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Presentation to SJSU Green Wave

ProgramCaliforniasGreen Innovations Challenge Grant

and the SolarTech SWIC Response

SolarTechs, NOVAs and Foothill-DeAnza CCDs Partnership:

SolarTech Workforce Innovations Collaborative


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Who Are We?

SolarTech Workforce Innovations Collaborative:

Program/Team Structure & Key Elements

SolarTech:

Industry Association 100+ Members Representing some

of the largest solar

players world wide.


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SWICs Bottom-Line Goal Find the right renewable energy jobs in the

right timeframe,

with enough granular skill requirement details,

such that training providers can develop theright programs,

enabling talent coaches working withdisplaced workers to fill these positions.

Successfully placing 172 individuals

Sooner than later.

Experiment and figure out the bestmodel.


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SolarTech Standards and Best practices.

Long term goal: Local Pilot shared throughout

State and Nationally Through IREC and DOE


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SolarTech Workforce Innovations

Collaborative, Placement Goals:

Grant Targets

245 participants that will receive training

172 participants that will completetraining and enter unsubsidized

employment in the targeted industry We industry help, ideas and guidance.

We need to leverage multiple business andpartner channels?


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Target Demographic and Student Profiles

Displaced Workers/Student Profiles: All senior level professionals recently excessed from

multiple different high tech industries.

Most have previous high tech experience in product

support, business development, project management,and/or have run their own business.

Most have multiple undergraduate and graduate degrees,and a few are Ph.D. level.

All are enrolled in Nova and can be researched in theLinked-in group established for this purpose:

SWIC Placement Group


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SolarTechs Role

Investigation

Engage Industry through a variety of

techniques Not dependent on any one technique Analysis: Connecting the dots and

continuous validation

Dissemination & Outreach

Engage Industry through a variety of

techniques Not dependent on any one

communication technique

Creating a shared ownership andengagement

Often the same or similar process


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Multi-Level Data Gathering & Analysis

Maintenance &

Operations

Firms

Forums

1

Visits

2Publish

Forums, Employer visits andSymposiums to define requirements

Utilities & Other

Technology

Providers

ol rTech, O :

efining eeds

M nuf cturers,

Inst llers

Ph se 1WIBs

Blogs

Interviews

Forums

ymposiums

ummits

urveys

Other 3rd P rty Rese rch nd Coll bor tion


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Implementation & Results


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Released

RecentlyAn in-depth local labormarket examinationbased on both primary

and secondaryresearch.


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Leading to Initial Training Offerings

Class Profiles and Opportunities FootHill Engineering 600: Broad overview of both Energyand Renewable Energy industry; comprehensive and in-

depth.

Solar Technical Sales and Proposal Development:Comprehensive study of the solar PV industry from a sales

prospective and elements of a well prepared proposal.

The above prepares a candidate (with other previous hightech industry experience) for residential solar sales, channel

support, back-end support (rebate, permitting andoperations), and other business 2 business relationships.

Investigate next school deployment opportunities


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Implementation & Results


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SolarTechs Outreach Role

Manufacturers,

Installers

WIBs

SolarTech, NOVA

& Partners: Out-Reach

I

RECNABCEP

Contractors /

Construction

Phase 3

Maintenance &

OperationsFirms

Utilities & Other

Technology

Providers

ProgramAwareness & ResultsMarketing

EmploymentCandidateAvailabilityMarketing


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Program Awareness and Results Marketing

Manufacturers,

Installers

WIBs

SolarTech, NOVA


IREC

NABCEP

Contractors /

Construction

Phase 3

Maintenance &

OperationsFirms

Utilities & Other

Technology

Providers

Blogs

Forums

Articles

Symposiums

Summits

Surveys

Other 3rd Party Research and Collaboration


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Employment Candidate and Availability

Marketing

Manufacturers,

Installers

WIBs

SolarTech, NOVA


IREC

NABCEP

Contractors /

Construction

Phase 3

Maintenance &

OperationsFirms

Utilities & Other

Technology

Providers

SolarTechs Industry linkage

and relationship role places

it in a position to engage

industry and define effective

placement strategies tosuccessfully place trained

students into relevant

renewable energy positions.

Building/LeveragingChannels to Employment


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Nova Workforce Board Role

Case management

Screening and coaching

Tactical/individual placement assistance versus

SolarTech broader strategic outreach role. Establish tools enabling individual HR

engagement: Linked-in group for example.


