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A Overview of the Federal Data Sources Most Relevant to the Energy and Mining Workforce T his appendix describes and evaluates the federal data sources that are most relevant to examining the energy and mining workforce. The appendix focuses heavily on information available from the Bureau of Labor Sta tistics (BLS)
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280 APPENDIX A laws (both private and public sector)
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APPENDIX A 281 JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER SURVEY6 The BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey is a monthly survey of 16,000 establishments. The survey yields estimates of job openings, hires, and separations by industry and region.
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282 APPENDIX A (e.g., examining occupational employment over time)
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APPENDIX A 283 characteristics. Unlike the BLS programs discussed above, the American Com munity Survey was not designed specifically to capture information about the labor force.
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284 APPENDIX A cal personnel and contract mining services."15 The figures are compiled from reports submitted by operators and contractors as required under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Public Law 91-173 as amended by Public Law 95-164. The primary use of this information is to help ensure safety and health in the nation's mining industry.16 In terms of using this information to examine the mining workforce, the primary advantage it has over the information provided by the various BLS programs discussed earlier is that it reflects both mining opera tors and mining contractors; the latter are generally undercounted in BLS data because of the nature of the NAICS.17 INTEGRATED POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION DATA SYSTEM18 The National Center for Education Statistics' Integrated Postsecondary Edu cation Data System (IPEDS)
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APPENDIX A 285 A POSSIBLE RESEARCH INITIATIVE FOR FUTURE DECISION MAKING ON ENERGY AND MINING WORKFORCE ISSUES The key to making well-thought-out strategic decisions regarding workforce issues in energy and mining is having access to accurate and timely information. Although each of the data sources discussed in this appendix helps to paint a picture of the energy and mining workforce, collectively they fall short of cre ating a complete picture.
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Table A.1 Federal Data Sources That Are Most Relevant to Examining the Energy and Mining Workforce 286 Organization Program/ Information Scope Periodicity Collection Method Primary use Database Availablea of Data Releases Bureau of Current • Employment, Workers covered by Monthly Survey of establishments First economic Labor Statistics Employment hours, and earnings unemployment insurance indicator of current Statistics for the nation, laws economic trends states, and major each month Emerging Workforce Camera-Ready-June2015.indd 286 metropolitan areas • Information for the private sector is available by detailed industry Bureau of Current • Employed Wage and salary workers, Monthly Survey of households Characteristics of Labor Statistics Population persons by self-employed, and the labor force Survey occupation and unpaid family workers demographics (e.g., age, gender) • Employed persons by industry and demographics (e.g., age, gender)
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Organization Program/ Information Scope Periodicity Collection Method Primary use Database Availablea of Data Releases Bureau of Job Openings Estimates of job All nonagricultural Monthly Survey of establishments Demand-side APPENDIX A Labor Statistics and Labor openings, hires, industries in the public indicators of labor Turnover and separations by and private sectors for the shortages Survey industry and region 50 states and the District of Columbia Emerging Workforce Camera-Ready-June2015.indd 287 Bureau of Quarterly Employment and Workers covered by Quarterly Quarterly tax reports Comprehensive Labor Statistics Census of wages for the unemployment insurance submitted by establishments view of employment Employment nation, states, and laws and wages by and Wages major metropolitan industry program areas by detailed industry, including the private sector and federal, state, and local governments 287 7/13/2015 4:05:42 PM
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Table A.1 cont'd Federal Data Sources That Are Most Relevant to Examining the Energy and Mining Workforce. 288 Organization Program/ Information Scope Periodicity Collection Method Primary use Database Availablea of Data Releases Bureau of Occupational • Employment Wage and salary workers Annually Survey of establishments Employment for Labor Statistics Employment estimates by in nonfarm establishments specific occupations Statistics detailed occupation Emerging Workforce Camera-Ready-June2015.indd 288 and geographical area (e.g., nation, states, metropolitan area)
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Organization Program/ Information Scope Periodicity Collection Method Primary use Database Availablea of Data Releases Bureau of Employment • Projected Wage and salary workers, Every other Multiple sources including Employment APPENDIX A Labor Statistics Projections employment by self-employed, and year U.S. Census Bureau, projections Program detailed occupation unpaid family workers Current Population Survey, • Projected Macroeconomic Advisers' employment by WUMMSIM Model of industry the U.S.
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Table A.1 cont'd Federal Data Sources That Are Most Relevant to Examining the Energy and Mining Workforce. 290 Organization Program/ Information Scope Periodicity Collection Method Primary use Database Availablea of Data Releases Employment O*
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Organization Program/ Information Scope Periodicity Collection Method Primary use Database Availablea of Data Releases National Center Integrated Information Institutions that Annually Institutional survey Information on U.S. APPENDIX A for Education Postsecondary from colleges, participate in federal post-secondary Statistics Education universities, student financial aid educational Data System and technical program institutions and vocational institutions, Emerging Workforce Camera-Ready-June2015.indd 291 including degrees and certificates conferred by field of study aDoes not necessarily include all of the information available through a specific program.
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