FEWC:

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FEWC

• Partnering with Education and Workforce to
  prepare our Future Talent

Jennifer Grove Gulf Power Company Founding Chair,
FEWC
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Gulf Power Company

• Subsidiary of Southern Company

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Florida Energy Workforce Consortium

• Formed in 2006 to develop solutions to meet the
  current and future workforce needs of Floridas
  energy industry
• Comprised of energy industry, construction, preK
  12 and post-secondary education, and workforce
  representatives 60 members
• Compete for a talent puddle or work together to
  build a talent pool?

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The Challenge
The need for skilled, well-educated workers is
growing
More than half of todays utility workforce
will be eligible for retirement over the next 10
years. - US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Demandisup
The positions that will experience the highest
rates of attrition over the next five years are
those most difficult to fill Engineer
technicians and skilled and craft employees.-
APPA
1 in 3 U.S. workers is age 50 or older. By
2015 a 15 decline is projected in ages 35 44.
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The Challenge
There are not enough skilled workers to fill the
jobs
More than 70 of HR executives say that incoming
workers with inadequate skills are their most
serious problem over the next three years.
Deloitte Consulting
The number of high school students taking trade
or industry-related vocational and technical
courses in preparation for a skilled or craft
labor job has declined by 35 in the past
decade. - UWPN Issues Update
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Simply put, demand exceeds supply
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This shortage directly impacts the Energy Industry

• Utility workforce is four years older than
  national average
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Demand for technical and craft workers increasing
• Failure rates on pre-employment tests are
  increasing
• Potential threat to both productivity and
  reliability

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The New Economic Development Reality

• A skilled workforce has become more important
  than land and buildings
• As layers of middle management have been
  eliminated, these workplace skills are
  increasingly required of all employees
• Critical thinking
• Problem-solving
• Communication skills
• Teamwork and Self-direction
• Global, civic, financial, economic
  entrepreneurial literacy

INNOVATIVE and CREATIVE thinking!
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The Workforce Gap
Where 9th Graders Are Headed Where The Jobs Are
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SOURCE Carol DAmico, Workforce 2020 Work
Workers in the 21st Century
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The Changing Workforce
Demand Triples
( of Total Workforce)
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SOURCE Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Post-Secondary Education
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SOURCE National Center Education Statistics.
(2010)
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Workforce Misperceptions
U.S. Census Bureau

• 8 of the 10 fastest growing occupations through
  2014 do not require a bachelor's degree

They Require a 2-year Associate's Degree or
Post-Secondary Training these can often be
earned in high school now have to rethink the
traditional boundaries of secondary/
post-secondary
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SOURCE "Educate the Work Force of Tomorrow" by
Luke Bellsnyder Jon Fisher. (03/06/2009)
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So What Is Our Need?

• A qualified, diverse workforce for us and our
  contractors
• Various career entry points with various
  educational attainments technician-level and
  degreed engineers, accountants, etc.
• Pipeline of students
• Core values

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Top Occupations of Concern

• Line Installers and Repairers
• Plumbers, Pipefitters Steamfitters
• Welders
• Maintenance and Repair Workers
• Electricians
• Engineering Technicians
• Engineers (electrical, mechanical, chemical,
  civil)
• Instrumentation Control Technicians
• Power Plant Operators

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What Are These Careers Like?

• All are high-skill, high-wage
• All require some basis of knowledge/skill prior
  to entry, but we provide training
• All have opportunities for advancement both
  through technical and management paths
• Provide world-class benefits, including pensions,
  401k matches, tuition reimbursement, career
  development, etc.
• For more information, visit www.getintoenergy.com

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So How Do We Get There?

