Powering Indigenous
Futures Through Clean
Energy Careers

Jobs Are Coming!

Let’s Make Sure They Go to Our People.

What’s Needed: Workforce Development for
Navajo Solar Jobs at Painted Desert Power

A Real Opportunity and a Call to Prepare

More than 300 jobs and 17-25 long-term, high-paying careers are being created through projects like Painted Desert Power.

These are careers that can support families and strengthen our communities for the next 35-40 years, with over $100 million in direct salaries.

But these projects are moving forward now. Without training and preparation, these jobs will be filled by outside workers.

We cannot afford to miss this moment. We must prepare now. This is about more than jobs. It is about building careers, strengthening our economy, and keeping opportunity on our land.

This is about sovereignty because when our people are prepared for these jobs, the economic benefit stays on our land, strengthens our communities, and builds a future we control.

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Upcoming Trainings & Opportunities

We work with partners across Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado to bring real opportunities into our communities.

Opportunities include:

• Solar Training programs
• Certification bootcamps
• Job fairs and hiring events
• Workforce training partnerships with colleges and unions

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Organization & Partners

Our Consortium includes partners who have formally joined through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), demonstrating a shared commitment to:

• Training and workforce development
• Hiring Indigenous workers
• Providing certifications, apprenticeships, and career pathways
• Investing in long-term community impactThis is not just a list of partners.

It is a working network aligned around real outcomes.
If your organization offers training programs, certifications, apprenticeships, or employment opportunities, we invite you to join.

Meet Our
Partners

Consortium Members – Accredited Programs

Consortium Members – Non-Accredited Programs

Four Corners Clean Energy Alliance: Regional Clean Energy Collaboration:
Policy Coordination, Workforce Development, and Project Partnerships
Tribal Energy Alternatives: Renewable Energy Training Organization: Solar
Installation Training, Community Energy Projects, and Workforce Skill
Development
Utah Office of Energy Development: State Energy Office: Energy Workforce
Development Programs Clean Energy Project Support and Policy & Funding
Coordination

About the
Consortium

Indigenous-led. Community-driven. Built to last.

The Indigenous Renewables Workforce Development Consortium was created to meet a need that’s been voiced for years: real opportunities for Indigenous workers in clean energy—and a way to keep those opportunities in the community.

Too often, clean energy projects happen to tribal communities instead of with them. Jobs come and go. Outside firms take the lead. That cycle ends here.

This initiative brings together tribal nations, training institutions, and employers with a shared purpose: to grow careers, build local expertise, and ensure that the future of energy includes Indigenous leadership at every level.

Founded by Navajo Power, the Consortium reflects a long-term commitment to care, to planning, and to relationships that make lasting progress possible.

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