Common Employability Skills for the Energy Industry

Center for Energy Workforce Development

The Common Employability Skills for the Energy Industry is a framework of the personal and workplace skills needed for successful employment in the energy industry.

What This Includes

Skill addressed: Speaking Skills, Integrity, Initiative, Adaptability, Lifelong Learning, Goal Setting, Teamwork, Empathy, Diversity, Applying Information

Program resources

Employability skills framework outlining skills that are common to most industry sectors and skills specific to the energy sector

Key Takeaways

The Common Employability Skills for the Energy Industry framework expands on the Common Employability Skills Framework (CES) with additional skills for the energy sector. The CES identifies the core personal and workplace skills employees need for most industries.
The framework includes foundational skills in four categories — personal skills, people skills, applied knowledge, and workplace skills, with specific workplace, education, and workforce development competencies spelled out for each one.
Although this framework is specific to the energy industry, adult education instructors can use this framework to develop curriculum to help learners understand general workplace expectations of most industry sectors.
Career coaches can help job seekers use this framework to understand specific employer expectations.

Background

The Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD), formed in 2006, is a non-profit consortium of energy utilities, organizations, and unions which work together with educational institutions and government entities to build a pipeline of talented and well-trained energy workers. In 2021, it expanded to include the workforce development needs of those working in renewable energy industries. The Common Employability Skills Framework for the Energy Industry is based on the Common Employability Skills (CES) Framework, developed by the National Network of Business and Industry Associations. This framework identifies the core personal and workplace skills employees need for any industry or job.

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