Gov’t Workforce Skills Training Network
On January 15, 2009, I published an article titled: ” There is no income gap in America, there is a skills gap”. (see JobWicket.com). The article was also published on a previous blog. Then on July 6, 2009, on this blog, I published a posts called Federal Workforce Skills Commission.
Read the articles to fully understand what I meant by a “skills gap”. In the articles, I pointed out that not only was there a skills gap in America, but there was also no national effort to eliminate that gap. I called for a government-run Federal Workforce Skills Commission. On October 16, 2009, that effort came to pass in one area of industry.
Three federal agencies joined together to create a network of training centers for the solar industry. The U.S. Dept. of Energy partnered with the U.S. Dept. of Labor and the U.S. Dept of Education and launched the Solar Instructor Training Network. See related article: “Solar Workforce Development Skills Training”.
Understand, I am not a proponent of more government. However, with the severity of unemployment in the U.S., we have to do something. With the backing of the federal government, the “skills gap” can be lessened.
Read complete information about Solar Workforce Development by visiting Solar Energy Technologies Program on the DOE website.
