Summary Document
Next Generation Occupational Standards for CTE
Career Cluster: Energy

Chair: Betsy Levingston, SPHR, Lakeland Electric
Co-chair: Jennifer Grove, Workforce Development Coordinator, Gulf Power Company
State Supervisor: Kathryn Frederick Wheeler
Status Reports

Date	Comments	
September 2013	•	Program committees reviewed and updated (if necessary) the following programs:
Energy Technician (Secondary/ PSAV)
Turbine Generator Maintenance, Inspection and Repair (Secondary/PSAV)
Solar Photovoltaic System Design, Installation and Maintenance – Entry Level (PSAV)
Solar Thermal System Design, Installation and Maintenance – Entry Level (PSAV)	
October 2012	•	Program committees reviewed and updated the following programs:
Solar Energy Technology (Secondary/ PSAV)	
October 2011	•	Program committees reviewed and updated the following programs:
Electrical Line Service and Repair (PSAV)
Electrical Distribution Technology (AAS/AS)
Electrical Power Technology (AAS/AS)
•	Electricity courses in the ‘Energy Technician’ Program were updated as a result of the ‘Electricity’ program (which is in the Architecture and Construction Career Cluster) being reviewed and updated.
•	The name of the ‘Energy Foundations’ course will be changed to ‘Energy Industry Fundamentals’, as it is called on the national level. 
•	The following new programs were created:
Introduction to Energy (seventh grade course)
Fundamentals of Energy (eighth grade course)
Energy Cooperative Education – On-the-Job-Training (Secondary/ PSAV)
Energy Directed Study (Secondary)	
December 2010	Two new programs have been reviewed by the committee and added to the 2011-12 Energy Career Cluster Curriculum Framework, Energy Technician (9700300), and Turbine Generator Maintenance, Inspection and Repair (9700500/X600500).	
December 2010	One new program has been reviewed by the committee and added to the 2010-11 Energy Career Cluster Curriculum Framework, Solar Photovoltaic System Design, Installation and Maintenance-Entry level (PSAV – X600400).	
          2010	There are two anticipated Draft Program Curriculum Frameworks that are expected to be submitted that will need to be reviewed by the Energy Working Group.
•	DRAFT Photovoltaic  System Design, Installation and Maintenance (PSAV)
•	DRAFT Alternative Energy (SEC/PSAV)	
June 2010	The Energy Working Group is preparing a Draft Energy Proclamation for Careers in Energy that will be presented to the Division of Career & Adult Education; Bureau of Standards, Benchmarks, & Frameworks for further action. 
The Energy Working Group is working on the development of a Career Cluster Energy Booklet that could be distributed or made available to 7th & 8th students enrolled in school districts	
April 2010	The Energy Work Group is focusing on the development of the following for both secondary and postsecondary program/course offering.
•	National Curriculum for courses Energy Foundations and Introduction to Alternative Energy (built around Florida Curriculum Frameworks) 
•	Piloting the Energy Foundations curriculum in two Florida High Schools in January 2011
•	Develop a Florida Energy Teachers Network
•	Post an Energy website
•	Credentialing and Program/Course certificate or certification
•	Increase energy career awareness by leveraging involvement with existing organizations, state-level programs, and initiatives that are already heavily involved in energy.  
	
December 17, 2009	New Program/Courses added, Solar Energy Technician – Moved from Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Cluster (Secondary and PSAV)
(Secondary and PSAV)
Power Distribution Technician (Secondary and PSAV)
Power Generator Technician (Secondary and PSAV)
Electrical Line Service and Repair – Moved from Architecture and Construction (PSAV)
Electrical Distribution Technology – Moved from Architecture and Construction (AAS/AS) 
      Electrical Dist. Tech. Advanced (CCC
      Electrical Dist. Tech. Basic (CCC)
Electrical Power Technology – Moved from Manufacturing (AAS/AS)
     Alternate Energy Eng. Tech. (CCC) 
	
December 17, 2009	Description and Demand for Emerging Occupations for Energy
The Energy industry will need skilled workers to design and construct new electric sector infrastructure and technologies, in addition to needing skilled workers to replace retiring workers.  It is estimated that by 2022, design and construction work for the electric sector will require about 150,000 professional and skilled craft workers.  The demand for skilled workers to operate and maintain electric generation and distribution systems of the future will increase steadily as new technology becomes available.
Demand for skilled workers will be in the area of near-term deployment of smart grid technologies, construction and maintenance of current and new transmission and distribution lines, and construction and maintenance of current and new generation systems, as well as alternative energy technologies, such as Solar.
The electric power generation, transmission and distribution industry employees about 400,000 people. Thirty to forty percent will be eligible for retirement by 2013.   (Taken from the Task Force on America’s Future Energy Jobs report, October, 2009).