The Environmental Career Worker Training Program (ECWTP) is designed to train unemployed and/or underemployed individuals in the Houston area in the environmental services field. The training is free and provided at Texas Southern University and other selected sites.
The ECWTP is funded through the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Since 2012, the program has been housed at the Barbara Jordan/Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University. The program here at TSU is part of the consortium which is led by the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice.
The ECWTP recruits unemployed/underemployed women and men from Houston to attend a twelve-week training program at Texas Southern University for career opportunities in the environmental or construction field. During the past four years, the program has trained over 106 women and men. The program has a 92-96% job placement rate.
Training is offered in a 12-week classroom and hands-on type setting by dynamic instructors and trainers that are experts in their field. Training classes are held each January.
It is essential that the entire application be fully completed before it is submitted. Please email your completed application to Bertina Carter at bertina.carter@tsu.edu or Paulette Lynch at paulette.lynch@tsu.edu.