摘要: |
As the nation moves forward in the 21st century, many challenges face the transportation industry; changing skill sets for current employees, large numbers of workers heading towards retirement, and the technological innovations that are changing the face of transportation itself will invariably cause gaps in the workforce pipeline. In January 2015, NETWC started a two-phased Transportation Job Needs and Priorities Research effort, which was designed to assess these challenges and address the transportation workforce needs in the region. The purpose of this Phase 2 report is to describe the subsequent research and results, which involved assessing potential workforce programs and partnerships to address the workforce gaps identified in Phase 1, while also presenting strategic ‘action plans’ that will serve as the impetus to move related workforce development initiatives forward. NETWC’s five strategic action plans reflect the programs and impacts that the workforce center wishes to make on the transportation workforce and the various systems that support this community. These strategic plans include: (1) Action Plan 1: Attracting Tomorrow’s Workforce Across the Northeast (Toolkit) (2) Action Plan 2: Advancing Transportation Career Paths to the Future (3) Action Plan 3: Greener is Better: Promoting and Branding Transportation as a Green Career (4) Action Plan 4: Implementing Succession Planning/KM to Increase Organizational Resilience: Crafting strategies and a handbook (5) Action Plan 5: Upskilling Transportation’s Current Workforce to Meet Emerging Challenges and Opportunities. |