UNIT 5 Green Skills | Employability Skills Class 12

 Green Jobs

A green job is defined as one that helps bring about and maintain transition to environmentally sustainable forms of production and consumption. It cuts across all sectors — energy, material, water conservation, waste management and pollution control

According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), green jobs or green collar jobs are works in agricultural, administrative, research and development, manufacturing and service activities that contribute substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality

Green jobs in different sectors 

  • Green jobs in agriculture
  • Green jobs in transportation
  • Green jobs in water conservation
  • Green jobs in solar and wind energy
  • Green jobs in eco-tourism
  • Green jobs in building and construction
  • Green jobs in solid waste management
  • Green jobs in appropriate technology

Green Jobs

  • Urban Growers: They manage terrace top gardens to grow fruits and vegetables in urban cities. They use environment friendly ways to grow fruits and vegetables.
  • Clean Car Engineers: Recent initiations by Government on restricting the vehicular movement around Diwali time through ‘Odd-Even’ Scheme says a lot about the need of Clean Car Engineers. These people explore ways and means in which the cars don’t emit poisonous gases and keep the air clean to breathe.
  • Biofuel Jobs: Biofuel is the non-conventional fuel that is sought for to run vehicles etc. without creating pollution.
  • Building Roads with Plastic wastes: Engineers have found ways and means to solve two problems at one go.
  •  Solar Cell Technician: Use of solar energy is in high demand these days. This calls for the services and knowledge of Solar Cell Technicians.
  • Solar Panel Engineers & Installer: Solar Power Plant engineers and installers play very important role in successfully designing and installing solar plates to produce electricity.
  • Wind Energy Workers: After the solar energy, wind energy is also sought for to produce electricity. Hence, the wind energy workers would be needed to lay down the plan for same.
  •  Wave Energy Producers: Another way to generate electricity without exhausting resources could be using the energy of waves from oceans
  • Water Quality Technicians: Water Pollution is in its alarming state. This has given rise to the need of Water Quality Technicians to help monitor the water quality and treat it.
  •  Rain Water Harvesting Engineers: With the rising problem of scarcity of water, need to build Rain Water pits are on demand. These are specialised to lay the plan and construct rain water harvesting systems (RWHS) for collecting the rain water and reusing same in buildings.
  • Waste Water Treatment Workers: People involved in planning and constructing a system in green building to retreat the waste water from the same building and reutilizing it for secondary purposes.
  • Recyclers: Waste generation across the globe has given rise to need of segregating waste. The recycler’s job is to segregate and collect the recyclable products. These days many recyclers are upcycling the waste products. Over time, the need of recyclers is going to increase.
  • E-Waste Recyclers: With advancing technology, organisations and industries across the globe are facing the threat to dispose the e-waste generated by them. Many organisations have now started contacting special recyclers who collect all the electronic waste and recycle it.
  • Sewage Treatment Plants: The process to treat the waste in its impure form at a sewage treatment plant involves human engineering. People involved in the process will also have Green collar jobs.
  • Eco-Tourism: Eco-Tourism is relatively new area focussing on socially responsible travel, personal growth and environmental sustainability. This includes visiting fragile, pristine and undisturbed areas of nature.
  • Green Builders: Green Builders ensure that environment friendly things are used to build houses and buildings. 
  • Green Design Professionals: The Green design professionals work in collaboration with Green Builders. They lay the idea of how the building will look like after its completion. The green design professionals also provide artistic beauty to buildings to make them look innovative and interesting.
  • Energy Auditors: Energy Auditors inspect the buildings and measure heat, cooling, electrical and gas usage and find energy leakages in a structure. 
  • Energy Consultants: They help organisations analyse their energy consumptions with aim to reduce the same. 
  • Environmental Engineers: Environmental engineers provide solutions to environmental problems by using engineering, biology and chemistry.
  • Natural Scientists: As we take step towards using sustainable means to create a sustainable society, it is very important to record and analyse the impact of our steps on environment. Natural Scientists help in achieving this aim.
  •  Working with a Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO): Working with an NGO for the cause of Environment provides opportunity to closely work for creating a sustainable and better society. 
  • Environmental Education Teacher: A teacher who takes up the role of sensitising young minds and creates acceptance amongst them to contribute in protecting environment.

Benefits of green jobs

  • increase the efficiency of energy and raw material. 
  • reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 
  • control waste and pollution.
  • protect and restore ecosystems.
  • support adaptation to the effects of climate change

Role of Green Jobs

In toxin free homes: Collins English Dictionary defines Toxin as “any poisonous substance produced by bacteria, animals, or plants.” 
Do you think there are toxins in our environment? What is your view of toxins in our homes?

 Well, yes, there are toxins present in our environment and environment includes our homes also. Hence, the role of green jobs in our homes is to make it toxin free so that we have a healthy life. 

Toxins may be present in our homes in many ways such as – refrigerators releasing CFCs, cleaning and washing products, cosmetics, upholstery fabrics, rugs, mattresses, paint used on

homes are safe from toxins and healthy places to breathe people with green collar jobs help us maintain a healthy environment.

 ii. In improving energy and raw material use: The exhaustive list of Green jobs mentioned above elaborately describes their role in improving the quality of energy. The energy produced through hydro-electric power plants, thermal power plants, nuclear power plants has grave consequences on the environment. Using alternate source of energy to produce electricity will not only minimize the exploitation of resources but will help the economy to flourish. 

iii. Limiting greenhouse gas emission: The alternates that the green jobs provide for sustainable development definitely help curb the emission of greenhouse gases. With the promotion of use of renewable sources in our homes and daily life, green jobs promise to limit the emission of harmful gases. 

iv. Minimizing waste and pollution: This problem has come a long way and the probable solution to this has been provided in 4Rs and 1U of sustainable development – REFUSE, REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE & UPCYCLE. Following these has definitely helped minimize the waste and pollution. But, the recyclers job at its best is trying to put a full stop to this problem. The concept of upcycling and the avenues it has created for a green market are luring and helps resolve this problem to a great extent. 

v. Protecting and restoring ecosystems: Various NGOs across the globe are working day and night to protect the wildlife, forests, endangered species etc. With their efforts we have been able to protect and restore the degrading eco system that would otherwise have collapsed much earlier. Their consciousness has certainly helped create awareness and sensitize masses to join hands together to have a sustainable ecosystem. 

vi. Promote adaptation to the effects of climate change: Natural Scientist at every point in time keeps us aware about the changes happening in our environment. It is because of them that we are able to prepare ourselves for the worst of the environmental changes and take measures to curb our ways to undo climate changes

QUESTIONS:

• explain the role and importance of green jobs.
identify green jobs in various industries and sectors.

Reference :- 
book:- https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/Curriculum21/publication/srsec/Employability_Skills_XII.pdf

https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/Curriculum21/publication/srsec/XII_Emplobility_Skills_Combined_book.pdf

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