Senator Baldwin Delivers Over $8 Million to Grow Wisconsin’s Clean Energy Workforce
Infrastructure funding will train workers for family-supporting careers in clean energy sector
WISCONSIN – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Southwest Wisconsin Technical College have been awarded $8.7 million to bolster the development of clean energy workforce training programs in Wisconsin. The funding comes through the Baldwin-backed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will receive $5.7 million to develop and promote innovative and high-level energy assessment technologies through workforce teams to help establish pathways to high-quality jobs like Electricians and Energy Auditors, improve manufacturing competitiveness, and reduce industrial carbon emissions.
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College will receive $3 million to provide work-based learning to students via formal apprenticeships and course-based energy site assessments, as well as offer upskilling trainings to small- and medium-sized manufacturers on topics ranging from sensors and cybersecurity to energy analytics and heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC) controls.
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