Energy Workforce Supply Report

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1 Energy Workforce Supply Report South Carolina Data & Analysis by

2 Contents Introduction Energy Workforce Supply Summary Energy Completer State Rankings Detailed by Occupation About This Report Key Terms and Concepts Understanding the following terms is crucial to interpreting the data included in this report. Completer: The number of people completing an educational program award, degree or certificate during a given year (graduates). Size Ranking: An indication of the state s total output of energy graduates compared to other states. Size is determined by identifying energy programs and totaling all energy completers. Concentration Ranking: An indication of the states relative concentration of energy graduates compared to other states. Concentration is determined by dividing energy completers by total completers (For example, energy completers make up 3% of all completers.) States are then ranked by highest concentration. SOC Codes: Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes are used to categorize groups of workers. This report is designed to analyze data on the supply of graduates trained in energy fields in South Carolina. The goal is to give stakeholders the necessary information in planning efforts to benchmark against other states and to identify potential workforce shortages. To do this, the report provides an overview of South Carolina s total supply of graduates by energy field with comparisons to other states followed by a breakdown of graduates by detailed occupation. Program completer (graduates) data for 26 was taken from the National Center for Education Statistics and mapped to occupations using a proprietary crosswalk. Energy occupations by field were identified by the Center for Energy Workforce Development and EMSI. For more information, see the final page of this report. ENERGY CLASSIFICATION: Total Energy Occupations: Defined by a Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) survey. This overarching category includes Fossil, Nuclear and Gas occupations as well as those that are included in multiple categories. General Energy Occupations: Includes energy occupations that fall into at least two of the three energy fields: Fossil, Nuclear and Gas. Fossil Energy Occupations: Includes only energy occupations that are employed within the Fossil energy field. Positions include those in electric generation, transmission and distribution. PREPARED FOR: Center for Energy Workforce Development REGION DEFINITION: South Carolina Nuclear Energy Occupations: Includes only energy occupations that are employed within the Nuclear energy field. Gas Energy Occupations: Includes only energy occupations that are employed within the Gas energy field. Positions include those in gas generation, transmission and distribution. 1

3 Summary and Rankings Energy Workforce Supply Analysis of energy occupations and related programs in South Carolina shows a total of 2944 energy related graduates. Of that number, 1715 are considered General Energy graduates trained in multiple energy fields, 43 are trained in Nuclear Energy, 86 are trained in Fossil Energy and 179 are trained in Gas Energy fields. Energy Field 26 Program Energy Total General Energy Nuclear Energy Fossil Energy Gas Energy Energy Completer State Rankings The following table shows how South Carolina ranks against all 5 states for the total number of people completing a degree in an energy field ( Size ) and the percent that energy completers make up of all completers (Concentration). Size is an indicator of a state s total output of energy graduates, while Concentration indicates a state s relative educational focus on energy. Energy Field Energy Total General Energy Nuclear Energy Fossil Energy Gas Energy Size Concentration

4 Energy by Detailed Occupation and Field The following table lists occupations by energy fields Nuclear, Fossil and Gas with corresponding program completers for the state. Occupations included in more than one energy field are listed under General Energy with an under F (Fossil), G (Gas) and/or N (Nuclear) to denote the detailed fields under which the occupation is classified. GENERAL ENERGY F G N GENERAL ENERGY 26 Program Electricians Maintenance and repair workers, general Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 198 Alt. title: Instruments and controls technician Boilermakers Carpenters Millwrights Alt. title: Mechanical technician, Heavy materials technician Machinists Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door Telecommunications line installers and repairers Alt. Title: Line Locator / mark out technician Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators Alt. title: Heavy equipment operator Pipefitters / Pipelayers Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers Pipelayers Alt. title: Pipeline installer, Pipelayers / construction worker Engineers Electrical engineers Alt. title: Power systems engineer, Energy transmission engineers Mechanical engineers Chemical engineers Civil engineers Environmental engineers Industrial engineers 67 Power distributors and dispatchers Alt. title: Gas controllers and dispatchers 3

5 FOSSIL ENERGY 26 Program FOSSIL ENERGY 86 Lineworkers Electrical power-line installers and repairers Alt. Title: Electrical and power transmission installers, Lineworker Power plant operators 18 Alt. Title: Auxilary equipment operators Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay 237 Alt. Title: Relay Technician, Substation Mechanic Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment Program NUCLEAR ENERGY NUCLEAR ENERGY Nuclear power reactor operators 1 Alt. Title: Auxilary equipment operators Insulation workers, mechanical Structural iron and steel workers Alt. Title: Iron / metalworker Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 6 Alt. Title: Quality Assurance Technician Engineers Nuclear engineers Materials scientists Chemists Physicists Nuclear technicians STEM Alt. Title: Health physics, Radiation technician, Radiation / chemistry technician, Nuclear chemical technician, Nuclear equipment operation and radiation protection technicians Chemical technicians Program GAS ENERGY GAS ENERGY Gas plant operators 22 Alt. Title: Gas Distribution Field Operators, LNG Plant Operators Industrial machinery mechanics Meter readers, utilities Alt. Title: Utility Metering & Regulation Technician Materials engineers 31 Alt. Title: Corrosion 4

6 About This Report This report was produced in collaboration between the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) and Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc. (EMSI). ABOUT CEWD Formed in March 26, the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) is a non-profit consortium of electric, natural gas, and nuclear utilities and their associations Edison Electric Institute, American Gas Association, Nuclear Energy Institute, and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. CEWD was formed to help utilities work together to develop solutions to the coming workforce shortage in the utility industry. It is the first partnership between utilities, their associations, contractors and unions to focus on the need to build a skilled workforce pipeline that will meet future industry needs. EMSI's client base includes hundreds of colleges, workforce boards, economic development organizations, governmental agencies, economists, consultants, academics, and private-sector analysts. With over four thousand current clients in the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom, EMSI's products and services are critical for informing regional policy. Our mission is to build the alliances, processes, and tools to develop tomorrow's energy workforce. For more information about CEWD, visit us at or call us at Completions Data: Completions are voluntarily reported by postsecondary institutions through the U.S. Department of Education s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Completions are organized by program using the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes and titles. Because some of these programs may train for multiple occupations (and multiple energy categories), completer data totaled across individual categories may include double-counting. For this reason, it is best to use the composite totals provided by the report rather than adding individual categories together. About EMSI EMSI provides integrated regional economic and labor market data, web-based analysis tools, datadriven reports, and custom consulting services. EMSI specializes in detailed information about regional economies for assessment and planning purposes, bringing together industry, workforce, economic development, and education/ training perspectives. EMSI's expertise is centered on regional economics, data integration and analysis, programming, and design so that it can provide the best available products and services for regional decision makers. EMSI recently merged with its sister company CCbenefits Inc.-well known for conducting socioeconomic impact studies for over 8 community and technical colleges across the nationto offer an integrated portfolio of solutions for college, workforce, and economic development professionals. For more information about EMSI, visit us at com, or call us toll-free at ABOUT THE DATA Relating Occupations to Programs: The occupationto-program (SOC-to-CIP) crosswalk is a large table that describes which occupations are generally trained for by each standard postsecondary program (based on Classification of Instructional Programs [CIP] codes and titles, last updated in 2). EMSI starts with the official crosswalk published by the U.S. Department of Education and customizes it in various ways to make it more accurate and practical for comparing programs to regional labor markets. 5