Title Emerging workforce trends in the U.S. energy and mining industries : a call to action / Committee on Earth Resources ; Board on Earth Sciences & Resources ; Division on Earth and Life Studies ; Board on Higher Education and Workforce ; Policy and Global Affairs ; National Research Council

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction. What is included in the report and what is not ; Data considerations ; Organization of the report ; Report recommendations -- Mature sectors. Introduction ; Oil and gas ; Nuclear energy ; Mining -- Emerging sectors. Introduction ; Solar energy ; Wind energy ; Geothermal energy ; Carbon capture, use, and storage ; Shared recommendations -- The electric grid. Today's electric grid ; The smart grid ; Workforce and training required to implement grid extensions and improvements and for the smart grid ; Conclusions -- Federal energy and extractive industry workforce issues. The workforce and its issues ; Possible solutions -- Safety and health in extractive industries. A look at demographics ; A safety dilemma ; Workforce challenges ; Conclusions and recommendations -- Educating and training the energy and mining workforce. Introduction: On our present course, demand will soon outstrip supply ; Building the pipeline: academic and workforce preparation begins in K-12 ; Bridge from secondary to postsecondary and first 2 years of higher education ; Moving the model into energy ; Special considerations for energy- and mining-related Bachelor's- and Master's-level engineering and science education ; Issues and challenges relating to success ; Conclusions and recommendations -- Overview of the energy and mining workforce using federal data sources: key findings and recommendations. Key findings ; Recommendations to meet future labor requirements -- Overarching conclusions. Overarching findings and recommendations -- References -- Appendixes. Overview of federal data sources most relevant to the energy and mining workforce ; Overview of energy and mining workforce using feder data sources ; Data on the energy and mining workforce from federal sources ; Acronyms and abbreviations ; Committee and staff biographies Notes Vendor-supplied metadata Subject Energy industries -- Employees -- Supply and demand Mineral industries -- Employees -- Supply and demand Employees -- Training of -- United States Labor supply -- United States BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. Employees -- Training of Energy industries -- Employees -- Supply and demand Labor supply Mineral industries -- Employees -- Supply and demand United States Form Electronic book Author National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Earth Sciences & Resources National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies. National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Higher Education and Workforce. National Research Council (U.S.). Policy and Global Affairs. ISBN 9780309267458 0309267455

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