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Facilities Engineering Technician Training Program
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SLIDE 2 Development Guided by DOE Guidelines:
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the past 2 ½ ye ar s RME C has be e n wor king with HVACRe du.ne t to de sign and imple me nt an F E T (F ac ilitie s E ngine e r ing T e c hnic ian) pr
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https:/ / www4.e e re .e ne rg y.g ov/ workforc e / site s/ de fa ult/ file s/ DOE _BB_F a c t_She e t_NIBS _Workforc e _v9.pdf
SLIDE 3 Facilities Engineering Technicians:
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SLIDE 4 Employers Need
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he most e ffic ie nt way to upskill e xisting e mploye e s with industr y c r e de ntials
SLIDE 5 Why is this important now?
BABY BOOME R RE T IRE E S WIL L HE L P CRE AT E 55 MIL L ION JOBS BY 2020 -GE ORGE T OWN UNIVE RSIT Y
http:/ / www.g e o rg e to wn.e du/ ne ws/ stud y-finds-re tire e s- will-c re a te -mo re -jo b s-2020.html
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e than 74,000 middle skills wor ke r s a ye ar , ac c or ding to GHP’s “Addr e ssing Houston’s Middle Skills Jobs Challe nge ” r e por
his shor tage of wor ke r s will like ly hampe r the r e gion’s ability to ope r ate a safe wor k e nvir
e xpand,” the r e por t state s. “T he lac k of wor ke r s c ould also slow pr
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c anc e llation.”
http:/ / www.sa nja c .e du/ a rtic le / sho rta g e -middle -skills- wo rke rs-g ro wing -c o nc e rn
SLIDE 6 http:/ / www.bls.gov/ opub/ te d/ 2014/ te d_20140107.htm
F E T s a re not a line ite m bre a k out for DOL
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Why is this important now?
Othe r te c hnic al fie lds and c ar e e r s ar e c ompe ting for the same tale nt pool:
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al Mainte nanc e and Re pair Wor ke r s
He ating, Air
Conditioning, and Re fr ige r ation Me c hanic s and Installe r s
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le c tr ic ians All shar e a similar aptitude for math, sc ie nc e , me c hanic s, and te c hnology and all e ar n a living wage .
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Ne e ds of Ne w E mploye e s
(with little or no wor k e xpe r ie nc e )
Ne w pote ntia l e mploye e s ne e d a
F a c ilitie s E ng ine e ring T e c hnic ia n (F E T ) c a re e r pa th
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duc a tiona l Prog ra m tha t le a ds to F E T jobs
SLIDE 10 Ne e ds of Ne w E mploye e s (with othe r wor k e xpe r ie nc e )
An e duc ational pr
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am to fill in the ir knowle dge gaps.
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duc ational Pr
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le xible and Pr
L e ar ning E xpe r ie nc e s Online
SLIDE 11 Ne e ds of Cur r e nt E mploye e s
An e duc ational pr
am that give s c r e dit for what the y alr e ady know.
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le xible and Pr
L e ar ning E xpe r ie nc e s Online
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am that pr e par e s the m to upskill with industr y c e r tific ations.
SLIDE 12 OUR Solution
Online E
duc a tiona l Prog ra m powe r
e d by HVACRe du.ne t
Ble nde d with
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Ar r ange d by RME C
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PROGRAM
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Ble nde d L e a rning c ombine s online c ourse s with fa c e - to- fa c e la bs – the be st of both worlds for toda y’s stude nts
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he ory c ourse s a re de live re d via a n online c a mpus in pa rtne rship with HVACRe du.ne t (a n ANSI CAP Ac c re dite d Ce rtific a te Issue r)
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iving L e a rning L a bs c a n be e ithe r work e xpe rie nc e in the fie ld or a t the e mploye r’s fa c ility, inc re a sing prog ra m
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a b te sting is obse rve d by a n a pprove d proc tor to prove stude nt c ompe te nc y
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mploye r s ide ntify skill- base d c ompe te nc ie s de r ive d fr
y-le ve l job de sc r iptions for F E T ’s and the tar ge t industr y c e r tific ations de sir e d of se nior F E T ’s
Online e duc ational le ar
ning e xpe r ie nc e s de signe d by online te ac hing and le ar ning e xpe r ts to suppor t those c ompe te nc ie s
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ab e xpe r ie nc e s de signe d to give stude nts an
tunity to apply the the or ie s le ar ne d and de monstr ate c ompe te nc y
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Entry Level Track:
Ready to Work Academy 10 Days
Internship 90 Days
Assessed & Benchmarked Assessed & Compared to Benchmark
Career!
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Existing Workforce Track:
Employer & FET Employee Determine Track Employee Assessed & Gaps Identified Employee Provided a Personal Education Plan
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Que stions?
Ed Hegwood, LEED AP O+M Program Coordinator Ready to Work Academy and Energy Efficiency Red Rocks Community College/Rocky Mountain Education Center Lakewood, Colorado 80228 Cell-303-656-0374/ Office 303-914-6202 http://www.rmecosha.com/energy.aspx Energy Efficiency is ALWAYS the First Step
