Welcome

Juliet Ellis Assistant General Manager, External Affairs San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Welcome

Ingrid Bella BAYWORK Chair Santa Clara Valley Water District

Our 29 Signatories

Adam Feffer San Jose Water

Chair Website Subcommittee

BAYWORK Officers FY 2017-2018

Ingrid Bella SCVWD

Chair

Catherine Curtis SPFUC

Vice-Chair

Dianne Landeros North Marin Water

District Treasurer

Victoria Baxter City of San Jose

Secretary

Steve Currie SFPUC, Co-Chair

Lisa Beem SFPUC, Co-Chair

Candidate Development & Outreach Subcommittee

Robert Scott SCVWD

Chair Staff Preparedness

Subcommittee

Agenda

Candidate Development and Outreach

Steve Currie, Lisa Beem, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Staff Preparedness

Robert Scott, Santa Clara Valley Water District

Website

Adam Feffer, San Jose Water Company

Increasing Visibility & Maintaining What’s Working

Ingrid Bella, Santa Clara Valley Water District

Budget and Fees

Ingrid Bella, Santa Clara Valley Water District

Candidate Development & Outreach

Ensuring qualified candidates for mission-critical jobs Steven Currie, Co-Chair Lisa Beem, Co-Chair BAYWORK Candidate Development and Outreach Subcommittee

Year in Review and Upcoming Initiatives

FISCAL YEAR 2016-17

1. Regional Career Awareness Campaign

FISCAL YEAR 2017-18

1. Regional Career Awareness Campaign a. Job seekers b. High school students c. Teachers, counselors, etc.

Year in Review and Upcoming Initiatives

FISCAL YEAR 2016-17 FISCAL YEAR 2017-18

2. Conduct labor market research & analysis

2. Distribute deliverables from Accelerator 3.0 Career Pathways project

3. Coordinate internships and academic partnerships

3. Invest in stronger career pathways

Year in Review and Upcoming Initiatives

FISCAL YEAR 2016-17 FISCAL YEAR 2017-18

4. Leverage funding and resources through strategic partnerships

4. Leverage funding and resources through strategic partnerships*

Contextualized Learning How-To Guide

Kory Loucks-Powell, BAYWORK

http://knowledge.baywork.org/

Contextualized Learning Projects

Working with community colleges and utilities to develop a model for using real-life scenarios and videos of utility staff to create curriculum materials that students can relate to in areas like math, science, technology, and English.

Napa Sanitation District’s “Tiny Bubbles” module & the SFPUC’s CCD module (in production)

Accelerator 3.0 Career Pathways Project

Lisa Beem BAYWORK liaison, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Lisa Countryman Vice President of Development, Jewish Vocational Service Elizabeth Toups Accelerator 3.0 Project Manager, Jewish Vocational Service

Why collaborate?

1. Awareness of the trades & the industry

2. Foundational skills

3. Classroom training

4. OJT/Apprenticeships

5. Financial & academic support

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Career Pathways Approach

1. Identify and map regional hiring needs across multiple employers

2. Align employer need to existing training provider services

3. Define the need for supplemental services

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Grant Deliverables

Machinist/Mechanic

Wastewater Treatment

Operator

Engineer

Electronic Maintenance

Technician/Instrument

Technician

Electrician

Water Treatment

Operator

Wastewater Collections

Operator

Water Distribution

Operator

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Grant Deliverables

*DRAFT Centers of Excellence/JVS/Baywork Labor Needs Assessment, March 2017 17

29%

17%

29%

22%

7%

12%

11%

5%

71%

75%

57%

61%

72%

65%

61%

63%

54%

8%

14%

17%

21%

23%

28%

37%

41%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Electronic Maintenance Technician/Instrument Technicians (n = 17)

Electrician/Electrician Technician (n = 12)

High Voltage Electrician (n = 7)

Mechanic/Machinist (n = 18)

Water Treatment Operator (n = 14)

Wastewater Treatment Operator (n = 17)

Water Distribution Operator (n = 18)

Heavy Equipment Operator/Operating Engineer (n = 8)

Wastewater Collections Operator (n = 22)

Figure 4: Difficulty in Hiring for Each Occupation

Great difficulty Some difficulty No difficulty

Grant Deliverables

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Grant Deliverables

How can I learn more about the water/

wastewater industry?

BAYWORK.org | cawatercareers.org

Ask your school about career fairs, classroom guest speakers, and water facility tours

Internships, summer jobs and apprenticeships

Teachers and counselors: find out about facility tours, externships and industry-related instructional resources

HIGH SCHOOLS

(INTRODUCTORY COURSES):

Berkeley High School (bhs.berkeleyschools.net)

John O’Connell High School - San Francisco (jochs-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com)

REGIONAL OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAMS/

ADULT EDUCATION (INTRO COURSES):

Berkeley Adult School (bas.berkeleyschools.net)

Marin County ROP (marinschools.org)

Silicon Valley Career Technical Education (metroed.net/svcte)

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

(CLASSROOM TRAINING ONLY):

City College of San Francisco (ccsf.edu)

College of Marin (marin.edu)

College of San Mateo (collegeofsanmateo.edu)

Diablo Valley College (dvc.edu)

Laney College (laney.edu)

Los Medanos College (losmedanos.edu)

Skyline College (skylinecollege.edu)

Solano Community College (solano.edu)

What Opportunities are Available for Me

in the Water and Wastewater Industry?

Check out the Electronic Maintenance

Tech/Instrument Tech trade!

Where can I get the necessary technical training?

