Workforce Development

The Value of Apprenticeships for Energy Efficiency Careers

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  Ryan Rex

  Director of Conservation
  Energy Coordinating Agency
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• JC

  Jeff Coulter

  Training Director
  Energy Coordinating Agency
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

This session will demonstrate how Federal and/or State Approved apprenticeships significantly increase the skills of weatherization workers. Apprenticeships must have a minimum of 145 hours of formal classroom training and 2,000 hours of field experience. The classroom and field training is directly applied to the Job Task Analysis.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how to set up an apprenticeship program for Installers, Crew Chiefs and Building Analysts
• Learn how to develop a cross walk from a Job Task Analysis to curriculum objectives
• How to develop a field task check list that is aligned with the Job Task Analysis