STEPS4GROWTH (S4G) is a Clean Energy Workforce Development Program, funded by the U.S Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Good Jobs Challenge project. Whether it’s working with electric vehicles, enhancing renewable energy sources, securing our electrical grid or ensuring energy efficiency in our homes and businesses, North Carolina needs a developed workforce to ensure our clean energy needs are met.
Led by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, this program is a hub that brings together industry, education, and people to provide the skills and training needed to ensure a sustainable workforce in a fast-growing new sector that is critical to the health of our state and the nation. STEPS4GROWTH will enable building a clean energy workforce pipeline by creating pipelines, pathways, ladders and lattices into family-sustaining wage, clean energy jobs in North Carolina.
Discover how STEPS4GROWTH can partner with and connect you to well-qualified candidates in the clean energy sector or upskill your current employees.
Clean energy is the next “it” job sector. Learn how STEPS4GROWTH can prepare you for your future “Good Job".
Broaden your curriculums and identify benefits to help your students earn certificates and degrees for “Good Jobs” in your region.
This video from ApprenticeshipNC highlights North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s STEPS4GROWTH Program. STEPS4GROWTH is proud to partner with ApprenticeshipNC, NCBCE, and all of our employer and community partners in their mission to create and expand talent pipelines in the clean energy sector. This video highlights our work:
Oct. 28 – 30, 2024 Sheraton & Le Meridien Charlotte Hotel Complex
Apr. 29-30, 2025 Mckimmon Center, North Carolina State University
STEPS4GROWTH@ncat.edu
This website was prepared by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University using Federal funds under award ED22HDQ3070099 from the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Economic Development Administration or the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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