Green Jobs in Oregon. Definition? Jobs? Pay? Training? Perrydale High School

What is a “Green Job” Anyway? For our survey, a green job works to do at least one of the following: 1.Increase energy efficiency 2.Produce renewable energy 3.Prevent, reduce, or mitigate environmental degradation 4.Cleaning up and restore the natural environment 5.Educate, consult, and provide other services that support the above Note: To make a job green, at least one or more of these things must be an “essential function” of the job.

Oregon has roughly 51,000 green jobs. 51,402 green jobs in 2008, spread across... 5,025 employers all major industry groups 226 different occupations Construction and Extraction Production Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Transportation and Material Moving Represents about 3 percent of non federal employment

Farm workers and laborers Carpenters Truck drivers Top Eleven Occupations With at Least 1,000 Green Jobs Landscaping and grounds keeping workers Production workers

Freight, stock and material movers Retail salesperson Biological technicians Fire fighters Civil engineers Hazardous materials workers

Green wages are spread across a wide spectrum, but very few green jobs pay very low wages…

Two-thirds of green jobs require no education beyond high school. About one-third of green jobs require some kind of special license / certificate. Some jobs have more than one special requirement.

As is true with the whole economy … jobs requiring more education usually pay higher wages.

What motivates me in my job? Qualifications to get a job like mine Typical tasks Would I pick the same career over again? My Job: Research Analyst at the Oregon Employment Department

Erica Thatcher Research Analyst For more info on green jobs see our website:

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