solar energy technologies program workforce development activities
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Katie Bolcar talks about DOE’s Solar Instructor Training Network.TRANSCRIPT
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The Parker Ranch installation in Hawaii
SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM
SETP Workforce Development Activities
Katie Bolcar Lead for Workforce Development Solar Energy Technologies Program U.S. Department of Energy [email protected] October 11, 2010
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• Analysis and Tools • Solar Instructor Training Network • Certification and Accreditation
Overview
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• Labor Market Analysis • PV JEDI (Jobs & Economic Development Impact) 2.0 • Solar Workforce Scale-up: Lessons from other Countries
and Industries
Analysis and Tools
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• Labor Market Analysis – Nation-wide survey of firms that install solar – Key occupations in PV and SHC installation – Longitudinal study with data to be collected over 5 years – Analysis on a national and regional basis
• Inform activities of Solar Instructor Training Network – Planned release November 2010
• Annual updates
• PV JEDI (Jobs & Economic Development Impact) 2.0 • Solar Workforce Scale-up: Lessons from other Countries
and Industries
Analysis and Tools
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• Labor Market Analysis • PV JEDI (Jobs & Economic Development Impact) 2.0
– Estimate state-level RPS impacts over multiple years – Aggregated national impact estimates from state and proposed
federal policies – Web functionality – Planned release November 2010
• Solar Workforce Scale-up: Lessons from other Countries and Industries
Analysis and Tools
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• Labor Market Analysis • PV JEDI (Jobs & Economic Development Impact) 2.0 • Solar Workforce Scale-up: Lessons from other Countries
and Industries – Lessons learned and case studies in workforce scale-up – Planned release December 2010
Analysis and Tools
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Solar Instructor Training Network
Hudson Valley Community
College
Kennebec Valley Community
College
Pennsylvania State University
North Carolina Solar Center
at NCSU
Florida Solar Energy Center at UCF
Midwest Renewable Energy
Association
The Energy Institute at HCC - Northeast
Salt Lake Community College; Solar Energy
International; Utah Solar Energy Association
California Community Colleges Board of Governors, California Energy Commission, California
Centers for Sustainable Energy, the Labor
Management Cooperation Committee
Nine Regional Resource and Training Providers (RTPs) & One National Administrator (IREC)
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• Request for Information released mid-2010 • High agreement regarding importance of DOE leadership
and financial support • Differing points of view regarding exact direction of DOE
involvement • More stakeholder input required before any potential
financial opportunity
Certification and Accreditation
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Thank You