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Get Into Energy Career Pathways: Model and Best Practices for Skilled Technician Positions in Energy

This program offers a comprehensive model for career pathways in the energy industry, focusing on skilled technician positions in energy efficiency, energy generation, and energy transmission and distribution. It includes job-specific training, industry fundamentals, and stackable credentials at each level. The program also provides support through career coaching and a network of industry stakeholders.

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Get Into Energy Career Pathways: Model and Best Practices for Skilled Technician Positions in Energy

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  1. Get Into Energy Career Pathways Model and Best Practices

  2. GIECP Stakeholders and Modules

  3. Get Into Energy Career Pathways Job Specific Job Specific GIE Outreach and CareerCoaching Job Specific GIE Basic Training GIE Industry Fundamentals Job Specific Job Specific The Get Into Energy Support Network reaches out to assist candidates through the entire career pathway

  4. Training Components • Occupation-Specific Requirements • Occupation-Specific Technical • Occupation-Specific Knowledge Areas • Industry-Specific Technical • Industry-Wide Technical • Workplace Requirements • Academic Requirements • Personal Effectiveness Tier 6–8 Job Specific Skills/Credentials Tier 4–5Industry Fundamentals Tier 1–3Basic Training Energy Competency Tier Model for Skilled Technician Positions in Energy Efficiency,Energy Generation and Energy Transmission and Distribution

  5. Education by Job Category Stackable credentials at each level for Utility Technician Positions

  6. Energy Utility Technicians Lineworker Pipefitter / Pipelayer Plant / Field Operator Welder Boilermaker Tier 1 Personal Effectiveness Tier 2 Academic Engineering Technician Electrical Technical Tier 3 Workplace Tier 4 Industry-Wide Technical Tier 5 Industry-Specific Technical Service Technician Instrument & Control Technician Tier 6-8 Occupation-Specific Radiation Protection Technician Auxiliary Equipment Operator Substation Relay Technician Mechanic

  7. Virginia Career Coaching

  8. Career Coaches • Dominion Involvement • Tech Prep Programs • Career Coaches Summit Participant • Future • On-site tours • Constant contact

  9. Career Coaches • Benefits of Career Coaches • Work in high schools & tech centers • Promote dual enrollment • Share information about careers • Connection to workforce needs

  10. Career Coaches • Benefits of Career Coaches • Promote post-secondary • Higher enrollments into Community Colleges

  11. IBEW Training Centers

  12. IBEW Utility Training Trust • Alabama Power • Detroit Edison • Tucson Electric • Kansas City Power & Light • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

  13. Our goal is to have DOL certified national joint apprenticeship programs in multiple disciplines. • 1.Lineman (complete) • 2. Plant operator • 3. Sub-Station mechanic • 4. Wind Turbine mechanic

  14. Pre-apprentice • We have developed a 7 to 8 week intense course that includes basic skills to become a utility employee. • Drug testing • Background checks • Climbing • Basic Math

  15. PGE Power Pathways

  16. Vision: Build capacity in California to produce the skilled workers needed by PG&E and the energy & utility industry. ENLARGE TALENT POOL FOR PG&E PowerPathway: Career Prep Working through communities to attract the right people with the right skills at the right time

  17. 2008 results: diversity & quality

  18. 2008 results: diversity & quality

  19. 2009 expansion: veterans, new geographies, new classifications, multi-employer consortia.

  20. Vision: Build capacity in California to produce the skilled workers needed by PG&E and the energy & utility industry. ENLARGE TALENT POOL FOR PG&E PowerPathway: CAREER PREP Working through communities to attract the right people with the right skills at the right time JOINTLY ADDRESS WORKFORCE CHALLENGES PowerPathway: INDUSTRY Preparing for retirement & diversity trends, and a carbon-constrained future SUPPORT GREENING OF COMMUNITIES PowerPathway: GREEN Guiding cities and municipalities on best practices to create a green workforce PREPARE TOMORROW’S GRADUATES PowerPathway: EDUCATION (K-12) Generating early interest in Science/Tech/Eng/Math (STEM) pathways and career technical education 7

  21. PowerPathway™ Portfolio PowerPathway:INDUSTRY Preparing for retirement & diversity trends, and a carbon-constrained future PowerPathway:CAREER PREP Working through communities to attract the right people with the right skills at the right time PowerPathway: GREEN Guiding cities and municipalities on best practices to create a green workforce PowerPathway: EDUCATION (K-12) Generating early interest In science/Tech/Eng/Math (STEM) pathways and career tech education 2 0 0 8 PowerPathway Training Network in the Skilled Crafts (PPTNsc) (Nat’l) Center for Energy Workforce Development Regional Multi-Employer Alliances CA Energy & Utility Workforce Consortium Green Jobs Primer for Communities High school career academies* 2 0 0 9 *In collaboration with PG&E CPCI PowerPathway Training Network in Engineering & SmartGrid (PPTNes) 2 0 1 0 PowerPathway Training Network in Clean Tech Vehicles (PPTNcv) PowerPathway Training Network in Energy Efficiency (PPTNee) 2 0 1 1 STEM preparation & STEM career pathways*

  22. Minnesota Training Partnership

  23. MN Training Partnership for a Sustainable Energy Economy • Minnesota State Colleges and Universities • Alexandria Technical College, Century Community & Technical College, Minnesota West Community & Technical College, South Central College, St. Cloud Technical College, Northeast Higher Education District • Industry • Minnesota Energy Consortium, Xcel Energy, Allete Power, MN Rural Electric Association, Dakota Electric Association, Connexus, Northern Natural Gas, Ottertail Power, and Great River Energy • Workforce partners • iSEEK

  24. Funding Sources • $1.0M DOL High Growth Job Training Initiative, July 2008-July 2011 • Plus … • $237,000 in cash leverage from MN State Colleges and Universities • $20,000 in cash leverage from Minnesota Energy Consortium • $720,000 in related WIRED sub-grants

  25. New Postsecondary Curriculum Solar installation and maintenance (next fall)

  26. Other Deliverables • Renewable Energy Job Vacancy Report • Minnesota Energy Careers websitewww.mnenergycareers.org • Interactive learning modules for high school students (downloadable from the teacher section of www.mnenergycareers.org)

  27. Contact us … • Bruce PetersonSt. Cloud Technical College bpeterson@sctc.edu • Gail O’KaneMinnesota State Colleges and Universitiesgail.okane@so.mnscu.edu

  28. UWUA Power 4 America

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