Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Skills Training for Green Jobs

Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Skills Training for Green Jobs

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Annual Power of Water Conference Ontario Waterpower Association

October 18, 2010

Technical Retooling – Does Ontario Have the Talent?”

• Current landscape – challenges and opportunities

• Economic – society going through transformation, new technologies, proposed legislation dealing with Clean Water Technologies

• The government has accelerated its commitment to develop reliable, clean and affordable energy with the passage of the Green Energy Act

• Thousands of jobs are expected to be created within the next several years in the renewable energy sector

• Properly trained workforce is important

– Numerous academic and skills training programs delivered by various training and educational providers have been developed to meet shifts in needed skills

• Government, industry and academia must work together to ensure

training is relevant and prepares Ontarians for green economy

What is Ontario doing?

• There are a number of initiatives underway that the provincial government and postsecondary institutions to support education and training for green energy.

• These include:

• Provincial capital investments in Postsecondary Infrastructure

• Energy management initiatives by Postsecondary Institutions

• Programs in energy and green related areas

• Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Initiatives that include:

– the Ontario Green Jobs Skills Strategy;

– working with academia and industry through the Green Advisory Panel; and

– investing in apprenticeship and other training.

Investment in Postsecondary Education “Energy” Infrastructure

The Province has provided infrastructure funding to postsecondary institutions for “energy-related” capital expenses. Some examples are:

• Durham College - Whitby Campus Expansion $12M

• Expanded energy-retrofitted Skills Training Centre with a new focus on energy programming

• McMaster University $11M

• Centre for Advanced Nuclear

• Algonquin College - Environmental Demonstration Centre $35M

• New centre to house all construction trades and building sciences programs/research

• University of Guelph - Environmental Cluster Axelrod Building $16.8M

• Retrofit and renovate major building for use of environmental and resource faculties

• Loyalist College - Sustainable Skills, Technology & Life Sciences $8.3M

• Leading edge facility for skills, training and applied research with energy efficient new space

• Laurentian University -Vale Inco Living with Lakes Centre $5M

• Energy efficient building for coop Freshwater Ecology Unit

“Energy” Initiatives by Postsecondary Institutions

Many Ontario Colleges and Universities have sustainability, energy management and greenhouse gas reduction plans in place.

Colleges

• Ontario colleges are implementing Real Time Operating Systems to manage their energy use

Universities – these are a few examples only among many:

• The Executive Heads of Ontario universities presented the government with a pledge to reduce their carbon footprint

• U of Ottawa was honoured by Natural Resources Canada for creating Canada’s most energy-efficient building for its new biology facility

• York U opened a state of the art computer science research facility that set a new standard for an energy-efficient green building

• McMaster U implemented a $28M energy reduction programs across

campus expected to lower energy costs and consumption by 23% and

greenhouse gas emissions by 20-30%.

Postsecondary Sustainable Energy Programs & Curriculum

A number of postsecondary institutions offer energy/green related programs, such as:

• Colleges

• Lambton College offers the Alternative Energy Engineering Technology program

• Cambrian College offers the Energy System Technology program

• Humber College offers a 3 year Sustainable Energy and Building Technology program

• Seneca College’s Centre for Build Environment offers studies in design and operation of sustainable environment, including renewable energy

• Universities

• Carlton University offers a Bachelor of Engineering in Sustainable and Renewable Energy

• McMaster University in conjunction with Mohawk College offers a Bachelor of Energy Engineering Technology

• University of Ontario Institute of Technology offers Bachelor programs in

Energy Systems Engineering and in Physics (Energy and Environment

Science Specialization)

Ontario Green Jobs Skills Strategy

• The Ontario Green Jobs Skills Strategy is part of the government’s plan to build a prosperous green economy and create jobs and attract investment.

• Through the Strategy, the government is investing $5M over two years to help more people train to participate in emerging green industries,

especially in sustainable technologies to generate electrical energy.

• The Ontario Green Jobs Skills Strategy supports the Green Energy Act that

will create 50,000 jobs over the next three years.

