西弗吉尼亚州能源部门的劳动力发展将社区大学教育和培训与所需技能结合起来Energy-Sector Workforce Development in West Virginia Aligning Com

能源部门是西弗吉尼亚州经济的基本组成部分。过去，西弗吉尼亚州的能源部门主要是煤炭开采和燃烧，用于电力和工业用途。然而，近年来，从页岩资源中提取的天然气和天然气液体的生产及其工业应用增加了能源部门对工人的需求。根据西弗吉尼亚州劳动力的就业预测，到2020年，西弗吉尼亚州的石油和天然气开采行业的就业人数将比2010年的就业人数增加10%；采矿业，主要是煤矿业，预计将下降5%。石油和天然气开采领域的大多数工作都需要拥有高中或两年副学位的半熟练工人。鉴于这一潜在需求，西弗吉尼亚州面临的一个明显挑战是如何支持将这些工人转移到能源部门劳动力的体系：劳动力发展管道。Tis渠道包括招聘、培训和教育当地人才库（包括刚毕业的年轻高中毕业生和已经在工作的成年人），以满足能源部门雇主短期和长期的工作和技能需求。

Te energy sector is a fundamental component of West Virginia’s economy. In the past, West Virginia’s energy sector was dominated by coal mining and combustion for electricity and industrial uses. In recent years, however, the production of natural gas and natural gas liquids extracted from shale resources and their industrial application have increased energy-sector demand for workers. According to employment projections from WorkForce West Virginia, the oil and gas extraction industry will experience a 10-percent increase in employment in West Virginia by 2020 when compared with employment in 2010; mining, primarily coal-mining, is predicted to experience a 5 percent fall. Most of the jobs in oil and gas extraction require semiskilled workers with high school or two-year associate’s degrees. Given this potential demand, a clear challenge faced by West Virginia is how to support the system that moves these workers into the energy sector’s workforce: the workforce-development pipeline. Tis pipeline involves recruiting, training, and educating the local talent pool (both young recent high school graduates and adults already in the workforce) to fll the job and skills needs of energy-sector employers, for both the short and long terms.