Missouri Energy Workforce Consortium

A Workforce Strategy for the Energy Industry

MEWC ORGANIZATION
♦ Committee Officers

PARTNERS AND PROVIDERS
♦ Energy Industry

♦ Education and Service

♦ Governmental Organizations

RESOURCES
♦ Education Resources
   :: IEEE PES Workforce Collaborative

♦ Career Resources
   :: CEWD Energy Career Pathways for Skilled Utility Technicians

♦ Workforce Development
   :: Energy Competency Model US DOL

UPCOMING MEWC MEETINGS
AND EVENTS
♦ January 8, 2010, Columbia, MO

MEWC is a state affiliate of the national Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD).

The MEWC mission is to engage the energy industry, education and government in strategic, unified and results-oriented efforts to ensure a qualified and skilled workforce that will meet the energy needs of the State of Missouri.

MEWC was formed in late 2008 to organize the Missouri initiative in concert with CEWD. MEWC's vision is to facilitate the infrastructure for providing a qualified and skilled workforce to meet the needs of the energy industry. The Consortium will accomplish this by ensuring that appropriate enabling and sustaining systems are in place. As we reach our goal, we will see all employers' workforce needs met by:

An improved image of skilled labor careers
K-12 education, post-secondary education, apprenticeship programs and other training programs that include and actively promote skilled labor careers
Expanded alternative and non-traditional labor pools being utilized
Industry actively engaged in education and training programs
Education and research institutions integrating research and training efforts with the needs of the industries
Identifying and reinforcing leading workforce indicators for desired results
State and local workforce boards engaged in meeting the industry's skilled workforce challenges

Formed in 2006, CEWD is a non-profit, collaborative initiative of electric, natural gas and nuclear utilities and their associations, encompassing traditional, sustainable and emerging energy technologies. CEWD's goal is to help utilities develop solutions to the current and future workforce shortage.

CEWD is the first partnership between utilities, their associations, contractors and unions to focus on building a skilled workforce to meet pipeline needs.