1. Michigan Consortium Report
CEWD Midwest Regional Conference
June 29, 2009

2. Formation
Work products
Network/Resource Experts
Next Steps
Agenda

3. Formation Membership Charter built Priorities
Employers; DTE Energy, CMS, UPPCo, Muni, Co-Op
Unions; IBEW, UWUA, Operating Engineers, etc
Educators; Community College networks, Trade schools
Mi Department of Labor/Economic Growth
Charter built
Priorities
Formation

4. Priorities Funding Employer Needs Training Marketing Priorities
Need funding to get people into training programs
Need funding to support the National Training Center
Employers are forced to cut back on funding for training
Employer Needs
Need better knowledge of the retirement numbers
Need assistance in the early stages of the training process to help weed out individuals that don’t fit for the available jobs and to make more efficient use of limited training dollars
Over 1200 applications for 22 apprenticeships
There is an internal failure rate of 50%
Opportunities exist for pre-apprenticeship training to serve as a screening process to increase the odds of an individual being successful
Need a better handle on workforce projections
The urgency has receded because people are holding off on retirement in the down economy, however the need is still looming
Training
Training and testing for CDLs is a costly process and can be a barrier for individuals entering the industry
Need to look at technical job training the can lead into utility employment opportunities
With the large number of skilled workers unemployed right now, are there ways to hire and upskill people from other skill trade areas
Marketing
Need to get more information out into younger environments
Need to be up front about what utility jobs entail
Better access to learning and curriculum that is common across multiple occupations (i.e. applied math, science, and technology)
Priorities

5. Examples of Products Workforce projected Attrition
Electric Lineworkers
Plant Operators
Plant Maintenance
Plant Instrument and Control Technicians
Plant Fuel Handlers
Gas Transmission, Storage, Distribution and Service Workers
Electrical Substation Operations, Maintenance and Construction
Operational First-Line Supervisors
Electric Distribution Engineers
Gas Distribution Engineers
Power Generation Engineers
Nuclear Engineers
Engineers - Other
Technicians (excluding Plant Instrumentation and Control Techs)
Engineering Technicians and Designers
Projected Retirements ( ), based on recent history Projected Non Retirement Turnover ( ), based on recent history Historical Net Impact of Internal Transfers ( ) Projected External Requirements ( )
Projected Retirements
Projected Attrition
Projected External Requirements
Job Segments
Descriptions
Examples of Products

6. Examples of Products Training Asset Inventory
Community College, Trade Schools, Universities
The Educator Network defined
Matched to Job Segments
Examples of Products

7. Examples of Products

8. What does the work look like
A DRAFT PICTURE
Define the requirements
Build/verify JTAs
Build Courses and Curriculums
Establish the supplier networks
What does the work look like

9. Next Steps Review the attrition data and Training Assets
Develop a list of basic skills required for the jobs needing support
Document JTA information for the jobs needing support
Do Gap assessment and Network assessment (what do we need and where should we do it)
Goal: to have portable courses, a set standard curriculum, and regional deployment…
Next Steps