Friday, September 28, 2012
Tweet[IWS] BLS: CAREERS IN GEOTHERMAL ENERGY [27 September 2012]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Green Jobs: Geothermal Energy
Careers in Geothermal Energy [27 September 2012]
http://www.bls.gov/green/geothermal_energy/geothermal.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
[excerpts]
The GEA estimated that there were about 5,200 jobs
directly related to geothermal power production and management
in 2010.5 Unlike the GGS data, this GEA estimate
includes workers in many different industries. The
GEA estimates that developing a 50-megawatt geothermal
plant requires between 697 and 862 workers.
...
This article provides information on various career
opportunities in geothermal energy. The first section is
an overview of geothermal plant operation, and the second
section discusses the different steps necessary to
construct a geothermal plant. The other sections detail
occupations that are critical to the geothermal industry.
Each occupational profile includes information on job duties;
the credentials needed to work in these occupations,
such as education, training, certification, and licensure;
and wage data.
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