Coneybeare has an immediate need for journeyman electricians who have done commercial work and have been trained in solar PV installation and have done a few solar installations. Please email your resumes to sabrina@coneybeare.com
Vicky Betancourt interviews top-notch conduit bender
Coneybeare attended Solar Power International this past week in Anaheim. We caught up with our friends from the Green Career Institute (Duncan Cleminshaw and Dr. Nick Carter) and met two new faces from GCI as well–Erin Repoli and Randy Castellanos. We also saw our friends Peter Schenk from Canadian Solar, Francisco Machuca, Eric Johnson from Skyline Solar and “Green” Gene Okun from International Solar Consulting.
More details of the show can be found at the Solar Power International website. Over 900 exhibitors and 25,000+ attendees made it North America’s largest business to business solar show to date.
Duncan Cleminshaw and Erin Repoli of Green Career Institute pose
Coneybeare is proud to be working on a large solar installation in San Francisco!
John Thayer bravely and steadily works on an extremely steep roof.
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Part of the challenge is to complete such a great project in a circumscribed amount of time. Also, solar installation is very physically demanding work. Coneybeare is so pleased to have solar installers who are always taking the initiative while on the job! Keep up the great work!!
Trevor, Crew Lead
Coneybeare’s electrical whiz, Aaron Cruz, leads the way with his superb work!
Aaron Cruz and Kevin James managing the complex electrical wiring.
Here's where the solar installation will take place....the very steep roofs make it quite a challenge!
Coneybeare’s Sabrina Dove attended SolarTech Workforce Symposium focusing on Solar & Energy Workforce Trends & Opportunities at DeAnza College last Thursday, October 1st.
SolarTech works with multiple partners to identify and address business needs for a flexible workforce and develop strategies, ensuring effective workforc
A diverse range of participants attended–varying from HR directors of large solar companies, workforce development / training centers, solar PV instructors, small solar business owners, and renewable energy job seekers.
A common theme presented was the need for job seekers to receive high quality job-related training and hands on experience in order to be considered for the most competitive solar companies. Another theme emphasized was how solar financing is intricately linked to jobs, job creations, etc. Lastly, there is apparently a dearth of people with financial acumen in the solar industry.
Coneybeare was invited by the Green Career Institute and had a table in the jobs section at West Coast Green last Friday, October 2nd. Victoria Betancourt and Sabrina Dove met dozens of green building and renewable energy enthusiasts and job seekers.
Check out the West Coast Green website at http://www.westcoastgreen.com
It was great to share a table with Duncan Cleminshaw, Director of Career Services at the Green Career Institute and to run into GCI’s Director of Curriculum, Raphaelle Richarde. It was also nice to see Brian Johnson of JobTrain in East Palo Alto, California.
Earlier this month, Vicky Betancourt and Sabrina Dove interviewed several solar PV installers, many of whom were trained at GCI’s (Green Career Institute) brand new training center in Burlingame, California. www.greencollarschool.com We were impressed by the high quality level of the applicants!
Sabrina Dove interviewing a Coneybeare candidate interested in solar design
Architecture and green building have been passions of mine all of my life. I’m a trained architect and have been involved in the US Green Building Council for years. Hence, it’s personally exciting for me as Coneybeare enters the green building and renewable energy spheres…
Armenia, Colombia is truly my second home. I lived in Colombia for many years before I moved to southern California and I return there as often as I can. Most recently, I’ve been manifesting my lifelong dream of building an eco-resort from scratch in a town deep in the mountains of Colombia, called Armenia.
While my architecture knowledge is being tested in this endeavor, I also had the chance to brush up on my green building skills by attending a mud-structure course in Portland, Oregon earlier this summer. I will continue to keep you abreast of developments in the green building and renewable energy industries while I share my personal process with this eco-resort. More later….
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