water jobs and wastewater training job training grantees’ meeting october 3 rd , 2012
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Water Jobs and Wastewater Training Job Training Grantees’ Meeting October 3 rd , 2012. Leon Latino EPA’s Office of Wastewater Management, Sustainable Communities Branch [email protected]. EPA’s Office of Water. D emand for water jobs. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
OWM Sustainable Communities Branch 1
Water Jobs and Wastewater TrainingJob Training Grantees’ Meeting
October 3rd, 2012
Leon LatinoEPA’s Office of Wastewater Management,
Sustainable Communities [email protected]
EPA’s Office of Water
OWM Sustainable Communities Branch 2
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/production/water-and-wastewater-treatment-plant-and-system-operators.htm#tab-1
Demand for water jobs
OWM Sustainable Communities Branch 3
Demand for water jobs
Over 1/3 of all current water operators are eligible to retire within 7 years. 1 Including:
• 33% of executives• 30% of management & supervisory employees• 21% of operators• 14% of engineers
80% of useful operating knowledge is “tacit and susceptible to loss through retirements” 2
1 WEF. Task Force on Workforce Sustainability Final Report. October 20082 AWWA. Succession Planning for a Vital Workforce in the Information Age, Oct. 2005
OWM Sustainable Communities Branch
Association of Boards of Certification
• State-by-state list of certification contacts!
• Certification testing info.• http://www.abccert.org/
certification_contacts/default.asp
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Resource: Certification
OWM Sustainable Communities Branch
Work for Water• A collaboration between
EPA and the water industry• Water careers information• Includes a factsheet on
Recruiting and Training Veterans for Careers in the Water Industry
• http://www.workforwater.org/
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Resource: Water careers
OWM Sustainable Communities Branch 6
Resource: Veterans Affairs
Vocational Rehab. and Employment (VRE)• Employer incentives, workplace accommodations• Training assistance
• http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/• http://
www.workforwater.org/uploadedFiles/Home/Veterans%20Final%205-2-12.pdf
OWM Sustainable Communities Branch
Office of Water resources
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EPA Resources
• Wastewater operator training & information
http://water.epa.gov/learn/training/
• Green infrastructure training & information
http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/greeninfrastructure/index.cfm
• Decentralized wastewater systems information
http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/septic/
OWM Sustainable Communities Branch
How can you help us?
Report success!- Job placements- Local partnerships- Innovative training
Document local labor needs
- Wastewater jobs- Stormwater jobs- Drinking water jobs
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Document local community needs
- Capacity development- Training
