The New York City International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3

Thanks to a collaboration with the Workforce Development Institute, members of Local 3 IBEW are training at New York State's inaugural GWO-certified facility, TMI Waterfront Services on Staten Island, specialized for the offshore wind sector.

This facility provides a comprehensive week-long Basic Safety Training - Offshore, which includes five critical modules necessary for working on offshore wind turbines: first aid, manual handling, fire awareness, working at heights, and sea survival courses. For more information on this and additional training opportunities in the electrical industry, encompassing offshore wind and renewable energy, reach out to the Educational & Cultural Trust Fund.

Additionally, Local Union 3- IBEW training departments were awarded $2.3 million, to develop and deliver trainings for offshore wind related skills, One hundred pre-apprentices and 430 journeypersons will receive career awareness training, 80 of the pre-apprentices will be placed in apprenticeship programs, all 439 journeypersons will receive offshore wind-specific technical training, and 6 of these journeypersons will be trained to become instructors. The Joint Industry Board of the Electrical Industry (JIBEI) is working with Local 3 to recruit from disadvantaged communities trough their existing partnerships with Pre-Apprenticeship nonprofit organizations, such as Construction Skills, NEW (Nontraditional Employment for Women), Helmets to Hardhats, Pathways 2 Apprenticeship, and NYCHA Resident Training Academy. JIBEI has direct entry agreements with these organizations. The placement rate for qualified applicants from these direct entry programs into the JIBEI Apprentice Program is 100%.