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Smart Grid Occupations & Career Pathways Guide

Discover the key smart grid occupations, competencies, and career pathways to develop or revise curriculum. Learn about the critical skill standards and competency clusters in the energy industry.

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Smart Grid Occupations & Career Pathways Guide

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  1. Module 7: Connecting Learning to Smart Grid Occupations & Career Pathways

  2. Smart Grid Competencies,Occupations and Careers How to use Smart Grid resources as a guide to developing or revising curriculum.

  3. National Utility Workforce Nationally, the average age of utility craft workers is 50. • Highest average age of any industry sector • Around 50% of eligible workers are projected to retire over the next 10 years • 200,000 highly-skilled workers will exit by 2015 Source: Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) • Mobile Workstation • Photo courtesy of Puget Sound Energy

  4. 1% 1% 13% 52% 33% Data from Washington State University Energy Program

  5. Key Smart GridRelated Occupations and Careers Supply-side Occupations • Ground Crew • Lineworker • Substation Operator • Wireman • Relay Control Technician • System Operator • Maintenance and Repair • IT Technician (cyber-security) Demand-side Occupations • Customer Service Representatives • Energy Conservation Program Managers • Energy Auditors • Resource Conservation Managers • Meter Technician • Energy System Technician

  6. Competency-based Learning Outcomes(Determine the value of the learning Process) Learning Outcomes are designedto describe: • The overall goal(s) for the course • Set clear targets for process • Expected students proficiency levels after completing the course. • What students will learn and practice in the course • What will be the specifications, standards, and metrics used to assess and certify student proficiency

  7. Skill Standards Great Source for Developing Competency-based Curriculum Energy Industry Skill Standards: Specify the critical work functions (competencies), key activities, and performance indicators of energy-related occupations Skill standards can be used to: • Develop or revise curriculum to reflect career pathways to energy-related occupations • Set performance levels • Advance career opportunities or to re-enter the workforce

  8. Learning Should Focus on Competency Clusters Plant Latticed Jobs Energy Systems Data Management Industry MaintHelper IT security RV Service Tech Engineering Technician HVACR Technician Power Utility Smart Grid Technology Cluster Core Competency Cluster Sub-station Control Room

  9. Smart Grid TechnologyCluster Core Competencies • Customer Service • Communications • Power Grid and Data-security • Cyber Security • Data-management • Data Analysis • System Operations • Maintenance • Troubleshooting and Repair • Instrumentation and Controls • Fabrication, Installation • Entrepreneurism

  10. Recommendations For designing and/or Revising Related Curriculum • Target critical occupational clusters • Identify core competencies for each cluster • Determine talent gaps • Create competency assessment process • Create skill-up modules • Commit resources for a comprehensive competency transfer system • Design and implement a competency-transfer degree and certificate programs • Create curriculum to eliminate talent gaps • Identify and enhance the development of future talent pools

  11. Reference Links • Grid Wise Alliance http://www.gridwise.org/documents/GWA_2011_SG_Workforce_Trends_Overview.pdf • Pacific Northwest Center of Excellence for Clean Energy http://cleanenergyexcellence.org • Energy and Power Career Guide http://www.khake.com • International Renewable Energy Agency www.irena.org/DocumentDownloads/.../RenewableEnergyJobs.pdf • Economic Modeling Specialists http://www.economicmodeling.com/2010/06/29/data-spotlight-more-than-1-in-5-utility-workers-are-retirement-aged • American Public Power Administration http://www.publicpower.org/files/pdfs/workforceplanningforpublicpowerutilities.pdf • Department of Energy http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/oeprod/DocumentsandMedia/Workforce_Trends_Report_090706_FINAL.pdf • Competency Based Pathways https://sites.google.com/site/competencybasedpathways/

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