Future Workforce Trends in Gas and Electric Utilities: 2007 Survey Results
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Survey Background • Results represent more that 40 % of all employees in electric and natural gas utilities • Of the employees reported 48 % are in Transmission & Distribution, 15% are in generation (excluding nuclear) and the remainder are in other organizations. • Collected data on age and years of service for current employees, expected attrition, current vacancies • Detail on direct hires in five jobs: lineworkers, power plant operators, technicians, pipefitters / pipelayers and engineers • Did not collect data specific to the nuclear power industry or data on supplemental labor • Survey data collected as of May, 2007
Conclusions • Potential to lose between 40 – 50 % of electric and natural gas industry workforce over the next five years • Problem is greater in Generation • Lineworker numbers begin to decline at an earlier age • Some companies have begun to address problem by increasing hiring in targeted areas
Recommendations • Expanding the pool of entry-level workers by creating career awareness campaigns and developing education programs to increase skill levels. • Increasing efforts to decrease attrition and retain aging workers by offering incentives to delay retirement. • Improving productivity and efficiency so that fewer workers are needed to get the job done. • Increasing on-the-job mentoring programs so that knowledge can be transferred from seasoned workers to younger, less experienced hires. • Developing apprenticeship programs that reduce the amount of time it takes for new employees to acquire needed competencies.
2008 Pipeline Survey • Collecting data in same five categories • Contracted with EMSI to produce reports by state, region and nation on supply of workers in those categories • Survey results will be available end of September