On Monday morning, a delegation of seven officials from China toured the Solar One Workforce Training Center and held a meeting afterwards to learn about how Solar One develops and manages its educational programs. The officials, from both government and NGO organizations in China, were extra excited to see the training center, where Solar One holds it’s workforce development classes.
The exchange was mediated by professional translators, who utilized a live-translation earpiece system, whereby each person wore an earpiece and could hear the translations on-the-fly.
During these summer months, Solar One and Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) have worked together to deliver Green Building Operations and Maintenance training to superintendents in lower Manhattan. The trainings focus on improving building health, safety, and comfort, while reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions.
Solar One’s training lab is going to continue offering Urban Green’s GPRO Operations and Maintenance Essentials course and certificate into the fall. Classes will be held on September 30st and October 1st, with the certificate exam on October 2nd. Solar One can also provide private GPRO training for groups at your office.
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