Empower Clarkston creates green jobs and develops the skilled workforce of our City’s unique population, while also providing energy and water retrofits for low-income housing stock. The program delivers measurable outcomes that simultaneously minimize environmental impacts and provide sustained financial benefits to low-income members of the community. In total, over the last 24-month period, we recruited 50 trainees and retrofitted 50 homes in Dekalb County and the city of Clarkston.
Summer 2024 cohort Applications
We are now accepting new applicants. Applications are due May 30th.
Homeowners applications:
Homeowners are welcome to apply. The Empower Clarkston program is a training program so expect that you will have trainees at your home during the work day. Once you apply to the program, a team member from Tekton will reach out for further steps.
Requirements:
- Live in Dekalb County.
- Be the homeowner.
- Provide GA Power bills.
Trainees Application:
The training has two phases, the first is classroom training which starts on May the 6th.
The second phase is the hands-on training which starts on June 1st. Trainees must attend all the classroom training and the hands-on training to graduate. It’s an earn-to-learn opportunity, trainees make $15/hr.
The training will cover the following topics:
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- Intro to Safety in the Workplace
- Hand tools and Power Tools
- Intro to heating and air conditioning
- Home Insulation.
Requirements:
- Trainees must live in Dekalb County.
- Trainees must be eligible to work in the U.S.
- Trainee must provide all the required paperwork which includes:
- ID
- Social Security Number
- Green Card / Work Authorization card if they’re not U.S. Citizens