florida energy workforce consortium membership/funding update
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Florida Energy Workforce Consortium Membership/Funding Update. UPDATE. Current balance: $39,660 NOTE: Will receive roughly $25,000 per year beginning this year for next 3 years for GIECP Current Paying Members: JEA CHELCO City of Lakeland OUC Survey underway to guide us - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Florida Energy Workforce Consortium
Membership/Funding Update
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UPDATE
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Florida Energy Workforce Consortium
State and National Outreach Committee Update
Chair, Jennifer GroveMarch 21, 2011
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MISSION– To raise awareness of the energy industry careers that are
critical to our state’s electrical infrastructure
– To ensure collaborations are in place to achieve the necessary workforce development solutions to meet the industry’s current and future needs
– To ensure that standing committees and councils are aware of the FEWC objectives and action plans
– To play a critical role in developing communications between the FEWC and other state energy workforce consortia, other industry-related organizations, and national agency efforts to maximize awareness and solution sharing
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Key Linkages/ Partnerships
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Committee Members:
• Jennifer Grove, Gulf Power, FEWC Co-Chair
• Andra Cornelius, WFI (Past FEWC Co-Chair)
• JB Clark, IBEW
Honorary Members:
• Carol Higley, JEA, FEWC Co-Chair
WANT TO JOIN US?
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State and National Outreach Highlights
• Collaborate with 23 other state energy consortia
• Florida’s Green Jobs Workshop (5/09)
• Engaged as partner in Florida preparation for Federal Economic Stimulus Package, including Green Jobs Survey and Florida Energy Sector Partnership – resulted in just over $13M total in energy-related talent development stimulus funding
• Represent and/or present at multiple state and national energy and workforce conferences
• Directly tie to other efforts (STEMflorida, Banner Centers, etc.)
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2010 Key Accomplishments• 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
• Collaboration with STEMflorida and Florida Chamber Talent & Education Caucus through Jennifer Grove’s membership on both
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2010 Key Accomplishments (cont’d)• Continued collaboration with other state consortia through
CEWD• Selected as 1 of 8 states to implement Gates-funded Get
into Energy Career Pathways Program• Key presentations at:
– STEMflorida in July– Florida Association of Career and Technical Educators (FACTE) in
August– CEWD National Forum in October
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2011 Key Area of Focus: GIECP• Implementation of Get into Energy Career Pathways
– Northwest FL Region: Jennifer Grove, Gulf Power
– Polk County: Betsy Levingston, Lakeland Electric
– Southeast FL Region: Ken Languedoc, FPL
• Career Coaches begin 4-week training this week
• Recruitment of Target Participants: April/May
• Assessments/ Career Coaching: May
• Training of Energy Foundations Teachers: Summer (date TBD) * sponsored by FACTE