SHADES OF GREEN Growing Green Jobs for Florida Florida
Workforce Professionals Training Academy December 7, 2011 Orlando,
FL
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Background Leading to Floridas Green Survey In 2008, states
started joining together to research definitions of green jobs A
green jobs workgroup was formed with Florida and 10 other states In
May 2009, Workforce Florida, Inc. held a workshop to define green
jobs for Florida in preparation for a future survey 2
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Florida Green Jobs Grant In 2009, Florida applied for and was
awarded a competitive Labor Market Improvement grant by the U.S.
Department of Labor for $1.25 million to: Conduct a green jobs
survey statewide and by workforce region Create a green jobs portal
on the state labor exchange system 3
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Floridas Green Jobs Definition A green job increases the
conservation and sustainability of natural resources for the
benefit of Floridians. This includes jobs that reduce energy usage
or lower carbon emissions, and protect Floridas natural
resources... Source: Workforce Florida, Inc.,
Sustainability/Infrastructure Committee, Defining Green Jobs for
Florida, June 2009. 4
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Survey Definition of Green Jobs A green job is one that
directly produces green products or directly provides green
services in any of the following five green sectors: Produce or
manufacture renewable energy Increase energy efficiency Conserve
natural resources Prevent, reduce, and clean up pollution Produce
clean transportation and fuels 5
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Survey Definition of Green Jobs, continued The definition
attempted to include only green production and exclude green
practices (e.g. recycling facility vs. paper recycling by office
workers) Floridas definition of green jobs attempted to exclude
indirect and support green jobs An accountant at a wind turbine
manufacturer is not counted as a green job because the accountant
does not directly produce a green product or a service and does not
need to possess any special green skills (therefore does not need
any special new green training) 6
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Survey Design Surveyed just under 60,000 Florida employers
Selected a stratified random probability sample by 22 industries by
seven employment size classes Achieved a response rate of 83.2
percent (excluding out-of-business and unreachable establishments)
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Survey Questions Current (2010) and estimated (2011) green
employment by occupation and by industry, statewide and by
workforce region Estimated number of green establishments
Classification by green sectors and subsectors Required green
certifications and training Unmet green training needs Green
knowledge, skills, and abilities gaps Green vacancies 8
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Survey Results About 1.5 percent of businesses are green
(approximately 9,000 green establishments) There are just under
45,000 green jobs in Florida (0.6 percent of total employment)
Employers expect to add approximately 4,000 green jobs from 2010 to
2011 This is a growth of 8 percent (in comparison, the Florida
economy is estimated to grow by 1 percent) 9
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Prevent, reduce, and clean up pollution is the largest of the
five green sectors (37 percent of green jobs) Green Jobs by Green
Sector Note: Job estimates across green sectors are not mutually
exclusive since employers could mark more than one sector. 10
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Produce renewable energy has the fastest growth rate (16.3
percent from 2010 to 2011) 11
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Recycling is the activity businesses are most frequently
engaged in 12 Number of Establishments by Selected Green
Activities
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Construction has the largest number of green jobs and the
highest expected growth rate, while utilities has the highest share
of green jobs of any industry Number of Green Jobs by Industry
Sector, Growth and Share 13
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Construction has the largest number of green jobs of any
industry sector Green Jobs by Selected Industry Sector 14
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Construction Has the Largest Share of Green Vacancies 15 Green
Vacancies by Industry Sector
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Workforce regions in North and in Central Florida have higher
concentrations of green jobs 16
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Top Workforce Regions by Number of Green Jobs The top three
workforce regions by number of green jobs accounted for 40.0
percent of all green jobs in the state These three regions
accounted for less than 30 percent of all jobs in Florida 17
RegionGreen Jobs Estimate 2010 Workforce Central Florida (Region
12) 9,912 WorkSource (Region 8) 3,947 Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance,