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Not a Single-Cycle Event

Re-engage/Continuous Improvement Re Engage Industry Continuous Analysis and Information updates to

Education and WIB community

Continuous Analysis and asking the tough questionsof industry leaders

SolarTech, NOVA:

Defining NeedsSolarTech, NOVA


Foothill-DeAnza

& Partners:

Training Development

Engage IndustryEngage Industry Commitments and ReportsCommitments and Reports

Training DefinitionTraining Definition DeploymentDeployment

ReRe--engage Industryengage Industry PromotePromote

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3


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Interviews: 20 + employers Reports: First major work released Dec 15th

Forums: 2 forums covering Sales, manufacturing andadvanced engineering

Symposiums: Upcoming in partnership with PG&Efocused on IDSM and Convergence.

Training Programs Deployed (FHDA): 12 week overview of the energy and renewable energy industry

Solar PV Technical Sales and Proposal Development

Training Programs under Development Working with Ohlone and Cabrillo to broaden deployment of above

Advanced Solar PV Engineering

Solar and renewable energy financial analysis

Successes to Date


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Multiple Layers, Multiple Channels, Frequent

Multiple

Data

Source

Channels

Tapping

IntoIndustry

And Members

Blogs

Analysis

Reports

Multiple

Communication

Channels

To

Industry

And Members

Distilling of

Recommendations


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Higher Education Connection:

SWIC: Supports the Complete Value Chain


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University Connection:

Sustainability and Growing the Economic Pie


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Next Steps: 2011 into 2012

Silicon

Valley

Pilot

Expand

throughout

Calif. with

other

colleges

and WIBs

Work withDOE

regions, col

leges and

WIBs


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SolarTech Workforce Innovations Collaborative:

An R&D Project in Process


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Some Energy Sector Background

Courtesy of PG&E


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The Big Driver - RPS Policies

Renewable portfolio standard

Renewable portfolio goal

www.dsireusa.org / January 2011

Solar water heating eligible *

Extra credit for solar or customer-sited renewables

Includes non-renewable alternative resources

WA: 15% x 2020*

CA: 33% x 2020

NV: 25% x 2025*

AZ: 15% x 2025

NM: 20% x 2020 (IOUs)10% x 2020 (co-ops)

HI: 40% x 2030

Minimum solar or customer-sited requirement

TX: 5,880 MW x 2015

UT: 20% by 2025*

CO: 30% by 2020 (IOUs)10% by 2020 (co-ops & large munis)*

MT: 15% x 2015

ND: 10% x 2015

SD: 10% x 2015

IA: 105 MW

MN: 25% x 2025(Xcel: 30% x 2020)

MO: 15% x 2021

WI: Varies by utility;10% x 2015 statewide

MI: 10% + 1,100 MW x2015*

OH: 25% x 2025

ME: 30% x 2000New RE: 10% x 2017

NH: 23.8% x 2025

MA: 22.1% x 2020 NewRE: 15%x 2020(+1% annually thereafter)

RI: 16% x 2020

CT: 23% x 2020NY: 29% x 2015

NJ: 22.5% x 2021

PA: ~18% x 2021

MD: 20% x 2022

DE: 25% x 2026*

DC: 20% x 2020NC: 12.5% x 2021 (IOUs)10% x 2018 (co-ops & munis)

VT: (1) RE meets any increasein retail sales x 2012;(2) 20% RE & CHP x 2017

KS: 20% x 2020

OR: 25% x 2025 (large utilities)*5% - 10% x 2025 (smaller utilities)

IL: 25% x 2025

29 states +DC and PR havean RPS(7 states have goals)

OK: 15% x 2015

PR: 20% x 2035

WV: 25% x 2025*

VA: 15% x 2025*

DC


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Transmission

PlanningEngineer

Maintenance and

ServiceTechnician-Wind

Green Jobs by Education Level

High

School

Certificate AS/AA BS/BA MS/MA PhD

SolarInstaller$25-45/yr

Wind TurbineMaintenance

Solar Sales

ResearcherWind TurbinePower SystemEngineer

SolarEngineer$60-75k/yr

ProjectManager -Wind

Bio-GasProjectEngineer

Wind TurbineTechnician $35-45k/yr ($73-86k/yr w/

experience)

