Georgia's green jobs : service delivery region 11 : southern 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
11 GREEN
JOBS Southern 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

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

Bacon

Wayne

Berrien Atkinson

Pierce

Southern GA Cook

Lanier

Ware

Brantley

McIntosh Glynn

Seminole Decatur

Grady Thomas Brooks

Lowndes

Clinch

Charlton

Camden

Echols

Includes the following counties in the vicinity of the cities of Valdosta and Douglas: Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner, and Ware
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) #11 Southern 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, 525, or a little over one percent, are located in this region. These jobs can be found in every green economic cluster except renewable energy, in sever major industry sectors, and in 18 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
Nine green jobs had an average wage higher than Georgia's mean wage ($20.56) for all occupational employment, and nine had an average wage ($22.75) higher than all green jobs combined.
The average wage ($19.20) for green jobs in this region is 23 percent higher than the mean wage ($15.58) for all occupations combined.
This region is one of three with wages in green jobs exceeding the regional average by more than 20 percent.
One-third of all green jobs in SDR #11 are associated with environmental compliance, education & training, and public awareness, the largest share of this core area in any region.
More than half of the green jobs in this region are in government.

EmpElmopylomymeenntbtybGyreeGn CroereeAnreaCore Area

Renew Energy 0.0%

Energy Efficiency 4.9%

Pollution Reduction/Removal,
Greenhse Gas Reduct, & Recycling 9.1%

Envir Compli, Ed & Training, & Pub Awareness 33.8%

Nat Res Conserv 52.1%

Green Jobs by Industry Sector

90 - Government

216

11 - Agriculture

124

31-33 - Manufacturing

48

55 - Mgt of Companies &

Enterprises

7

22 - Utilities 3

61 - Education Services 3

23 - Construction 2 Goods-producing

Services-providing

Top Ten Green Jobs

Average

Job Prep Employ- Hourly

Occupation

Level ment Wage

Forest Fire Inspectors & Prevention

Specialists

8

Forest & Conservation Workers

10

Foresters

5

General & Operations Managers

4

Cutting & Slicing Machine Setters,

Operators, & Tenders

10

Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers 11

Environmental Scientists & Specialists,

Incl Health

3

Forest & Conservation Technicians

6

Water & Liquid Waste Treatment Plant

& System Operators

9

Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Technicians

6

N/A N/A 100 N/A 38 N/A 15 37.15
10 N/A 9 10.99
7 17.87 5 20.24
5 13.96
4 20.19

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 EmGrepenlEomyplomymeennt bty JbobyPreJpoLbevelPrep Level

Doctoral degree Short-term OJT 0.7%
2.2%

Master's degree 1.7%

Bachelor's or higher + exp 3.7%

Bachelor's degree 9.7%

Associate's degree 2.5%

Mod-term OJT 35.0%

Long-term OJTng 1.2%

Work exp in a related job 43.2%

Bachelor's or More, 15.9% Postsec Ed, Less than Bachelor's, 2.5% HS Diploma or Less, 81.6%