Training for the Green Economy

• Call for Proposals for “Projects for Aboriginal Peoples in Emerging Sectors” – released in Spring 2010; announcement expected in Fall 2010 to:

• help Aboriginal people access culturally aware training and employment services in the emerging sectors of energy, mining, and the green

economy

• $45M Northern Training Partnership Fund announced on July 22, 2010 (with staggered submission dates) to:

• assist Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Northern Ontarians in getting on- the-job training or training for a future job

• provide Northern Ontario employers in resource related sectors with a labour force that is trained to meet their specific workplace needs

• encourage partnerships between employers and Aboriginal communities

and organizations in Northern Ontario

MTCU’s role in the Ontario Green Jobs Skills Strategy

• Green Advisory Panel

• Greening the Trades / Curriculum and Standards Development

• Expansion of the Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) - Energy to more schools and school boards to provide high school students with sector- focused knowledge and skills before graduation in one of three areas – power generation and distribution, renewable and alternative energy, or energy efficiency

• Expanded opportunities for the in-school portion of apprenticeship training in green/energy trades and support for pre-apprenticeship programs in green/energy trades and;

• Green Energy Sector Job Fairs to focus on green energy job and career

opportunities for unemployed students and adults

Green Advisory Panel

• Establishment of the Green Advisory Panel builds partnerships and key linkages between industry, government and academia

• Membership

• Panel members were selected from diverse groups, including the energy and green energy sectors, postsecondary education and training organizations, employers, industry groups and Aboriginal organizations and Métis groups. The panel has a mandate until March 2011.

• Terms of Reference

• The Green Advisory Panel (GAP) will advise the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU), training providers, and

postsecondary institutions on the development of green energy

related postsecondary programming, curriculum and standards to

support MTCU’s Green Jobs Skills Strategy

Green Advisory Panel – what we have heard so far

• Need for multi-skilling in technical and soft skills to adapt to changes in the sector

• Create standards that reflect the green sector

• Conducting research to identify current green energy programs,

standards development practices in other jurisdictions and methods of integrating sustainability across the curriculum

• Standards in solar

• Build partnerships between government, institutions and industry

• Developing approaches for broad-based consultation and partnership building with industry and reviewing current Ministry standards

development practices

• Build on the potential of aboriginal communities to participate in the green sector and address need for workplace-based training

• two opportunities to access project funding (Projects for Aboriginal Peoples in Emerging Sectors and Northern Training Partnership Fund)

• General lack of awareness around the green energy sector and its potential (i.e. educational and employment opportunities)

• Job Fairs and SHSM-Energy programs help raise awareness

Expanding Apprenticeship

• Ontario has expanded support for apprenticeships in all sectors, including the energy sector.

• The Apprenticeship Enhancement Fund is investing in colleges across

Ontario to provide more opportunities and better equipment and facilities for apprentices. Many of these are in the green energy field and they include:

• St. Lawrence College has received $1.6M for a new training centre to deliver the Wind Turbine Technician-Industrial Electrician apprenticeship program to support growth in this new industry.

• Sheridan College received over $570,000 for its Industrial

Mechanic/Millwright and Construction and Maintenance Electrician programs.

• Sir Sandford Fleming College received over $500,000 for electrical apprenticeship expansion.

• Algonquin College received $1.5M to expand and upgrade its Construction Sector Trades Project.

• Sault College, in partnership with the Manitoulin Wind and Solar Institute, will also receive $270,000 to train Construction and Maintenance

electricians. This project is focussed on green energy technology.

Other Training Programs

• Through the Ontario Skills Training Enhancement Program (OSTEP) we are investing in union-employer training centres to help meet the training and apprenticeship needs of the economy:

• The Infrastructure Health and Safety Association will receive almost

$250,000 for their Skills Development Centre, teaching health and safety for transmission line and other electrical workers.

• JTAC Refrigeration Workers Local 787 in Brampton will receive over

$180,000 to modernize their training of HVAC workers, who will be crucial in improving energy conservation in buildings.

• The Sheet Metal Workers International Association in Toronto will receive over $330,000 for new equipment, including a solar heat system trainer unit, for their residential HVAC training program.

• The Central Ontario JATC in Kitchener will receive over $150,000 for

new equipment and to enhance current training programs, including

solar electrical and solar voltaic systems.

