JumpStart program

JumpStart helps young adults start careers in clean energy and the skilled trades, with an emphasis clean energy career pathways, including:

• Electrical
• HVAC
• Solar
• Project management

We recruit young people (ages 18 – 24) to participate in skilled training programs with one of our training program partners.

After completing training, we match participants with one of our JumpStart Network contractors for 240 hours of work-based learning (a paid internship!). This provides hands-on training and employment opportunities.

We recruit local contractors to join our JumpStart Network. As part of the JumpStart Network, businesses partner to:

• Train the next generation
• Learn about incentives and opportunities to be a part of the clean energy transition
• Unlock resources on contracting with King County

Our partners

We launched JumpStart as a sectoral partnership with funding from the Washington Jobs Initiative to address the need for a skilled workforce to help our region reach our clean energy goals.

As build greener infrastructure, we need a diverse workforce with skills in electrical, HVAC, and other construction trades to install more:

• Heat pumps
• Solar panels
• Electric vehicle charging stations

JumpStart is made possible through partnerships with:

• City of Seattle
• CleanTech Alliance
• Career Connect Washington
• Washington Employment Security Department
• Washington Student Achievement Council
• Coalition for Climate Careers

Training partners

We partner with top pre-apprenticeships and training programs to prepare young people for success. Our current training program partners include:

• Seattle Central College's PACT 
• Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle's Career Bridge 
• Emerald Cities Collaborative Northwest's HVAC Prep Academy 
• YouthCare's Seattle YouthBuild