Regional Workforce Development
SMUD is on a mission to reach zero carbon emissions by 2030. Let's work together to power a sustainable future for our community.
Employers
Job seekers
Get the training and skills needed to build your career in clean energy and zero carbon.
Community partners
Questions? Email us at workforce@smud.org.
In the last year, we...
Reached
1,905youth and adults with development & training
Trained more than
750in work-readiness and technical skills
Placed
856trainees into new careers
Partnered with
48community organizations
Jobs and training
We're creating a surge of new clean energy jobs, accessible to everyone in our community.
Careers
Clean energy and zero-carbon careers in the utility sector include:
- Carbon offsetting and trading
- Customer engagement
- Electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure
- Energy efficiency
- Energy storage
- Environmental compliance and regulatory affairs
- Grid modernization
- Renewable energy development
- Research and development
Partnerships
Join our efforts to grow our local economy and create jobs.
Career awareness partners educate the community about zero-carbon career paths and industries that support the green economy.
This partnership may be a good fit for:
- Continuing education programs and institutions
- Community organizations
- Organizations that focus on K-12 education
Current partners
These partners support job seekers with wrap-around services that may include resume building workshops, childcare, transportation, attire, and/or provide access to technology and other supports necessary to successfully prepare for, achieve, and maintain job placement.
This partnership is ideal for community organizations and non-profits.
Current partners
- Asian Resources, Inc.
- Cottage Housing
- FITRAH
- Folsom Cordova Community Partnership (FCCP)
- Freedom Through Education
- Greater Sacramento Urban League (GSUL)
- JUMA
- North State BIA Foundation
- Pivot Sacramento
- Race and Gender Equity (RAGE) Project
- Sacramento LGBTQ Center
- Volunteers of America (VOA)
- WEAVE
- Women's Empowerment
These partners provide technical training specific to a zero-carbon career pathway. Graduates of these programs have certificates and/or licenses and experience that will make them competitive candidates for jobs in sectors such as construction, building and transportation electrification, solar and storage.
This partnership is ideal for:
- Community organizations and non-profits
- Chambers of commerce
- Trade schools
- Continuing education programs and institutions
Current partners
- Associated General Contractors Construction Education Foundation (AGC CEF)
- California Mobility Center
- Capital College & Career Academy
- Community Resource Project (CRP)
- Community Shop Class
- Construction Industry Education Foundation
- Folsom Historic Society
- Green Technical Education & Employment (GreenTech)
- GRID Alternatives
- Northern CA Construction Training (NCCT)
- Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy (SAVA)
- Sacramento Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce
- Salvation Army
- Sierra Service Project
- St. Vincent De Paul Sacramento Exodus Project
- The Table at Central United Methodist Church
Business partners are businesses of any size who are doing work related to zero-carbon and the green economy. Businesses can leverage SMUD-sponsored training programs to support their hiring needs, and can take advantage of subsidized wage benefits for newly hired employees.
This partnership is ideal for businesses in the following categories:
- Residential or commercial electrification
- Electric vehicle sales and maintenance
- Electric vehicle supply equipment installation and maintenance
- Solar and storage installation and maintenance
- Advanced manufacturing
- Construction or skilled trades
- SMUD contractors