Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries A Call to Action (2013) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction
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Energy in the United States comes from a range of sources, including oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear, solar, wind, and geothermal sources. Each of these industries is an important piece of the nation's energy "quilt." Carbon dioxide (CO2)
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(7) Describe and evaluate data sources available, federal data collection and coordination, and possible research initiatives for future decision making on work force issues.
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As this report discusses, the very future of the United States depends on a workforce that is competent in STEM. Grow ing energy and mining sectors combined with a current workforce that is aging and preparing to retire are creating unprecedented opportunities for young people 1 For this report, the pipeline is defined as K-12 and postsecondary educational institutions and programs, including community colleges, universities, vocational technical institutes, specialty train ing facilities and programs, and apprenticeship programs that train and prepare people to join the energy and mining workforce.
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The demographics of the United States are changing, with increases in populations from other countries, and growing numbers of women and minority students entering the workforce and earning college degrees. It is key for the nation to look for new workers with both traditional and nontradi tional backgrounds in order to provide future employees at all levels.
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The committee found that different entities collect and analyze data for their own particular purposes; consequently, they collect different data in different ways and they do not coordinate their data collection and analysis efforts. This makes direct comparisons of data from these different sources difficult and imprecise and combining data sets generally impossible.
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The other federal data sources that were used to characterize the workforce are the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics and the Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration. FedScope was also used to provide workforce informa tion on the primary federal agencies responsible for management and oversight of energy and mining.
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The EIA also projects employment for the oil and gas extraction and coal mining sectors, based on BLS data. Where data on market size, trends, and projections, and on employment were available from sources other than the federal government, they were also used to provide a more complete view of each industry and its workforce.
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Data from other appropriate and knowledgeable sources are also used throughout the report to help fill gaps and broaden the constrained workforce view afforded with the federal data. The key workforce issues and trends are clearly identifi able despite the disparate and incomplete nature of the workforce data that are currently available.
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energy and min ing workforce, which is derived from federal data sources. Emerging Workforce Camera-Ready-June2015.indd 23 7/13/2015 4:04:21 PM
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