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IEEE PES WORKFORCE COMMUNICATION LEAD
Subgroup 1: Engineering Introduction Lead Shuhui Li
Focus: 9-12 (High School), 2-year Trade School, Undergraduate, Young Professional (YP)
Subgroup 2: Regional Outreach Lead: Kamal Garg
Focus: Identify regional collaboration opportunities and support regional effort of other subgroups. These members work directly with appropriate subgroup(s).
Subgroup 3: Global Initiatives Lead: Bill Hederman
Focus: Current Global Initiatives, i.e. LRP-SC4.
Subgroup 4: Communication Lead: Chan Wong
Focus: Website and Communication Outreach for Workforce Initiatives
Subgroup 5: Education & Government Outreach Lead: Masood Parvania
Focus: Education & Govt Outreach
Subgroup 6: Industry Outreach Lead: Wayne Bishop
Focus: Engage with industry and identify opportunities for collaboration on the topic of Workforce Development
Subgroup 7: Certification Opportunity & Strategies Leads: Jianhui Wang & Mengmeng Zhuang
Focus: Certification viability analysis.
As the world transitions to a low-carbon energy system and societal pressures mount to tackle the climate change, new public/private capital infusion has created a massive number of grid infrastructure projects. Power and utility executives across the globe report too few workers have the right skills to adopt digital technologies, for example,
From a recent IEEE PES webinar “Importance of T&D Grid Modernization to Mitigate Impacts from and Adapt to Climate Change,” also identifies that one of critical pillars for power sector to modernize the grid and combat climate change is to make concerted efforts at the secondary and pre-secondary education levels to attract students into energy careers and the science, technology, and engineering disciplines.
“Power industry is undergoing remarkable transitions driven mainly by decarbonization and resulting intensified electrification and grid modernization. In this context, the need for a qualified workforce for tackling these challenges has been pointed out as top priority by major power industry professionals. This need concerns all categories of key competences and levels ranging from technicians to engineers and R&D experts.”
— Nouredine Hadjsaid, Vice President New Initiatives/Outreach
Subgroup 1:
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IEEE PES Web-based Tutorial
Topic: Solar Design and Installation Training – 101
The goal of this web-based tutorial series is to provide fundamental knowledge and guidelines about solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, and how to conduct the design of a solar PV system, and the installation process of a solar PV system. The webinar series aim to provide an easy understanding way, with minimum theoretical involvement, to establish with quick understanding and skills on how to design and install a solar PV system. The Web-based Tutorial consists of nine webinars as follows:
Webinars 1 to 7 have been given and are now available online in the IEEE PES Resource Center. Webinars 8 and 9 are to be presented in August and September 2024.
Subgroup 3:
IEEE Global Power & Energy Workforce Collaborative Analysis-preliminary draft in development
Subgroups 4 & 5:
Subgroups 5 & 6:
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