ResidentialSolarConsultant$45-85k/yr

Solar

Foreman

Electrician$45-75k/yr

Solar

EngineeringTechnician

SolarEstimator

EnergyInstallationSpecialist$30k+/yr

FieldTechnician

DesignDrafting

LabAsst.Solar Startup$20/hr

Solar Sales$60k/yr

SolarReliabilityTechnician

MechanicalForeman-Solar

Land Agent

Meteorologist

Meteorologist

TechnicalTrainer - Wind

Biologist

Biologist

(Red=Entry Level)

Solar SalesEngineer/Project

Developer

Construction

Engineer-Wind

CommissioningTechnician-Wind

Wind TurbineAssembly

Lead SolarInstaller


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Results of our Research

Scope of SWIC Research Activities

SWIC Job Board Studies

Renewable Energy Labor Market StudiesUpcoming: Solar Workforce Staffing Survey


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SMEInterviews

Job BoardStudies

IndustryRoundtable

Events

StaffingSurveys

Labor MarketReports


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Agenda



Renewable Energy Labor Market Studies

Upcoming: Solar Workforce Staffing Survey


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SolarTech analyzes job posting statistics on a monthly basisacross multiple sectors;

Postings are compiled from job board aggregatorwww.simplyhired.com;

Sample over 300 data points from 3,500 jobs (10%)

October & November: Solar (PV & CSP) December: Energy Efficiency

January: Demand Response & Utility Working to automate collection and streamline analysis


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Setting the StageNational Solar Job Census 2010, Solar Foundation

Domestic solar economy 2010 = 93,000 jobs 2011 = 117,000 projected jobs across all sectors

2010-2011 job growth = 26% vs. 2% U.S. economy


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64% of the employers are

companies involved in

system deployment

1) Developer / Installer

2) Manufacturers w/ systemdevelopment business

3) EPC

4) Utility / IPP

31% of the companies are

involved in manufacturing :

1) Components (modules &

balance of system)

2) Equipment

3) Materials

Solar Employment at a Glance

34%

19%

17%

11%

6%

4%

3%

3%

2%

1%

1%

1%

0%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

Developer / Installer

Manufacturer - Component

Manufacturer & System

EPC / Project Development

NA

Manufacturer - Equipment

Distributor

Professional Services (IT, etc)

Manufacturer - Materials

Not-for-Profit

Utility & IPP

Financing

Retailer

Industry Segments

% of Postings


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Top Solar Jobs - System Level

29%

24%

21%

2%

11%2%

3%

2%

2%2%

1%

1%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

PV System Project

PV System Sales

PV System Engineering

Engineering

PV InstallationProduct Development

Component Sales / Business

Manufacturing

Operations / Supply Chain

Technician

Finance

ITConstruction

Product Management

Marketing

Science / R&D

Human Resources

Sales Engineer

By Funtion

% ofTotal

% System

Postings are classified

according to 16 functions

64% of the jobs pertain to

PV system deployment

Top Jobs :

29% - System Project

Management

24% - System Sales

21% - System Engineering

11% - Installation


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Postings are classified

according to 16 functions

31% of the jobs pertain to

component, equipment or

material manufacturing

Top Jobs with Manufacturers:

31% - Engineering

15% - Product Development

8% - Sales

8% - Technicians7% - Other Manufacturing

(i.e. Process

development, QA, assembl

y)

18%

18%

14%

10%

8%

5%

5%

3%

3%

3%

3%

2%

2%

2%

2%

1%

1%

1%

31%

15%

8%

7%

5%

8%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

PV System Project

PV System Sales

PV System Engineering

Engineering

PV Installation

Product Development

Component Sales / Business

Manufacturing

Operations / Supply Chain

Technician

Finance

IT

Construction

Product Management

Marketing

Science / R&D

Human Resources

Sales Engineer

By Funtion

% ofTotal

% Manufacturing

Top Solar Jobs Manufacturing level


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Candidate Requirements - Experience

Most jobs require about 5yrs. professional experience

High number of unspecifiedamount of experience (NA)

10% require less than 2 yrs.

