COAD Programs: Community Development Division Services I Training Services Section

Goals: Provide affordable and effective training that enables community action agencies to provide quality services to serve the low-income residents of Ohio, and serve as a resource for technical consultation and trouble-shooting.

Ohio Weatherization Training Center (OWTC): COAD operates the OWTC under a contract with the Ohio Department of Development. The first OWTC opened in 1980, and as we move forward, we will continue to strive to improve the training and technical services we offer in the state of Ohio.

The OWTC offers both packaged and custom training courses on state-of-the-art building diagnostic, weatherization and heating system services and procedures to community-based organizations, local governments and private contractors throughout Ohio. Over 14,000 students have attended courses offered by the OWTC. Contact Mike Keyes (mkeyes@coadinc.org) for more information regarding consumer education training, Jamie Marshall (jmarshall@coadinc.org) for heating classes and related training, and G.H. Runevitch (grunevitch@coadinc.org) for training regarding home inspection and weatherization. To learn more about the OWTC and its current courses, click here:

Home Weatherization Assistance Program Training and Technical Assistance: Under the HWAP grant, the OWTC trainers provide on-site technical assistance to community action agency staff members. This one-on-one training compliments the classroom training and enhances the skills needed on the job.

Ohio Center for Lead Abatement: COAD is licensed by the Ohio Department of Health as a provider of EPA-approved lead abatement and hazard mitigation training courses through the Ohio Center for Lead Abatement. COAD is a member of the EPA Region III and V Lead Training Consortium, coordinated by the University of Maryland - Baltimore. Since 1993, COAD staff members have provided worker, inspector, risk-assessor and supervisor/contractor training for hundreds of Ohioans. COAD has provided lead training courses for private contractors, CBO and local government staff through grants from the USEPA, Ohio Department of Development/Office of Housing and Community Partnerships (OHCP) and the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). Contact G. H. Runevitch (grunevitch@coadinc.org) for more information regarding working lead-safe, lead training classes, and on-site technical assistance. To learn more about the hazards of lead, click here: www.epa.gov/opptintr/lead.

To learn more about the Office of Housing and Community Partnerships, click here: www.odod.state.oh.us/cdd/ohcp

COAD Consultant Contracts (CCC): Since 1984, COAD has provided fee-based training and technical assistance to both in- and out-of-state organizations and companies. Many of our contracts have been for weatherization-related training services including heating, National Energy Audit courses, and the Electric Partnership Program. The technical expertise of the training staff has enabled COAD to provide training to housing, energy efficiency and HVAC professionals in more than 30 states from the Carolinas to Alaska. Current available services include:

• Weatherization training;
• Heating, ventilating and air-conditioning training;
• Residential, commercial and institutional energy audits;
• Process and impact evaluations;
• Construction management and quality assurance; and
• Housing development technical assistance.

Contact Niki Morris (nmorris@coadinc.org) for further information.

COAD Programs: Community Development Division Services I Training Services Section