Veterans Green Corps

Posted on 24. Apr, 2009 by emily in Veterans Green Jobs Academy

THE VETERANS GREEN CORPS IS HIRING VETERANS NOW!

Positions are now open for Conservation Crew Members, Fuels Reduction Crew Members, Crew Leaders and Program Specialists. Details and online application are available through the Southwest Conservation Corps website: http://sccorps.org/jobs/veterans-green-corps/

Veterans Green Corps Overview

Veterans Green Jobs has combined efforts with the Southwest Conservation Corps (SCC) to create the Veterans Green Corps (VGC) to provide transformative and leadership building work experience for military veterans.

About The Partners

SCC has led the way in building structured, safe and challenging work and educational opportunities through employment projects that promote personal growth, the development of social skills, and an ethic of natural resource stewardship. Veterans Green Jobs is dedicated to providing exemplary green jobs education and career development opportunities for military veterans, empowering and supporting them to lead America’s transition to energy independence, ecological restoration, community renewal, and economic prosperity.

Veterans Green Corps Activities

Veteran Crew in San Luis Valley, CO - April 2009

The Veterans Green Corps completes outdoor conservation projects on public lands throughout Colorado and the Four Corners area, which also includes parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. Projects focus on trail construction and maintenance in non-remote and remote locations. When working in remote areas, locations may be up to 15 miles in the backcountry. Crews are to camp and live at their work site for 10 days at a time, followed by 4 days off. Crews will consist of 6 Corpsmembers and 2 Crew Leaders. While in the field, crews will be responsible for preparing and cooking their own meals, as well as other jobs required for living in the outdoors.

This Corps has been designed exclusively for military veterans over the age of 21 and focuses on the transition from service in the military to service in public land stewardship and local communities. Participants receive a weekly stipend and education and training that concentrates on gaining conservation skills and career development services for veterans interested in pursuing further employment opportunities in land management. Any individual that successfully completes this program will have the opportunity to continue working in the conservation field or move onto into other opportunities focused on developing skills needed for employment in the rapidly emerging green jobs field.

Join the Veterans Green Corps

We have immediate openings for approximately 30 veterans in the Veterans Green Corps. The Veterans Green Corps will open opportunities for veterans wishing to transition into the green jobs industry in the field of wilderness preservation, restoration and public land management. Veterans have a long and distinguished history of working in public lands management, which is one of the many green jobs fields that will grow significantly in coming months as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Please apply today. Crews will be selected beginning now.

Veteran Crew Leader near Bluff, UT - April 2009