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Houston Investing in Its Future Hydrogen 劳动力 with New Development Strategy
4/22/24
随着休斯顿氢经济的发展,通过缩小经济差距来解决日益扩大的技能差距将是至关重要的. 抓住这个机会, the Greater Houston Partnership's UpSkill休斯顿 initiative, 埃森哲和休斯顿未来中心(CHF)发起了一项新的劳动力发展计划,旨在通过培训和技能发展弥合技能差距,帮助弱势社区(DACs)的人们在新兴的氢经济中获得好工作.
According to the executive summary of a forthcoming white paper, the strategy will target high-demand and good-paying, middle-skilled hydrogen jobs through a skill-matching process based on skill transferability, 除其他因素外, as well as tailored learning journeys that will provide pathways from education to employment. This will require collaborating with key stakeholders across the hydrogen economy, 包括本地工业雇主, educational institutions and nonprofit organizations.
合作伙伴包括液化空气集团, 雪佛龙公司, bp, 布鲁姆皇冠HGA010官方下载, Calpine, 陶氏, 高的, 林德, 壳牌, SLB, Brazosport大学, 休斯顿社区学院, 李大学, 孤身学院, 圣哈辛托学院, United Way of Greater Houston and Gulf Coast 劳动力解决方案. 学习之旅将帮助人们提高收入潜力,并通过直接接触氢行业来提供职业稳定.
“休斯敦和墨西哥湾沿岸氢能产业的未来增长为该地区提供了与企业和行业合作的机会,以重新连接进入氢能行业的人才途径,并为历史上服务不足的社区的居民增加经济流动性和机会.” - Peter Beard, SVP, Regional 员工发展
该联盟旨在与社区利益相关者和教育机构合作,将高中的职业和技术教育(CTE)与社区大学的双学分结合起来. 与大学和学区的持续合作也将支持成人短期项目的发展.
这项新倡议是在美国政府采取行动之前提出的.S. Department of 皇冠HGA010官方下载’s selection of the Gulf Coast as one of seven regional clean hydrogen hubs, 总部设在休斯顿.
布雷特帕尔曼, 休斯顿未来中心的主席, 表示雇主必须实施包容性的劳动力战略,以填补技能差距,并通过从整个社区招聘人才来动员一支可持续规模的劳动力队伍.
埃森哲的研究发现,与其他职业和行业高度相关的技能将需要大量的氢皇冠HGA010官方下载工作.
“Making this happen requires being very purposeful about the intersection of these opportunities and... 跨生态系统工作,玛丽·贝思·格雷西说, 埃森哲休斯敦办事处总经理, 在展示战略时.
研究结果还预测,在未来5到10年,休斯顿清洁皇冠HGA010官方下载氢经济中的中等技能工作岗位将稳步上升, 特别是在碳捕集与封存(CCS)方面, 以及制造业的持续增长, 应用程序, 存储, distribution and production as demand and technology advances.
罗伯特·纳梅克,总经理-氢,USGC & Europe at 雪佛龙公司, echoed the report's conclusions. "This region plays a key role in supplying lower-carbon hydrogen and ammonia, which will require a skilled local workforce that will be positioned to execute these projects.”
According to research conducted by McKinsey and CHF, 德克萨斯州——以及整个墨西哥湾沿岸地区——已经是美国最大的氢气生产国,拥有超过1万吨的氢气,000 miles of dedicated hydrogen pipelines and 48 hydrogen production plants. The region is also home to a diverse array of 皇冠HGA010官方下载 resources, including a large concentration of academic and industry-driven 皇冠HGA010官方下载 innovation, 先进的基础设施, 以及高技能的劳动力.
展望未来的皇冠HGA010官方下载结构, hydrogen is anticipated to be twelve percent of the total 皇冠HGA010官方下载 consumption by 2050, 根据国际皇冠HGA010官方下载署. In its Houston as a Hydrogen Hub – 2050 Snapshot report, 休斯顿未来研究中心预测会有170人,000电位直流电, indirect and induced jobs could be created in the hydrogen economy, as well as an additional $100 billion for Texas’ gross domestic product.
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