Energy Workforce Supply Report South Carolina Data & Analysis by
Contents Introduction 2 2 3 5 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
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 2944 1715 43 86 179 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 24 28 22 2 18 9 16 9 11 11 2
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 1715 47-2111 Electricians 2 49-942 Maintenance and repair workers, general 7 17-323 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 198 Alt. title: Instruments and controls technician 47-211 Boilermakers 47-231 Carpenters 24 49-944 Millwrights 126 195 Alt. title: Mechanical technician, Heavy materials technician 51-441 Machinists 49-912 Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 49-952 Telecommunications line installers and repairers Alt. Title: Line Locator / mark out technician 47-273 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators Alt. title: Heavy equipment operator Pipefitters / Pipelayers 47-2152 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 51-4121 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 22 47-2151 Pipelayers Alt. title: Pipeline installer, Pipelayers / construction worker Engineers 17-271 Electrical engineers 231 269 89 255 14 Alt. title: Power systems engineer, Energy transmission engineers 17-2141 Mechanical engineers 17-241 Chemical engineers 17-251 Civil engineers 17-281 Environmental engineers 17-2112 Industrial engineers 67 Power distributors and dispatchers 18 51-812 Alt. title: Gas controllers and dispatchers 3
FOSSIL ENERGY 26 Program FOSSIL ENERGY 86 Lineworkers 49-951 Electrical power-line installers and repairers Alt. Title: Electrical and power transmission installers, Lineworker 51-813 Power plant operators 18 Alt. Title: Auxilary equipment operators 49-295 Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay 237 Alt. Title: Relay Technician, Substation Mechanic 49-293 Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment 551 26 Program NUCLEAR ENERGY NUCLEAR ENERGY 43 51-811 Nuclear power reactor operators 1 Alt. Title: Auxilary equipment operators 47-2132 Insulation workers, mechanical 47-2221 Structural iron and steel workers Alt. Title: Iron / metalworker 51-961 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 6 Alt. Title: Quality Assurance Technician Engineers 17-2161 Nuclear engineers 6 19-232 Materials scientists 19-231 Chemists 281 19-212 Physicists 14 19-451 Nuclear technicians STEM Alt. Title: Health physics, Radiation technician, Radiation / chemistry technician, Nuclear chemical technician, Nuclear equipment operation and radiation protection technicians 19-431 Chemical technicians 32 26 Program GAS ENERGY GAS ENERGY 179 51-892 Gas plant operators 22 Alt. Title: Gas Distribution Field Operators, LNG Plant Operators 49-941 Industrial machinery mechanics 126 43-541 Meter readers, utilities Alt. Title: Utility Metering & Regulation Technician 17-2131 Materials engineers 31 Alt. Title: Corrosion 4
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 www.cewd.org, or call us at 22.638.582. 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 www.economicmodeling. com, or call us toll-free at 866.999.3674. 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