Kevin Hannel, NY DOL Ronnie Kauder, CUNY Debra Hoolahan, AEC Amanda Daley, CUNY

1. Labor Market Research ResultsGreen Labor Market Intelligence For New York StateOctober 18, 2011 Kevin Hannel, NY DOL Ronnie Kauder, CUNY Debra Hoolahan, AEC Amanda Daley, CUNY

2. State LMI Improvement Grant - $1.1 Million • Quantify/Qualify Jobs in NYS’s Clean Energy Industry: • Focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy. • Identify emerging skills and training capacity. • Assess labor supply/demand and identify skill gaps. • Develop a green jobs portal for jobseekers, businesses and education/training organizations. • Partners: • New York State Department of Labor • SUNY System Office of Business and Industry Relations. • SUNY Albany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center (E2TAC). • Advanced Energy Center (AEC) at Stony Brook University. • NYC LMI Service at the CUNY Graduate Center.

3. Green Jobs Business Survey Some 20,000 businesses were surveyed in 7 industry clusters. On-line survey with paper option. All businesses with 25 or more workers were surveyed. A sample survey (approx. one quarter) of smaller firms. Focus on 4 industry clusters findings: Construction trades. Component manufacturers. Professional services (Ex-Legal Services). Building services.

4. How Many Firms have Green Jobs? Component Manufacturing Professional Services Building Services Construction Trades

5. How Many Green Jobs in New York State?

6. Do Firms Expect their Green Employment to Change?

7. What are the Most Common Credentialing Agencies Preferred by Employers for their Green Jobs? Top Green Credentials Preferred by Employers in New York State

8. In Construction Trades Which Occupations are Green, or Greening?

9. Difficulty Recruiting For Multiple Green Occupations No Difficulty Recruiting Difficulty Recruiting For One Green Occupation In New York StateAre Firms Able to Fill All Their Green Jobs? 2,840 Jobs 7,370 Jobs Construction Trades Professional Services 260 Jobs 4,410 Jobs Building Services Component Manufacturing

10. Are Firms Able to Fill All Their Green Jobs? • The short answer – “In most cases, there's no problem.” • In New York State, most businesses have little difficultyfinding and hiring qualified employees for their green jobs.

11. Focus Groups/Interviews - Recruiting Workers Across the engineering, construction, and building services industries, businesses say they value hands-on experience, curiosity, and willingness to learn as important characteristics of their most successful recruits. Companies that recruited from internship or co-op programs spoke highly of these recruits and expressed a desire for more such programs.

12. In Construction Trades, Which Green-Job Occupations are in High Demand? Percent of Companies Having Trouble Filling these Particular Green Jobs

13. In Construction Trades, What is the Need for Additional Training? • Approximately 77% (5,660) of green businesses in Construction Trades require employees to have enhanced skills in order to produce green products or services.

14. Which Green Activities are Businesses Engaging In? • Many firms are engaged in more than one green activity.

15. 11 Program Focus groups were established to align programs with categories of economic activity included in the employer survey. • Examples include Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Green/Sustainable Construction, and 8 others Degree vs. Non-Degree Programsin NY State

16. Education and Training Programs by O*NET Job Family The findings on green education and training programs are organized into the major job families that appear to have the greatest presence in the green economy.

17. Types of Organizations Providing Green Training 165 Training Providers Identified for NY State

18. Entrance Requirements for Non-Degree and Non-Credit Bearing Programs Of the 517 programs, 214 indicated that they had some form of educational requirement for program entry.

19. Programs and Courses that Prepare Students for Industry-recognized “Green” Credentials

20. Target Populations for Non-Degree and Non- Credit Bearing Programs

21. Measures of Effectiveness Non-Degree and Non-Credit Bearing Programs vs. Degree and Credit Bearing Programs

22. The City University of New York • CUNY is the largest urban university in the U.S • 240,000 degree students • 270,000 continuing education students • CUNY’s role in green workforce development • provision of green training and education programs • participation in city and state-level policy discussions • collection and analysis of labor market information related to the green economy

23. CUNY’s Approach to Green Workforce Programs • History of RE/EE training programs • Funder interest in increasing CUNY capacity to expand green training programs • Green job training vs. greener skills training • Based on LMI, CUNY was conservative in our approach

24. Integration of Green Skills into Workforce Training – Entry Level

25. Integration of Green Skills for Incumbent Workforce Training • Based on local market drivers • PlaNYC 2030 & Greener, Greater Buildings Plan • Eye on labor market intelligence • Examples • Building Operators Certificate (BOC) training for 1000 Department of Education custodial staff • Building Performance Institute Multi-Family Building Analyst Certificate program at Local 32BJ

26. CUNY’s Green Future • New Community College • Energy Services Management AS • Environmental Studies AAS • Green Works! Practicum • Technical assistance to colleges • Tomorrow’s green workforce • Partner with the NYC agencies to green our workforce • DCAS Energy Management Services Program

27. Thank you! Kevin Hannel, Program Research Specialist Research and Statistics New York State Department of Labor kevin.hannel@labor.ny.gov Ronnie Kauder, NYC Labor Market Information Service, CUNY Graduate Center Debra Hoolahan, PMP Green Project Solutions Amanda Eyrich DalyDirector of Green Education and Training ProgramsThe City University of New York