Manufacturers have a

greater number of jobsrequiring more experience

(33% > 7 yrs)

23%

23%

20%

11%

9%

9%

2%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

2-5 years

5-7 years

10-15 years

7-10 years

0-2 years

15

years

Experience

% o f To tal % Manufac tur ing %

ystem


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Candidate Requirements - Education

7%

%

%

3%

3%

3%

%

%

%

%

%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

Bachelor's Degree

NA

aster's Degree

High School

Some College

rade (

lectrician or

Professional

Associate's Degre e

Doctorate

A

renticeship

Some High School

Education

% o f

otal % Manufacturing % S

stem

Majority of jobs require aBachelors Degree

4% of jobs are available tocandidates with Associates

Degree or Some College

Limited opportunities existsfor candidates with high

school (3%)

High number of unspecifiededucation could be lower

requirements (26%)


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50% are mid-level jobs Moderate percentage of

entry-level jobs (22% )

More than 50% of jobpostings listed on

employers websites


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Energy Efficiency

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13 - P je Ma age

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Se S ei i s: Energy Efficiency Engineer Energy Analyst Funding Facilitator Energy Auditor


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Requirements for EE jobs

64 %

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Most positions (64%) require

a Bachelors degree (BS)


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Integrated Demand Side Management

CA only jobs / 2 search terms:

Energy Efficiency (EE) Integrated Demand Side

Management (DSM)

1) 0% DSM jobs w/ IOUs vs. 30%

of all EE jobs

2) Engineering & Environmental

services rank 2nd for EE total

Note: 100 EE job postings yielded 50 unique

postings (50% duplicate); Total = EE & DSM

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EE & DSM Employment at a Glance

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20 %

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% Total % DSM

Postingsare classified according to15 functions

Combined EE &DSM:

Energy Efficiency Engineer (17%)- All engineers = 26%

Project Management (17%) Analyst (13%)

Top DSM Jobs:

Analyst (33%) Product Management (33%) Engineer (20%) or Program

Engineer


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Required CredentialsEducation & Years of Experience

Over 75% of the positions

require a Bachelors degree

Greatest number of jobs

require 5-7 yrs & 7-10yrs

EE NA: 10% entry-level jobs

DSM NA: all mid-level jobs

77 %

14%

%

80%

13%

7%

0% 50% 100%

Bachelor's Degree

NA

Master's Degree

High School

Associate's

Doctorate

Professional

rade

Apprenticeship

du ati n

%

o tal % D SM

28 %

28 %

25%

16%

3%

40%

20%

33%

7%

0% 20% 40% 60%

5-7 years

7-10 years

NA

2-5 years

10-15

0- 2 years

15+ years

xperien e

%

otal % DSM


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Agenda






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SolarTech ReportRenewable Energy Labor Market Study

1st SolarTech Renewable EnergyLabor MarketAnalysis

Output from last SolarTechRenewable Energy WorkforceForum, October 2010

Special emphasis on solarPVsales professionals

Presents industry analysis of jobgrowth & hiring trends for solar

integrators Includes national & regional data

Download: www.solartech.org


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Renewable Energy Labor Market Study #1

PV System Sales

Key Finding:

10% - 20% ofworkforce pure-

play installation

companies are

sales

CA PV SYSTEM SALES JOBS 2011Total 1,692-3,384 New 650-1,300

CA INSTALLER & DEVELOPERS 2010

49% in Installation (3) 16,920 Jobs

CA SOLAR EMPLOYEMENT 2010 (2)

1,072 Firms 36,000 Jobs

Source: (2) Solar Foundation, National Job Census 2010,P. 63; (3)P. 14


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Renewable Energy Labor Market Study #2

Output from December 2010Renewable Energy WorkforceForum,

Special emphasis on SolarManufacturing

Presents industry analysis of jobgrowth & hiring trends ofmanufacturing companies

Includes global, national & regional

data Download: www.solartech.org

Solar Man fact ring Jobs in CA


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Solar Manufacturing Jobs in CA

PV & CSP

Key Finding:

CAmanufacturersare driven out toother U.S. statesand oversees.

10,000 employedw/ CA start-upmanufacturers: R&D Engineering Product

development Supply chain Business

development

PERMANENT CA SOLAR JOBS (2011-2014)

Total 4,932 (PV & CSP)

CA JOBS in SOLAR MANUFACTURING

PV 3,775(2010-2013)2 CSP 19,000 (2010-2014)

US JOBS in SOLAR MANUFACTURING 1

24,916 in 2010 33,982 in 2011 (+36%)

Source: (1) Solar Foundation, National Job Census 2010,P. 63; (2)California Alternative Energy and Advanced TransportationFinancing Authority.


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Agenda






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Solar Workforce Staffing Survey

SolarTech partnership with SJSUs School ofBusiness to perform quantitative research

Conduct targeted needs analysis of renewable

energy employers

Focus of next survey: Demand and hiring practicesfor Solar PV Sales professionals

Results available at upcoming SolarTech SolarSummit March 29-30


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Contact

Justin Bradley, Bradley Consulting

[email protected]

408/838-4749

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