News Article " Safer homes, reducing energy costs and providing jobs for Southeast Alaskans" [Article ID: 52]
Category: THRHA>News
Date Posted: 1/4/2010
Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority is pleased to offer a hands-on training program for Weatherization workers. The program is designed to train unemployed and underemployed rural Alaskans for employment positions in the Weatherization field. Supervisors, carpenters and laborers are needed.
Participants will receive hands–on training on AHFC Weatherization procedures, repair techniques, and proper building material selection. Trainees will be introduced to blower door testing; evaluating airtightness and heat loss; locating moisture and water damage, electrical safety, and operating the AkWarm Weatherization software.
Training sessions will be held in Juneau; February 1-5 and April 12-16.
Federal funding for the program is provided by a grant from the Denali Training Fund that is managed by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development Division of Business Partnerships.
Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority, housing opportunities for all Southeast Alaskans.
