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A training program designed and implemented by MACTEC as part of the City of San Francisco’s first Green Jobs Training Program will help graduates find employment in the growing environmental remediation field. The San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) piloted the program.

MACTEC’s extensive curriculum for the Environmental Field Technician training program – consisting of three days of

classroom and hands-on field work, is one module of the City’s Green Skills Academy implemented earlier this month.

Key curriculum elements included.

- Health and safety and job hazard analysis
- Sources of environmental contamination
- Introduction to environmental media (soil, groundwater, stormwater, etc.)
- Reasons for sampling
- Fundamentals of sampling
- Introduction to groundwater sampling
- Introduction to soil sampling
- Introduction to air and dust monitoring
- Field training


“These programs are critical to provide residents the necessary skills and training to effectively compete in the new green economy,” said San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. “Times are tough, so we need to get creative about how we find people jobs.”


“Community support is important to us, remarked Allen Kibler, President of MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc., ( www.mactec.com : ).

This program is a way to boost our involvement at the local level.”


MACTEC ( www.mactec.com : ), based in Alpharetta, GA, is a leading engineering and design, environmental, and construction firm focused on four strategic business lines: Industrial/Commercial, Infrastructure (Transportation and Municipal), Energy, and Federal. MACTEC offers an ever-broadening portfolio of sustainable solutions, from renewable energy to industrial facility asset management. With annual revenues over $490 million, MACTEC’s 3,000-plus employees work from over 80 offices nationwide. The firm has operated in San Francisco since 1957. Additional San Francisco Bay Area offices are located in Oakland and Petaluma.



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