Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries: A Call to Action

National Research Council

doi:10.17226/18250

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Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries

A Call to Action

(2013)

Energy and mineral resources are essential for the nation's fundamental functions, its economy, and security. Nonfuel minerals are essential for the existence and operations of products that are used by people every day and are provided by various sectors of the mining industry. Energy in the United States is provided from a variety of resources including fossil fuels, and renewable and nuclear energy, all with established commercial industry bases. The United States is the largest electric power producer in the world. The overall value added to the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011 by major industries that consumed processed nonfuel mineral materials was $2.2 trillion.

Recognizing the importance of understanding the state of the energy and mining workforce in the United States to assure a trained and skilled workforce of sufficient size for the future, the Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Energy technology Laboratory (NETL) contracted with the National Research Council (NRC) to perform a study of the emerging workforce trends in the U.S. energy and mining industries. Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries: A Call to Action summarizes the findings of this study.

Contributor(s): National Research Council; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Policy and Global Affairs; Board on Earth Sciences and Resources; Board on Higher Education and Workforce; Committee on Earth Resources

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National Research Council. 2013. Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries: A Call to Action. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/18250.

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483 pages | 6 x 9 |

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/18250

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xiv
Summary	1-14
1 Introduction	15-23
2 Mature Sectors	24-95
3 Emerging Sectors	96-175
4 The Electic Grid	176-187
5 Federal Energy and Extractive IndustryWorkforce Issues	188-199
6 Safety and Health in ExtractiveIndustries	200-215
7 Educating and Training the Energy and Mining Workforce	216-244
8 Overview of the Energy and Mining Workforce Using Federal Data Sources: Key Findings and Recommendations	245-247
9 Overarching Conclusions	248-256
References	257-278
Appendix A: Overview of the Federal Data Sources Most Relevant to the Energy and Mining Workforce	279-291
Appendix B: Overview of the Energy and Mining Workforce Using Federal Data Sources	292-337
Appendix C: Data on the energy and mining workforce from federal data sources	338-455
Appendix D: Accronyms and Abbreviations	456-461
Appendix E: Committee and Staff Biographies	462-469

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