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Florida Energy Workforce Consortium Membership/Funding Update

Florida Energy Workforce Consortium Membership/Funding Update. UPDATE. Current balance: $39,660 NOTE: Will receive roughly $25,000 per year beginning this year for next 3 years for GIECP Current Paying Members: JEA CHELCO City of Lakeland OUC Survey underway to guide us

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Florida Energy Workforce Consortium Membership/Funding Update

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  1. Florida Energy Workforce ConsortiumMembership/Funding Update

  2. UPDATE • Current balance: $39,660 • NOTE: Will receive roughly $25,000 per year beginning this year for next 3 years for GIECP • Current Paying Members: • JEA • CHELCO • City of Lakeland • OUC • Survey underway to guide us • Gulf Power • FP&L • Tampa Electric Company • CLM Workforce Connection

  3. Florida Energy Workforce ConsortiumState and National Outreach Committee Update Chair, Jennifer Grove March 21, 2011

  4. MISSION • To raise awareness of the energy industry careers that are critical to our state’s electrical infrastructure • To ensure collaborations are in place to achieve the necessary workforce development solutions to meet the industry’s current and future needs • To ensure that standing committees and councils are aware of the FEWC objectives and action plans • To play a critical role in developing communications between the FEWC and other state energy workforce consortia, other industry-related organizations, and national agency efforts to maximize awareness and solution sharing

  5. Key Linkages/ Partnerships • Workforce Florida, Inc.  • Florida Department of Education • Banner Centers for Energy, Clean Energy, and Construction • Florida Ready To Work • Florida Workforce Development Association • Florida Construction Users Roundtable (FCURT) • Florida Advanced Technical Education Center • Center for Energy Workforce Development • Other state energy workforce consortia • Southeastern Manpower Tripartite Alliance (SEMTA) • Nuclear Energy Institute

  6. Committee Members: • Jennifer Grove, Gulf Power, FEWC Co-Chair • Andra Cornelius, WFI (Past FEWC Co-Chair) • JB Clark, IBEW Honorary Members: • Carol Higley, JEA, FEWC Co-Chair WANT TO JOIN US?

  7. State and National Outreach Highlights • Collaborate with 23 other state energy consortia • Florida’s Green Jobs Workshop (5/09) • Engaged as partner in Florida preparation for Federal Economic Stimulus Package, including Green Jobs Survey and Florida Energy Sector Partnership – resulted in just over $13M total in energy-related talent development stimulus funding • Represent and/or present at multiple state and national energy and workforce conferences • Directly tie to other efforts (STEMflorida, Banner Centers, etc.)

  8. 2010 Key Accomplishments • Collaboration with Workforce Florida: • WFI Strategic Plan explicitly addresses Energy as key Infrastructure Industry to focus on and has STEM focus • WFI Banner Centers (Jennifer Grove chairs ad hoc committee); In addition to Banner Centers for Energy, Clean Energy and Construction, the Banner Center for Water Resources was established in 2010 • Collaboration with STEMflorida and Florida Chamber Talent & Education Caucus through Jennifer Grove’s membership on both

  9. 2010 Key Accomplishments (cont’d) • Continued collaboration with other state consortia through CEWD • Selected as 1 of 8 states to implement Gates-funded Get into Energy Career Pathways Program • Key presentations at: • STEMflorida in July • Florida Association of Career and Technical Educators (FACTE) in August • CEWD National Forum in October

  10. 2011 Key Area of Focus: GIECP • Implementation of Get into Energy Career Pathways • Northwest FL Region: Jennifer Grove, Gulf Power • Polk County: Betsy Levingston, Lakeland Electric • Southeast FL Region: Ken Languedoc, FPL • Career Coaches begin 4-week training this week • Recruitment of Target Participants: April/May • Assessments/ Career Coaching: May • Training of Energy Foundations Teachers: Summer (date TBD) * sponsored by FACTE

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