Inc. (Region 15) 3,139
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Top Workforce Region by Expected Green Job Growth Rate Two
regions were estimated to lose jobs over the year: Brevard
Workforce (Region 13) North Florida Workforce Development Board
(Region 6) 18 Region Estimated Growth 2010 - 2011 LevelPercent Jobs
Plus Workforce Board (Region 2) 30045.5 Heartland Workforce (Region
19) 2119.3 Chipola Regional Workforce Development Board (Region 3)
3718.5
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The top green occupation by number of jobs is HVAC mechanics
and installers Green Occupations Number of Jobs and Shades of Green
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All jobs in the occupations solar photovoltaic installers,
conservation scientists, and hazardous materials removal workers
are estimated to be green Floridas Greenest Occupations 20
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Top 10 Florida New and Emerging Green Occupations O*NET
CodeO*NET Title Green Jobs 20102011 519199.01Recycling and
Reclamation Workers1,6501,665 474099.01Solar Photovoltaic
Installers1,0501,277 474099.02Solar Thermal Installers and
Technicians222511 531021.01Recycling Coordinators186198
131199.05Sustainability Specialists156 131199.01Energy
Auditors97222 151099.07Geographic Information Systems
Technicians8284 173029.06Manufacturing Engineering
Technologists7984 172199.04Manufacturing Engineers5571 173029.1Fuel
Cell Technicians50 21 New and Emerging Green Jobs by O*NET
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Most Frequently Required Training and Certifications for Green
Jobs Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design HAZWOPER/HAZMAT
Florida Green Building Council Solar certifications by Florida
Solar Energy Center or North American Board of Certified Energy
Practitioners or Solar Source Institute Indoor air quality training
Association of Construction Industry Certified Professionals
Electrical License Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Construction Trades licenses Journeyman Apprenticeship American
Institute of Certified Planners ISO (International Standardization
Organization) 14001 Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
Approximately half of estimated green jobs were reported to require
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Identified Construction and Energy Efficiency Related KSA Gaps
Geothermal and heat pump technology for HVAC mechanics and
installers Building retrofitting skills for operating engineers and
construction equipment operators Energy and natural resources
conservation and sealing, fitting, and weatherproofing methods and
principles Designing and installing energy efficient windows and
knowledge of their environmental impact Energy auditing, identify
and correct energy waste problems Photovoltaic system converter
repairs, copper recycling, and lighting retrofitting for
electricians Recommending types of green cartridges for printers
for manufacturing sales representatives Energy monitoring and
energy efficiency for construction supervisors Swimming pool
hydraulics and programming for variable speed pumps for first-line
supervisors of mechanics Florida Solar Energy Center, LEED, North
American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP)
certifications Photovoltaic fundamentals, thermal fundamentals,
basic hydraulics system sizing principals, and basic plumbing for
solar installers and electrical assemblers. Solar photovoltaic
installation and sizing and solar water heating systems, basic
plumbing, wiring, and sizing principles for engineers,
electricians, and installers Generalized knowledge of construction
tools, methods and safety for weatherization employees Proper roof
flashing techniques, plumbing, and electrical knowledge and skills
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Green Jobs on the Targeted Occupations List 50 out of 97
occupations on the TOL 2012-13 list (PSAV/CC) are green 25 out of
38 occupations on the high demand Bachelors degree list are green
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The greening of an occupation requires acquisition of an extra
layer of new green knowledge, skills, or abilities, while basic
educational requirements are little changed Educational
Requirements for Green Jobs and All Jobs 25
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Florida Green Jobs Portal helps both job seekers and green
employers The portal is part of EmployFlorida Marketplace, the
states job-matching tool Employers may post green job openings Job
seekers can search for green jobs by keyword or geographic area The
green jobs portal draws more traffic than any other portal on the
Florida labor exchange site Website: greenjobs.employflorida.com
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Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Caldwell Building
107 E. Madison Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4111 Vesselka
McAlarney Economist Phone: (850) 245-7258 E-mail:
[email protected] www.floridajobs.org
www.floridawages.com http://greenjobs.employflorida.com Contact
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