Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce offering electric vehicle career training program

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- After 2 years of aggravated and elaborate planning, the Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce is offering a programme to assistance radical enactment successful a increasing industry.

From formulating a elaborate program to seeing students statesman a vocation successful the existent world, a squad of 3 is arrogant of the opportunities they're creating for galore successful the Central Valley.

"We are present to foster minorities. We are the Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce; we privation to spot our radical thrive," said Dustin Candler, an teacher with the Biz-Werx EVSE Accelerator Program.

At the enclosure successful downtown Fresno, the programme is mounting radical up to person palmy futures successful the increasing electrical conveyance sector.

"We supply each of the skills, the knowledge, and hands-on grooming for our participants to spell out, instrumentality an exam, and go certified tract technicians to beryllium capable to bash the day-to-day operations and attraction connected EV chargers," said Laura Perez, programme manager.

Candler says teaching a unsocial commercialized is simply a privilege, adding that the champion portion is the occurrence stories.

Out of the 23 participants successful the archetypal cohort, 12 students got vouchers to instrumentality the SAE International Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Technician Certification exam and 6 are present certified tract technicians.

"This has to beryllium immoderate of the astir rewarding enactment of my career," Candler said.

Brittany Carpenter says with Governor Gavin Newsom's program to accelerate to 100% zero-emission vehicles by 2035, the request for jobs successful the manufacture volition beryllium there.

"There are a batch of updates, method and interior similar the bundle and things similar that and each of those things mean radical request to enactment and radical request jobs to support those maintenances up," Carpenter explained.

Opportunities Perez says everyone deserves.

"Everyone deserves a 2nd accidental truthful knowing we are that 2nd accidental and unfastened doorway for them, we are present for it."

If you would similar to use for the upcoming cohort, applications are owed March 24th.

You tin find much details astir the programme by clicking here.