• PARTNER and COLLABORATE!
• Work locally, regionally, at state, and at
  national levels to brand our industry careers and
  create talent pipeline programs
• Focus on key areas
• - State National Outreach - Career Awareness
• - Policy Education - Untapped Labor Sources
• - Funding Resources

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Energy Competency Model
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www.getintoenergy.com
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State and National Outreach Highlights

• Collaborate with 23 other state energy consortia
• Represent and/or present at multiple state and
  national energy and workforce conferences
  recent and upcoming events
• Sunshine State Scholars Event January, 2011
• Academies on the Hill February, 2011
• CEWD Southeast Region Meeting March, 2011
• WFI/FACTE NGLC Conference March, 2011 (Bay,
  Clay, Polk, Pinellas)
• Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies National
  Hub Directors Meeting March, 2011
• Clay County NGLC Stakeholders Meeting May, 2011
• Polk County VPSC Strategic Planning Conference
  June, 2011
• FACTE Annual Convention July, 2011

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State and National Outreach Highlights

• Collaboration with Workforce Florida
• WFI Strategic Plan explicitly addresses Energy as
  key Infrastructure Industry to focus on and has
  STEM focus
• WFI Banner Centers (Jennifer Grove chairs ad hoc
  committee) In addition to Banner Centers for
  Energy, Clean Energy and Construction, the Banner
  Center for Water Resources was established in
  2010
• Floridas Green Jobs Workshop (5/09)
• Collaboration with STEMflorida and Florida
  Chamber Talent Education Caucus through
  Jennifer Groves membership on both

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Policy and Education

• Partnered with Florida Department of Education to
  gain approval for the addition of an Energy
  Industry Cluster - FIRST IN NATION!
• Partnered with FDOE to develop energy curriculum
  framework for five (5) courses
• Energy Foundations
• Introduction to Alternative Energy
• Power Generation Technician
• Power Distribution Technician
• Solar Energy Technician

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Policy and Education

• Develop curriculum materials for Energy Courses
• Create Florida Energy Teachers Network will add
  teacher toolkit to Get Into Energy Florida web
  site
• Complete and publish compilation of readily
  available resources for K-12 teachers to use to
  integrate energy concepts into the math, science
  and reading curriculums
• Develop an FEWC teacher externship program for
  CTE, Science and Math teachers
• Replicate energy career academies
• Partner with CEWD to ensure aligns with national
  competency model and curriculum pathways

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2011 Policy Education Action Items

• Develop Virtual format for energy curriculum
• Publish the Florida Energy Career Cluster Career
  Guide
• Continue to seek opportunities to present at
  various state Teacher Workshops to introduce
  Energy curriculum and STEM
• Continue the Careers in Energy Week (3rd week
  in October) and gain approval as an annual
  proclamation. (Governor Scotts signature for
  2011)

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Energy Career Academies

• Have 22 in Florida, including our Gulf Power
  Academy at West Florida High School in Pensacola
  (2001)
• Many utilize NCCER Electrical curriculum,
  resulting in industry-recognized and valued
  credentials
• Most offer articulation, energy industry
  pre-employment testing, and local energy company
  engagement
• Will pilot the new energy courses at multiple
  locations throughout state, both as part of
  Energy Academies and as part of Get into Energy
  Career Pathways pilot

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Career Awareness

• State-wide student competition to brand energy
  careers (www.getintoenergyflorida.com)
• Purchase of brand items marketing display,
  USBs, etc.
• Recognize energy-related projects at Florida
  Science Fair
• Recognize winners at Florida SkillsUSA state
  competition
• Partner with CEWD on Energy Career Pathways
  program
• Partner with STEMflorida on career awareness
  efforts and student internship/teacher externship
  programs

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Critical Success Factors

• True business engagement, for both educators AND
  students
• Inspire early and often (both educators AND
  students), particularly in STEM disciplines
• Project-based learning in teams
• Integration of academics and CTE BOTH
  DIRECTIONS Reinforce CORE in CTE and teach in
  context in academic classrooms!
• Have to address the CTE squeeze funding and
  class time
• Must continue to overcome perceptions students,
  parents, counselors, administrators, etc.

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Final thoughts

• STEM literacy and workforce preparedness is a
  foundation for personal, community, state, and
  national economic growth.
• These foundations cannot just be for those
  students in advanced STEM or CTE courses we
  must figure out how to provide to ALL of our
  students!
• If we dont figure out how to do this, our
  children will be working for someone in another
  state or another country who did. Susan Story
  at STEMflorida Business Roundtable

Thank you for what you do!
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• Jennifer Grove
• jlgrove_at_southernco.com
• www.fewc.org
• www.getintoenergy.com