Vision: Where the industry speaks with one voice for a single purpose – Companies adequately staffed with a diverse workforce with the right skills to safely keep the energy flowing
Mission: Build the alliances, processes and tools to develop tomorrow’s energy workforce.
Career Awareness – Build awareness of the need for a diverse, skilled energy workforce
· Arizona Sun Corridor Grant: Evaluate impact of Get Into Energy Career Pathways model on student persistence and completion of energy courses.
· Implement national career awareness campaign for FIRST.
· Develop web based diversity toolkit and templates for company implementation and expand alliances with organizations focused on desired demographics.
· Implement Get Into Energy Registration site for all key demographics.
· Complete pilot of Work Ready Bootcamp for Veterans and communicate results.
· Build national awareness of the need for skilled energy technicians and engineers.
Workforce Development / Education – Implement short and long term education solutions to build a pipeline of skilled workers
· Arizona Sun Corridor Grant: Document curriculum available for use by other institutions and make available through CEWD Curriculum website.
· Increase use of Get Into Energy Math Workshop and resources.
· Develop framework and curriculum for high school energy career academies and middle school curriculum.
· Increase use of Energy Industry Fundamentals curriculum and credential, support approved providers and expand EIF Educator community of practice.
· Increase Get Into Energy Career Pathways credentials commitment from member companies.
· Document proven practices from National Energy Education Network and identify institutions and consortia for scaling practices.
Workforce Planning – Identify critical workforce needs and measure the success of workforce development initiatives
· Arizona Sun Corridor Grant: Document consortia process for balancing supply and demand and roll out system and tools to all CEWD members.
· Implement 2015 Gaps in the Energy Workforce Survey and demand reports by state.
· Implement tools for companies to assess and measure ROI and value of workforce development efforts.
· Provide support for member implementation of Strategic Workforce Planning.
Member Value and Support – Support the needs of CEWD members
· Arizona Sun Corridor Grant: Manage Learning Community for grant deliverables and best practices; create toolkits / templates for replication.
· Implement Executive communication plan to include Business case, talking points and increasing executive sponsorship for state consortia
· Support Implementation of New York Troops to Energy Jobs
· Manage Troops to Energy Jobs Community of Practice
· Implement regional support structure for State Energy Workforce Consortia.
· Conduct Implementation workshops / webinars
· Provide communication to members on best practices, trends and tools to support workforce development implementation efforts.
· Conduct the 2014 Annual Summit, National Energy Education Network, sponsor regional forums and support state consortium implementation.
· Create mutually beneficial alliances with organizations that support and advance Center initiatives.