Jobs & Workforce Development UMass Lowell’s Electric Vehicle Summit October 6, 2010.

Jobs & Workforce Jobs & Workforce DevelopmentDevelopment

UMass Lowell’s Electric Vehicle Summit

October 6, 2010

A Future of Innovationand Growth: Advancing Massachusetts’ Clean-Energy LeadershipApril 2010

“Massachusetts places second in this ranking, behind only California”

“The third key sector showing strong Massachusetts clean-energy leadership is advanced energy storage – from electric-vehicle batteries to utility-scale electricity storage. It’s a fast-growing, increasingly important niche that depends heavily on the type of R&D breakthroughs in which Massachusetts excels”

Electric Vehicle Technology Jobs*

Energy engineersMechanical engineersElectrical engineersChemical engineersMaterial scientists Laboratory & service technicians Industrial engineersMachinistsFactory WorkersCharging station/fueling infrastructure installers

*DOE

Preparing for Vehicle Technology Careers*

Engineering schools must provide new course materials◦ Chemistry, material science, electronic & mechanical

engineering

Technicians will need to learn how to repair & maintain new technologies

Installers need to learn how to put in new types of fueling infrastructure such as electric chargers

DOE EcoCAR Challenge-engineering competition to promote advance vehicle technologies & hands-on engineering experience for students

*DOE

6/4/09 ‘Clean Energy Workforce Development Forum’ & 6/23/10 ‘Leadership Summit’ Recommendations

K-12 curriculum with clean energy STEM skills Multi-disciplinary certificate programsCommunication & collaboration needed between

academia, workforce investment boards, employers, state agencies & K-12

Interconnections within & between academic offerings; need for a career 'pathway’

Internships