Going Forward

The Ministry will continue to work with members of the Green Advisory Panel to:

• develop program and training standards for solar panel installation, Fall 2010 and deliver journeyperson training, Winter 2011

• provide input into the delivery of six provincial Green Job Fairs

• provide advice/input into a green energy and sustainability program standards development approach for colleges

• provide advice/input into the delivery of regional Specialist High Skills

Major – Energy Conferences

Questions?

The Power Engineering Education Consortium

Developing Ontario’s Next Generation of Electric Power Engineers

Richard J. Marceau,

on behalf of the consortium members:

McMaster, Queen’s, Ryerson, Toronto, Waterloo,

Western and UOIT

Presentation Overview

• The Challenge

• The Partnership

• The Value Proposition

• The Investment

• Targeted Outcomes

The Challenge

The Demand-Side Gap in Engineers

Gap in Canada’s electricity sector

(all disciplines):

700 Eng/yr

Gap in Ontario 2012 (all disciplines):

Between 299 and 358 Eng/yr

Gap in Ontario 2012 (Electric Power

Engineers):

Between 160 and

190 Eng/yr

The Supply-Side Challenge

Electrical Engineering (EE) grads in Canada

• Decreased by 13.2% between 2004 and 2008

Electric Power Engineering grads in

Ontario

• ~130 Eng/yr (14%

of EE total)

Need to increase

output by 160 Eng/yr

• Amounts to increasing

proportion of EE

graduates from

14% to 32%

Framing the Solution

Create

partnership of industry, university,

Leverage system assets

Get buy-in from

government

Increase graduates in Electric Power

Engineering

The Partnership

The PEEC Model

Industry, Labour Partners

University Partners

Power Engineering Education Consortium (PEEC)

Government / Ministry

Partners

PEEC Objectives

Deliver a high-quality offering in Electric Power Engineering (EPE)

Leverage the resources of 7 universities to deliver EPE in final year Electrical Engineering

Fill the yearly gap in EPE graduates within 5 years

Increase recruitment of high school and college students into Electrical Engineering

Ensure accountability through effective governance and

management

Founding Industry and Labour Partners

Canadian District Energy

Association

Candu Owners’

Group Hydro-One

Ontario Power Authority

Ontario Power Generation

Power

Workers’ Union

Society of

Energy

Professionals

Founding University Partners

McMaster University

Ryerson University

Queen’s University

University of Toronto

University of Waterloo

University of Western

Ontario University of

Ontario

Institute of

Technology

Partnership Architecture

Bursaries, Awards Programs

Professors &

Support Staff Sessional Instructors Host Space (Labs, Classrooms)

University Partners

Startup Fund (Capital, Operations)

Industry / Labour Partners

Government /

Ministry

Partners

Governance and

Management Structure

Executive Director

Managing Director

Academic Coordination Committee

Council of Ontario Universities

Ontario Council of Deans of Engineering

PEEC

Governance Board

The Value Proposition

PEEC Curriculum

2 PEEC core

courses:

Power systems Power

Electronics

One

additional course in

“home”

institution

One

specialty course in another PEEC

institution

Capstone

Project in

Electric

Power

PEEC Graduation Targets

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

PEEC Graduates: 1,130 over 5 years

Yearly PEEC

Graduates

The Investment

Cost of Building Capacity

Laboratory equipment and software for each institution

Salary for one new professor per

institution for 5 years

Salary for one lab technician per institution for 5 years

Student

scholarships, bursaries,

internships and co- op placements

High school / College outreach

After 5 years, re-

evaluate

partnership

Cost Summary

Scholarships and bursaries of 2.26 M$ financed by industry and labour over 5 years

Requested Government

contribution over 5 years:

14.275 M$

Cost Comparison

• 14,275 k$ / 1,130 grads = 12,633 $ / grad 2010 PEEC estimated cost per

grad

• 4,000 k$ / 329 grads = 12,158 $ / grad 2001 Quebec cost per grad

• 13,901 $ / grad

2010 actualized Quebec cost

(1.5% inflation/yr for 9 years)

Targeted Outcomes

PEEC Startup in 7 universities:

September 2011

Graduate 1,130 Electric Power Engineers over 5 years

Build sufficient capacity to

continue to fill the gap