Energy-sector workforce development in West Virginia : aligning community college education and training with needed skills

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gonzalez, Gabriella, Author.

Ortiz, David (David Santana), Author.

Phillips, Andrea (Andrea R.), Author.

Hunter, Gerald Paul, Author.

Robson, Sean, Author.

Series:

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-812-NETL

[Research report] Energy-sector workforce development in West Virginia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy industries--Supply and demand--Employees--West Virginia.

Energy industries.

Energy industries--Employees--Training of--West Virginia.

Community college graduates--Supply and demand--West Virginia.

Community college graduates.

Skilled labor--Supply and demand--West Virginia.

Skilled labor.

Labor supply--Effect of education on--West Virginia.

Labor supply.

Vocational education--West Virginia.

Vocational education.

Occupational training--West Virginia.

Occupational training.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Energy-Sector Workforce Development in West Virginia

Place of Publication:

RAND Corporation 2015

[Place of publication not identified] Rand Corporation 2015

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In the past, West Virginia's energy sector was primarily based on mining and combusting coal for industry or electricity. In recent years, the production and industrial application of natural gas and natural gas liquids from shale resources have increased demand for workers in the energy sector. In 2013, the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) asked RAND to work closely with the Community and Technical College System of West Virginia (CTCS) to develop a strategy for energy-sector employers and education and training institutions to collaborate to ensure that the local talent pool is prepared to enter the workforce with the competencies to fill energy-sector jobs now and in the future. To develop that strategy we examined data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) and interviewed energy-sector employers in West Virginia to determine the key knowledge areas, skills, and abilities required of energy-sector employees across the country and within West Virginia. We then analyzed data from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, interviews with representatives of academic and training providers within CTCS, apprenticeship programs, a regional Workforce Investment Board (WIB), and CTCS students enrolled in energy-related programs to determine whether education and training is aligned with the sector's needs and what may impede such alignment. We conducted a national review of promising practices from training provider-employer partnerships across the United States. Based on this analysis, we developed ten recommended action items CTCS and other regional stakeholders can implement to support a well-aligned and coherent energy-sector workforce-development pipeline."--Back cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9780833093233

0833093231