Rural Alaska Community Environmental Job Training Program (RACEJT)
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The purpose of the RACEJT program is to provide environmental training and employment for unemployed residents in rural communities impacted by environmental health issues. Participants take a total of four weeks of intensive training, obtain 12 certifications, and can earn 10 college credits through the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Click on the Program Description links below for more information.
Now Announcing:
The 2017 Rural Alaska Community
Environmental Job Training (RACEJT) Program,
is Accepting Applications!
Are you from a remote non-hub Alaska community? Do you need training in the environmental health field, so that you are qualified to be a Landfill Operator, Environmental Technician, Emergency Spill Responder, Home Fuel Tank Inspector, Certified Sediment and Erosion Control Lead, Forklift Operator, Water and Soil Sampler, or Backhaul materials specialist? Then this may be the program for you!
EMPLOYERS: Are you an employer with an upcoming project and you are searching for skilled local workers? This program may help you attain your workforce goals. Trainees that have secured jobs once they graduate have priority program acceptance!
YR 2017 Tentative Training Dates (You must commit to attending both sessions):
March 21 – April 5, 2017
April 18 – April 30, 2017
Participant Qualifications:
- Must be working under 20 hrs per week
- Must live in a rural village consisting of 30% or more Alaska Native population
- Other eligibility factors are included in the application packet.
Cost: Scholarships are available to help make this a FREE TRAINING for nearly all applicants!!!!
Written Application Due Date: November 22nd, 2016.
Application Packet and Application Requirements: Read all information and instructions in the Application Packet, located here..
If you have questions, call April McCoy at 717-4754, or email her at areed@zendergroup.org
Additional YR 2017 RACEJT Program Information:
2017 Informational Flyer
2017 Informational Flyer (Employer Version)
2017 Program Announcement
2017 RACEJT Course List
Program Summary & Purpose
Whether you are an employer with work projects needing skilled individuals to employ or if you are seeking employment opportunities within your community, we want to hear from you. If this training could benefit you or your community, please contact us with any questions.
April Reed-McCoy, MS
Program Manager
Tel: (907) 717-4754
Fax (efax): (877) 335 6780
Email: areed@zendergroup.org
Congratulations to the 2016 RACEJT Program Graduates!!!
This year’s training took place in Anchorage, March 12 - 25, 2016 and April 9 - 25, 2016 at the Inlet Tower Hotel. Graduation took place at the top of the Sheraton Hotel. We have a special thank you this year to Lisa Murkowski for sending congratulatory letters to all of our graduates, and much appreciation to Tami Fordham, EPA Alaska Operations Office Deputy Director for officiating at this year’s graduation ceremony. Our deepest appreciation goes out to Michael Fleagle, Deputy Chief of Staff to Senator Dan Sullivan, for serving as keynote speaker.
RACEJT 2016 Sponsors and Partners!!
RACEJT is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency & the Alaska State Department of Labor, and made possible through the generous support of our partners and sponsors:
- Bristol Bay Campus, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
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- University of Washington Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety Program
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- State of AK Central Area AK Response Team
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- State of Alaska Solid Waste Program
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- Solid Waste Association of North America, AK Chapter
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- AK Native Tribal Health Consortium Wellness Program
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- State of Alaska Job Center
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- State of AK Spill Prevention Program
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- Bethel Environmental Services
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- The Moose's Tooth and Bear Tooth
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A Graduate’s Testimonial 2014
The Rural Alaska Community Environmental Job Training (RACEJT) Program
One day as I was walking out of the head start building with my daughter, I noticed a flier on the door. The word HAZWOPER lit up my frontal lobe. HAZWOPER is an almost guarantee for money. Being a person who likes money I called the Zender group and April answered the phone. The necessary paperwork was emailed to me by magic and the internet. After some fumbling around and juggling my memory I somehow filled out the forms to the requirements and satisfaction of the staff at Zender Environmental Group. Little did I know the information that I would gather here was very important to my community. My want for money seemed insignificant to the safety of my people my friends and family. Now I am forced by honor to tell my village not to throw batteries , burn garbage, release Freon from refrigerators and on and on I have to go through my notes to find out what not to do, but anyway what I’m trying to say is that this class opened my eyes, my ears and my pockets. Now I will go out of my way to try and save the environment, my carbon footprint is going to be smaller. I will walk on egg shell in the house of mother earth. Money is still awesome but now I will waste it a little more safely. So my kids, their kids, and the future in general can all enjoy what we now take for granted.
-- Nick Alexia, Golovin, 2014 Graduate, as written for the 2014 Graduation Ceremony
(Note that Nick is now working at AES, an ASRC company doing Gravel Technician work and making a living wage as head of the household!)
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