Developing Careers in the

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Developing Careers in the Biofuel
Industry Career Cluster Institute June 18,
2008 Atlanta, GA Dr. David Hall Montana
University System
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Who is David Hall and what is hisprospective?

• Raised in an agricultural setting in eastern
  Oregon

• BS MEd In Ag Ed from Oregon State University

• PhD in Ag Ed from Penn State University

• Taught high school Ag Science in Oregon for 14
  years

• Ag Ed Faculty at Penn State for 8 years

• State Ag Ed Supervisor and State FFA Advisor in
  Montana for 9 years

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Who is David Hall and what is hisprospective?

• Currently

• 2nd year managing Montanas Agro-energy Plan
  (WIRED-MAP) for the Montana University System

• Chair of National Ag Ed Content Standards Project

• Lead of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
  Career Cluster

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Program Promo
Describe how Montana used WIRED grant to provide
career education within the biofuels industry
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Workforce
Innovation
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Regional
Economic
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Biofuel
Fuel derived from recently dead biological
material.
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Biofuel
Fuel made from plants and/or animals and their
byproducts.
Most common
biodiesel
ethanol
biomass
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Montana
Agro-energy
Plan
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Montana Wired Map Green and tan
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Montana Office of the Commissioner Of Higher
Education Projects
1. Fort Peck Community College
2. Miles Community College
3. Dawson Community College
4. Montana State University - Northern
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Entrepreneur Education for Successful Bio-Energy
Production in the 32 County WIRED Program Region
Fort Peck Community College Poplar, MT
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Fort Belknap College
Fort Peck CC
Blackfeet CC
Stone Child College
Dawson CC
Miles CC
Chief Dull Knife College
Little Big Horn College
MSU Marketing Policy Center
MSU Biobased Research Institute
MSU Extension Service
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Todays Fuels for Tomorrows Growth
Miles Community College Miles City, MT
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Fort Belknap College
Fort Peck CC
Stone Child College
MSU Eastern Ag Research Station
Miles CC
Chief Dull Knife College
Little Big Horn College
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Clean Energy for Americas Future
Dawson Community College Glendive, MT
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Fort Peck CC
Montana Career Resource Network
Dawson CC
MSU-Billings COT
Montana Mfg Ctr
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Cluster Hub/Center for Research and Testing
of Alternative Fuel Systems
MSU - Northern Havre, MT
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Greater Montana Bio Energies, LLC
MSU-Northern
Peaks Prairies, LLC
HCSI Mfg. LLC
Interstate PowerSystems
Foundation Coal West, Inc-Gillette, WY
Green Sources Boulder, CO
Bio Mass Energy Foundation-Golden, CO
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MSU-Northern
Fort Belknap College
Greater Montana Bio Energies, LLC
Fort Peck CC
Fort Belknap College
Fort Peck CC
Stone Child College
Blackfeet CC
Fort Peck CC
Stone Child College
Peaks Prairies, LLC
MSU Eastern Ag Research Station
HCSI Mfg. LLC
Montana Career Resource Network
Dawson CC
Dawson CC
Miles CC
Miles CC
Montana Mfg Ctr
Chief Dull Knife College
MSU-Billings COT
Chief Dull Knife College
Interstate PowerSystems
MSU Marketing Policy Center
Little Big Horn College
MSU Biobased Research Institute
Little Big Horn College
MSU Extension Service
Foundation Coal West, Inc-Gillette, WY
Green Sources Boulder, CO
Bio Mass Energy Foundation-Golden, CO
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Biofuel careers
Oil Production
Fuel Processing
Fuel Testing And Distribution
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Biofuel Careers require

• Math

• Science

• Communications

in addition to technical knowledge
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Biofuels incorporated into Secondary Ag Ed
Programs
--oil seed crop production
--biodiesel ethanol processing
--energy mechanics
--energy entrepreneurship
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Post Secondary Courses
--Intro to Biofuels
--Hazardous Materials Handling
--Renewable Energy
--Energy Mechanics
--Biofuel Production
--Processing Plant Management
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Related Post Secondary Courses
--Welding
--Construction
--Entrepreneurship
--Human Resource Management
--Marketing
--Business Law
--Business Communications
--Technical Writing
--Leadership
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Post Secondary Course for Secondary Teachers
From Field to Fuels Biofuels in the High School
Classroom
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Secondary post secondary schools are developing
units in other alternative renewable energies
including
Wind
Solar
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