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Water Jobs and Wastewater Training - Meeting Summary

Summary of EPA's Meeting on Water Jobs and Wastewater Training addressing retirement of operators, resource links for careers, certification contacts, veterans' employment assistance, and EPA resources. Seek partnerships, innovative training, and document labor needs. Contact: Latino.leon@epa.gov

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Water Jobs and Wastewater Training - Meeting Summary

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  1. Water Jobs and Wastewater TrainingJob Training Grantees’ MeetingOctober 3rd, 2012 Leon Latino EPA’s Office of Wastewater Management, Sustainable Communities Branch Latino.leon@epa.gov EPA’s Office of Water

  2. Demand for water jobs http://www.bls.gov/ooh/production/water-and-wastewater-treatment-plant-and-system-operators.htm#tab-1

  3. Demand for water jobs • Over 1/3 of all current water operators are eligible to retire within 7 years. 1 Including: • 33% of executives • 30% of management & supervisory employees • 21% of operators • 14% of engineers • 80% of useful operating knowledge is “tacit and susceptible to loss through retirements” 2 1 WEF. Task Force on Workforce Sustainability Final Report. October 2008 2 AWWA. Succession Planning for a Vital Workforce in the Information Age, Oct. 2005

  4. Resource: Certification • Association of Boards of Certification • State-by-state list of certification contacts! • Certification testing info. • http://www.abccert.org/certification_contacts/default.asp

  5. Resource: Water careers • Work for Water • A collaboration between EPA and the water industry • Water careers information • Includes a factsheet on Recruiting and Training Veterans for Careers in the Water Industry • http://www.workforwater.org/

  6. Resource: Veterans Affairs • Vocational Rehab. and Employment (VRE) • Employer incentives, workplace accommodations • Training assistance • http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/ • http://www.workforwater.org/uploadedFiles/Home/Veterans%20Final%205-2-12.pdf

  7. EPA Resources • Office of Water resources Wastewater operator training & information http://water.epa.gov/learn/training/ Green infrastructure training & information http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/greeninfrastructure/index.cfm Decentralized wastewater systems information http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/septic/

  8. How can you help us? • Report success! • Job placements • Local partnerships • Innovative training • Document local labor needs • - Wastewater jobs • - Stormwater jobs • - Drinking water jobs • Document local community needs • - Capacity development • - Training

  9. Leon Latino Latino.leon@epa.gov 202 564 1997 Thanks!

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