Careers in Energy Week - Tennessee Energy, Industry and Construction Consortium

Donna M. Curry Lane M. Winchester

[email protected]

The Energy Consortium Concept

The Energy, Industry and Construction Consortium concept

was created on August 28, 2007 during a Skilled Labor

Summit in Biloxi, MS, as a partnership among:

– Electric and natural gas utilities

– Nuclear and industrial construction

– Utility associations

– Education

– State offices

– Department of Labor

– Workforce investment and other affiliated or support organizations concerned with the emerging workforce planning issues affecting utilities

TEICC’s Mission and Vision

“Collaboratively building tomorrow’s

energy workforce pipeline today”

Industry, education and community leaders working

together to ensure a best-in-class workforce that meets

the needs of the energy industry in the Tennessee Valley,

to build awareness of and interest in the opportunities for

high tech, high wage, and high demand jobs.

www.energizetn.org

TEICC’s “Parent” Organization

The Center for Energy Workforce

Development (CEWD.org) How do we build a diverse, qualified pool of workers who have the right

knowledge and skills to enter critical energy industry positions

at the right time?

Get Into Energy Career Pathways (GIECP): Students and Potential Applicants -Bill and Melinda Gates

Foundation grant for GIECP for low-income young adults.

Troops to Energy program.

Educators – identified competencies, industry-recognized credentials

and uniform curriculum.

Employers - over 25 states have energy consortia. Collaboration with

industry, education and government.

Opportunity in Motion

•An aging baby boom population will create significant shortages in

many career fields

•A technology-focused economy has created a need for highly-

trained, tech-savvy workforce especially in the energy sectors

•Energy sector training programs are gateways to high paying

careers

•The industry is growing:

•Advanced manufacturing capabilities

•Continued efforts to build on current base load energy sources

•Alternative renewable energy sources

The Hidden STEM Economy

http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2013/06/10-stem-economy-rothwell

•Policy makers have overlooked a strong potential workforce that draws from high schools, workshops, vocational schools, and community colleges. •These workers are critical to the implementation of new ideas, and advise researchers on feasibility of design options, cost estimates, and other practical aspects of technological development. •Skilled technicians produce, install, and repair the products and production machines patented by professional researchers. •These technicians also develop and maintain the nation’s energy supply, electrical grid, and infrastructure.

Occupational Requirements for

STEM Knowledge

• As of 2011, 26 million U.S. jobs—20 percent of all jobs—require a

high level of knowledge in any one STEM field.

• Half of all STEM jobs are available to workers without a four-year

college degree, and these jobs pay $53,000 on average—a wage

10 percent higher than jobs with similar educational requirements.

• Half of all STEM jobs are in manufacturing, health care, or

construction industries.

• Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations constitute 12

percent of all STEM jobs, one of the largest occupational

categories.

• Other blue-collar or technical jobs in fields such as construction

and production also frequently demand STEM knowledge.

http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2013/06/10-stem-economy-rothwell

STEM-ORIENTED ECONOMIES

• Job growth, employment rates, patenting, wages, and exports are

all higher in more STEM-based economies.

• Concentrations of these jobs are also associated with less income

inequality.

• Of the $4.3 billion spent annually by the federal government on

STEM education and training, only one-fifth goes towards

supporting sub-bachelor’s level training, while twice as much

supports bachelor’s or higher level-STEM careers.

• STEM knowledge offers attractive wage and job opportunities to

many workers with a post-secondary certificate or associate’s

degree.

Policy makers and leaders can do more to foster a broader

absorption of STEM knowledge to the U.S workforce and its

regional economies.

http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2013/06/10-stem-economy-rothwell

Putting STEM to Work!

The Energy

Industry’s

success relies

on advanced

technologies

and a highly

skilled

workforce.

TREEDC & TEICC PARTNERSHIP

TREEDC Mission: To promote and connect renewable energy with

economic development and energy efficiency for all

Tennessee communities.

TEICC Mission: Collaboratively building tomorrow’s energy workforce

pipeline today!

Economic development is only possible through

a qualified workforce!

• Growth and support for the renewable energy industry in

Tennessee

• Meeting the future needs of industry through workforce

development (WFD)

• Combining efforts instead of multiple requests to industry and

communities

• TEICC experience in WFD outreach and national CEWD

support

• TREEDC’s statewide network of 92 city and county mayors and

businesses

• Increased awareness and support of TREEDC and TEICC at

the State and National levels

BENEFITS OF OUR PARTNERSHIP

TREEDC & TEICC PARTNERSHIP

1. “Career Outreach” to local schools to provide information

on energy efficiency and to stimulate interest in careers in

energy.

2. “Careers in Energy Week” to underscore career pathways in

the energy sector.

TEICC is Tennessee’s only Energy workforce consortium dedicated

to building the energy industry’s workforce pipeline.

Career Outreach

to over 20,000 individuals during the past 3 years

– 3 Career Awareness events for regional middle

schools—3,000 students per event

– Over 10 Job Fairs throughout the state—number of

job seekers ranging from 300 to 1,600 per event

– Tennessee School Counselor & Administrator

Leadership Conferences (2). Approximately 1,200

Counselors at the events

– 3 State SkillsUSA Conferences – 1800 attendees per

event

TREEDC & TEICC PARTNERSHIP

“Careers in Energy Week”

- Tentative dates February 16 – 21, 2014

- Mayoral Proclamations

- Competition with prizes to be awarded

(class tours of local energy facilities)

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS

TO HELP WITH THIS PROJECT!

TREEDC & TEICC PARTNERSHIP

We look forward to working with TREEDC

– To promote and connect renewable energy with economic

development and energy efficiency for all Tennessee

communities.

– To collaboratively build tomorrow’s energy workforce pipeline

today!

Donna M. Curry Lane M. Winchester

[email protected]