The U.S. Department of Energy's Katie Bolcar talks about DOE’s Solar Instructor Training Network.

1. SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM
The Parker Ranch installation in Hawaii
Katie Bolcar
SETP Workforce Development Lead for Workforce Development
Activities Solar Energy Technologies Program
U.S. Department of Energy
October 11, 2010 kathleen.bolcar@ee.doe.gov
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2. Overview
• Analysis and Tools
• Solar Instructor Training Network
• Certification and Accreditation
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3. Analysis and Tools
• Labor Market Analysis
• PV JEDI (Jobs & Economic Development Impact) 2.0
• Solar Workforce Scale-up: Lessons from other Countries
and Industries
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4. Analysis and Tools
• Labor Market Analysis
– Nation-wide survey of firms that install solar
– Key occupations in PV and SHC installation
– Longitudinal study with data to be collected over 5 years
– Analysis on a national and regional basis
• Inform activities of Solar Instructor Training Network
– Planned release November 2010
• Annual updates
• PV JEDI (Jobs & Economic Development Impact) 2.0
• Solar Workforce Scale-up: Lessons from other Countries
and Industries
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5. Analysis and Tools
• Labor Market Analysis
• PV JEDI (Jobs & Economic Development Impact) 2.0
– Estimate state-level RPS impacts over multiple years
– Aggregated national impact estimates from state and proposed
federal policies
– Web functionality
– Planned release November 2010
• Solar Workforce Scale-up: Lessons from other Countries
and Industries
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6. Analysis and Tools
• Labor Market Analysis
• PV JEDI (Jobs & Economic Development Impact) 2.0
• Solar Workforce Scale-up: Lessons from other Countries
and Industries
– Lessons learned and case studies in workforce scale-up
– Planned release December 2010
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7. Solar Instructor Training Network
Nine Regional Resource and Training Providers (RTPs) &
One National Administrator (IREC) Kennebec Valley
Community
College
Midwest
California Community Colleges Renewable Energy Hudson Valley
Board of Governors, California Association Community
Energy Commission, California College
Centers for Sustainable
Energy, the Labor
Management Cooperation Salt Lake Community
Committee
College; Solar Energy
International; Utah Solar Pennsylvania
Energy Association State University
North Carolina
Solar Center
at NCSU
The Energy Institute
at HCC - Northeast Florida Solar Energy
Center at UCF
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8. Certification and Accreditation
• Request for Information released mid-2010
• High agreement regarding importance of DOE leadership
and financial support
• Differing points of view regarding exact direction of DOE
involvement
• More stakeholder input required before any potential
financial opportunity
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9. Thank You
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