Gwinnett Barrow Clarke

Oconee Oglethorpe

DeKalb

Walton

Rock-

GA

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 city of Athens: Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton
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) #5 - Northeast 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, 2,950, or over five percent, are located in this region. These jobs can be found in all five green economic clusters, in eight major industry sectors, and in 35 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
Twelve of the 35 occupations had an average wage higher than Georgia's mean wage ($20.56) for all occupational employment, while 11 occupations had an average wage ($22.75) higher than all green jobs combined.
The $23.96 average wage for green jobs in this region is more than 30 percent higher than the $18.21 average wage for all occupations.
Eighty-six percent of all green jobs fell into the increased energy efficiency or the pollution reduction & cleanup, greenhouse gas reduction, and recycling core areas.
Seventy-seven percent of the employment belonged to goodsproducing industry sectors, driven mainly by manufacturing, which made up 50 percent of all green jobs in the region.
Green jobs requiring moderate term on-the-job training were the most prevalent, making up more than 61 percent of the employment in this region.
Four of the top ten green jobs are production-related, which represents nearly 55 percent of employment in the top ten green jobs in this region.

EmploEmymploeynmtenbt byyGGrreeeneCnorCe Aorreae Area
Renew Energy 0.2%

Envir Compli, Ed & Training, & Pub Awareness 25.6%

Energy Efficiency 30.7%

Nat Res Conserv 8.4%
Pollution
Green JobsRebdGyurceIteninodhnus/ReseGtmrayosvSal,ector Reduct, & Recycling 35.1%

Green Jobs by Industry Sector

31-33 - Manufacturing

1,034

23 - Construction
56 - Admin, Support, Waste Mgt, & Remediation Servs
90 - Government

492 283 109

11 - Agriculture 64

81 - Other Services 34

54 - Prof, Scientific, & Tech Servs 33

22 - Utilities 16 Goods-producing

Services-providing

Top Ten Green Jobs

Average

Job Prep Employ- Hourly

Occupation

Level ment Wage

Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsec

2

Textile Cutting Machine Setters,

Operators, & Tenders

10

Electrical & Electronic Equipment Assemblers 11

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers 10

Multiple Machine Tool Setters,

Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic 10

Heat, Air Cond, & Refrig Mechanics

& Installers

7

Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters

9

Construction Laborers

10

Supvsrs of Construction Trades

& Extraction Wkrs

8

Tire Builders

10

N/A N/A
308 N/A 300 N/A 220 N/A
200 14.92
144 20.16 108 19.20 104 11.64
92 24.31 65 N/A

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

Green EGmreepn ElmopylomymeentnbytJbobyPreJpoLebvelPrep Level

Bachelor's or higher + exp
0.8%
Short-term OJT 19.0%

Bachelor's degree 2.9%

Associate's degree 4.1%
Postsec voc training 7.0%
Work exp in a related job 7.5%

Long-term OJT 6.6%

Mod-term OJT 52.2%

Bachelor's or More, 3.6%

Postsec Ed, Less than Bachelor's, 11.0%

HS Diploma or Less, 85.3%