Update on Minnesota Green Job Vacancies Research

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Update on Minnesota Green Job Vacancies Research

• Alessia Leibert
• Research Analyst, LMI, DEED
• Alessia.Leibert_at_state.mn.us
• May 13th 2010

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LMI Green Jobs Grant

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant
  through Dept of Labor
• Research focused grant,18 months, 1.16 million
• Purpose
• Count the number of green job vacancies
• Explore labor force gaps, specifically
  inskills/knowledge/education requirements
• Develop career information

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What is a green job?

• National Workforce Information Council
• A green job is one in which the work is
  essential to providing products or services that
  improve energy efficiency, expand the use of
  renewable energy, or support environmental
  sustainability. The job involves work in
• Renewable energy and alternative fuels
• Energy efficiency and conservation
• Pollution, waste and GHG management, prevention
  and reduction
• Environmental cleanup and remediation and waste
  clean-up and mitigation
• Sustainable agriculture and natural resource
  conservation
• Education, regulation, compliance, public
  awareness and training and energy trading

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LMI definition of green vacancies

• Job vacancies that are directly engaged in any
  of the following
• Environmental regulation, research, or advocacy
• Sustainable agriculture or natural resource
  conservation
• Environmental cleanup
• Energy efficiency
• Renewable energy or alternative/clean fuels

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What distinguishes our green research from others?

• Focus on vacancies, not size of the green economy
• Extensive work of validating employers responses
  through calls and research on job postings

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Information gaps on green careers
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Initial findings

• Total of 488 green job vacancies during fourth
  quarter 2009.
• Equivalent to1.8 percent of total job vacancies
• Found in
• 57 NAICS industries
• 60 SOC occupations

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Industries with multiple green openings
Administration of Conservation Programs Engineering Services
Plumbing/ HVAC Contractors (both residential and commercial) Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing
Electric Power Generation and Distribution Air, Water and Waste Program Administration
Solid Waste Collection Wind turbine manufacturing and repair (two NAICS)

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New Emerging green occupations?
Conservation Planner Energy Engineer
Weatherization/Retrofit Installers and Technician Recycling and Reclamation Worker
Water/Wastewater Engineer Lean Manufacturing Engineer
Supply Chain Manager Sustainability Coordinator
Green RD Specialist Remediation Project Manager
Building Systems Technician Air Quality Control Specialist

• Total of 490 green job vacancies during fourth
  quarter 2009.
• Equivalent to1.9 percent of total job vacancies
  during the quarter.
• Found in
• 46 NAICS industries
• 57 SOC occupations

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Knowledge requirements - preliminary

• Energy-efficient building design, modifications
  to buildings, and manufacturing processes
• State/federal environmental regulations,
  policies, and/or permitting processes
• Scientific monitoring and measuring techniques

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Skills requirements - preliminary

• Mechanical (HVAC, water/sewer systems,
  hydraulics)
• Project management
• Business acumen needed to develop demand in
  emerging markets and understand market potential
  of new technologies

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Connections to other workforce development
efforts/partners

• Inventory of post-secondary programs preparing
  students for green careers (MnSCU)
• Interactive map of programs, apprenticeships, and
  industry-recognized certifications (DOLI, OES)
• Career information will include four career
  pathways, 40 career profiles and 17 career videos
  (ISEEK)

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Connections to other workforce development
efforts

• Skills\Knowledge taxonomies for potential use by
• EMPLOYERS to determine the competencies needed
  by their future workforce either through
  recruitment or internal development
• EDUCATION PLANNERS to align curricula to
  business needs
• JOBSEEKERS and STUDENTS to get guidance on
  training and experience needed to enter or
  transfer into viable green occupations

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