Education and workforce development

Impacting the manufacturing workforce

The innovations across EPIXC’s five key application areas will impact the manufacturing workforce, resulting in new job classifications and altering others. New training, skills and safety protocols will be required to fill the ever-growing skilled-worker gap.

This need for new workers presents an opportunity to revitalize U.S. industry and deliver high-paying jobs to the American people. Innovative education and workforce development approaches are needed to enable effective energy transition outcomes. EPIXC’s education and workforce development activities will engage 3,700 learners in education or training in preparation for employment in manufacturing jobs supporting the electrified industry.

To do this, EPIXC will:

1. Engage community organizations to co-create regionally targeted and accessible technical education programs
2. Develop train-the-trainer programs to increase awareness and collaboration among educators and employers
3. Leverage our partners and community organizations to recruit learners from all backgrounds

Working with the Industrial Technologies Office and through established localized workforce systems, EPIXC will scale up education and workforce development activities by leveraging the institute as a hub and spoke model to minimize worker displacement, create new learning opportunities and attract future workers.