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(Jamie – Student:) I'm currently in the Renewable
Specialist program, so we go into solar thermal ...
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geothermal ...
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(Benjamin – Instructor:) We've seen a tremendous demand,
especially for the specialists' position ...
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it's hard to find people with these particular set of skills.
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(Jamie:) We have finite resources, and we are
using them incredibly fast.
We can't keep doing that forever. There's going to have to be some
change in the way we're doing things, and I want to be a part of that.
It's less expensive than the universities ...
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The teachers are great. I like learning hands-on verses
everything in theory.
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(Benjamin:) We've got lots of different types
of collectors and lots of different types of equipment ...
They get the opportunity to see a lot of different things,
and to put in a lot of things. People don't know whether solar
is going to work for them, and so you need someone to go out to
your house and really answer your questions in an informed
and educated way.
(Jamie:) Because you are making a difference,
I mean, you're helping to clean up the earth by not using fossil fuels.
The renewables is just overall a good thing for everyone I believe.
I'd be really proud of that.
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