Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries A Call to Action (2013) / Chapter Skim
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9 Overarching Conclusions The oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, solar, wind, and geothermal industries all contribute to satisfying the nation's energy needs, and all are expected to remain pieces in the nation's energy quilt going forward. Related activities in the area of Carbon capture, use and storage are expected to continue enhancing the produc tion of oil from mature fields, but carbon dioxide (CO2)
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OVERARCHING CONCLUSIONS 249 Along with growing demand for energy and mineral resources, the U.S. energy and mining industries are facing a looming retirement bubble, caused by the pending retirement of large numbers of baby-boom workers from the overall domestic workforce.
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250 EMERGING WORKFORCE TRENDS IN THE U.S. ENERGY AND MINING INDUSTRIES based competency delivery)
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OVERARCHING CONCLUSIONS 251 retirements and have difficulty in attracting and retaining qualified workers. Some factors, among others, that contribute to this problem are the federal govern ment's inability to match industry salaries and benefits and the constrained prac tices of the government's personnel system.
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252 EMERGING WORKFORCE TRENDS IN THE U.S. ENERGY AND MINING INDUSTRIES OVERARCHING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS In considering the breadth of information covered in this study, the commit tee chose to formulate the following set of overarching findings and recommenda tions to capture the key, fundamental themes contained in the full array of their findings and recommendations.
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OVERARCHING CONCLUSIONS 253 • Community colleges integrating industry recognized credentials, their learning standards, and content, into associate degree programs, provid ing more "on" and "off" ramps to postsecondary education, resulting in stackable interim credentials with real value in the labor market, and leading to direct employment or continuing postsecondary educational opportunities; and • Partnerships between 4-year colleges and universities and community colleges to create new pathways for STEM curriculum, with the first 2 years of STEM-related programs of study being offered at the com munity college and the second 2 years being offered at the university, thereby expanding the capacity of the critical university degree pro grams. (Short Term)
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254 EMERGING WORKFORCE TRENDS IN THE U.S. ENERGY AND MINING INDUSTRIES more students will pursue energy and mining programs of study.
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OVERARCHING CONCLUSIONS 255 information on the energy and mining workforce, such as employment estimates and demographic information, the data currently available for addressing the energy and mining workforce are not sufficiently consistent, comprehensive and up-to-date for these rapidly evolving, technology-infused industries and they do not exist at a sufficient degree of granularity. Finding 7: To collect and analyze the data needed for effective energy and min ing workforce decision and policy making, it is critical to foster the collaboration of government data-gathering agencies with industries that gather data.
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256 EMERGING WORKFORCE TRENDS IN THE U.S. ENERGY AND MINING INDUSTRIES agencies must follow and the relatively higher compensation offered by industry, it is difficult for federal agencies to hire and retain the employees they need.
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