Northwest Regional Meeting Presentation

Northwest Region Meeting August 24, 2010 Programs in the Region Middle School Middle School Career Awareness Focus ƒ S...

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Northwest Region Meeting August 24, 2010

Programs in the Region Middle School Middle School Career Awareness Focus ƒ Summer Youth Connect ƒ Students for Energy Efficiency (Idaho Power) – Students conduct energy assessments St d t d t t

Programs in the Region High School Work Readiness Focus

Skill Building Focus

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Scholarships Career Fairs Energy Day Career Fair (Black Hills) Internships hi

Students for Energy Efficiency (Idaho) Internships Association of Science & Engg (BPA)

Educator and Policy Focus ƒ ƒ

Business Education Exchange (Idaho) Advisory Board Membership

Programs in the Region C Community it / Technical T h i l Colleges C ll Job Specific Skill Focus ƒ ƒ

Student Support Focus

Employees teach technical classes  Employees teach technical classes ƒ (Black Hills – Iowa) ƒ STEP and SCEP Temporary assignments  ƒ (BPA)

Internships – Black Hills  Internships Black Hills – S. Dakota) S. Dakota) Job Shadowing Guest speakers

Programs in the Region 4 year Colleges / Universities Student Support Focus Student Support Focus ƒ ƒ ƒ

College Recruiting program Career Fairs/Information Sessions STEP and SCEP Temporary  assignments (BPA)

Job Specific Skills Focus Job Specific Skills Focus ƒ

Internships – ( Pacific Power /25 – 35 per  year)

Programs in the Region Oth O Other Opportunities t iti Outreach and Alliances ƒ

Military Hiring placing articles and advertising in GI Jobs Military Hiring – placing articles and advertising in GI Jobs

Challenges in the Region Workforce Planning

Other

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Building a pipeline of qualified workers  Building a pipeline of qualified workers due to aging workforce Redeploying employees to needed  positions Fi di Finding qualified people to fill specific  lifi d l t fill ifi positions – lineman and engineers

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Geographic dispersion Geographic dispersion Justifying workforce development costs  in economic and hiring downturn Skills and knowledge transfer

Questions for Others Q ƒ What is the Washington Consortium doing and  with what success ih h ƒ What are other utilities doing outside consortium  structure and what has been success rate t t d h th b t

For more information, contact: Ann Randazzo Executive Director Center for Energy gy Workforce Development [email protected] 703 237 1094 703-237-1094 www.cewd.org