Annual Income LOW HIGH

Apprentice

$64,800

$79,200

Journey-level

$78,000

$94,800

* Source: BAYWORK Salary Survey, 2014

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Grant Deliverables

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Grant Deliverables

Mechanic/

Machinist

EMT/IT Electrician

Awareness

Foundational Skills

Classroom Training

OJT/Apprenticeships

Financial & Other

Support

Gaps Analysis

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Next Steps: Opportunities for Alignment

1. Enhance awareness efforts

o Replicate teacher fellows/externs &

counselor champions

o Pursue partnerships with adjacent industries

2. Address demand for stronger

foundational skills

o Develop boot camps/pre-apprenticeships

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Next Steps: Opportunities for Alignment

3. Expand availability of classroom

training

o Support expansion of EMT/IT training

programs

o Support replication of CTE best practices

4. Develop more on-the-job/

apprenticeship training opportunities

o Replicate CCSF’s Apprenticeship SF model

o Develop new training programs where a

regional need is identified (i.e. EMT/IT)

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Going Forward: Finding Value

How do we define success?

Qualified applicants

Diversity

Partnerships with schools and apprenticeships

Internal training pathways

Outside funding

OTHERS?

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Going Forward: Finding Value

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Discussion Questions: 1. What are agencies already doing that could be

strengthened through collaboration?

2. If you had $500k, how would you use those

resources to improve candidate development

and diversity?

Staff Preparedness

Providing staff with the information they need to do quality work

Robert Scott, Chair BAYWORK Staff Preparedness Subcommittee

Knowledge Transfer Toolkit

http://knowledge.baywork.org/

Staff Training Day

93 water and wastewater professionals from 29 Bay Area agencies and organizations participated in the 2016 Training Buffet. Classes qualifying for CWEA and SWRCB contact hours

2016 Training Buffet Class Schedule

Workshop on Wheels on the Peninsula

47 water and wastewater professionals from 18 agencies visited five Peninsula facilities on February 22, 2017

Webinars

35 water and wastewater professionals from 15 agencies and organizations from the U.S., and as far away as Africa, attended the Integrated Ferrate webinar in April. Over 20 people have registered for the Hydraulics webinar.

FY2017-18 Proposed Initiatives

• Workshop on Wheels on the Peninsula 2

• Two Webinars

• Training Buffet

• Maintenance and Asset Management Workshop

Staff Preparedness

Discussion

Website & Digital Tools

Adam Feffer, Chair BAYWORK Website Subcommittee

Website

Job and Internship Posting

Used by 42 water/wastewater agencies this fiscal year

14,764 hits to the Job & Internship page in 2016-17

Top Ten Pages Visited

FY 2016-2017

10,991 14,764 1,806 2,954 3,206

2,566 2,421 2,397 1,763 2,421

Home Page Jobs and

Internships

Resources Find Training

Locations

Careers

Job Map Electronic Maintenance Technician /

Instrument Tech

Water Treatment Operator

Wastewater Treatment Operator

Instrumentation and Control

(I&C) Engineer

Website an International Resource

Fiscal Year

2016 - 2017

2,435 Average website visits per month

14,955 Unique visitors to date

YouTube Channel

2015-16: BAYWORK YouTube Channel had 613 views 2016-17: BAYWORK YouTube Channel had 6,005 views

Website & Digital Tools 2017-18 Proposed Initiatives

• Maintenance/upgrades of website functions

• Design and support digital platform for Knowledge Transfer Toolkit

• Coordinate the upload of the revised Training Map

• Utilize digital tool to design How-To Guides for Contextualized Learning efforts and resources

Website & Digital Tools

Discussion

Increasing Visibility & Maintaining What’s Working

Ingrid Bella

FY2016-17 Initiatives

FY16-17 Initiatives

Increase Visibility

Present at Water/Wastewater Conferences • ACWA • CASA

Present at Workforce Development and Management Conferences • California Workforce

Association • UMC

Maintain What’s Working

Fee Structure Analysis

Strategic Planning Process

Ongoing Business and Banking Fees

Additional Achievements

Fee Structure Analysis

• Historic BAYWORK resourcing and funding

• BAYWORK fee comparison with similar organizations

• Planning for the Future

• Sustainable Business Model

Fee Structure Analysis

Fiscal Year 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 Staff .85 FTE .85 FTE .85 FTE .3 FTE .3 FTE .3 FTE Signatories 14 17 24 29 29 29 Fee Budget 60,500 70,950 93,000 $104,120 $104,120 $104,120

Grant Funds and Contributions

$48,979 - SFPUC

$38,000 – Water Career Pathways Consortium

$15,000 – Water Career Pathways Consortium

$15,000 – Water Career Pathways Consortium

$150,000 – Accelerator 3.0 Grant/JVS

Total Budget

$109,479 $70,950

$93,000

$142,120 $305,120

$119,120

BAYWORK Budget 2012 - 2018

Fee Structure Analysis

BACWWE

Size Category

Fees/Year

Plant capacity > 10 MGD

$12,000

Plant capacity 5 – 10 MGD

$8,000

Plant capacity < 5 MGD

$4,000

BACWA

Size Category Fees/Year

Principals (5 founding agencies)

$90,000

Plant capacity >10 MGD

$7,500

Plant capacity < 10 MGD

$1,500

Collection System only

$1,500

Bay Area Consortium for Water and Wastewater Education was launched in 2007 to connect local water and wastewater employers to a pool of interested students

BAYWORK

Size Category

Fees/Year

Large (500+ FTE)

$13,750

Medium (100-500 FTE)

$6,105

Small (<100 FTE)

$765

Bay Area Clean Water Agencies is dedicated to working with our members, state and federal regulatory agencies, and non-governmental organizations to improve and enhance the San Francisco Bay environment.

CAL/NEVADA AWWA

Size Category (Service Connections)

Fees/Year

0-5,000 $420

5,000 -10,000 $1,968

10,001-25,000

$3,361

25,001-50,000

$5,515

50,001-100,000

$8,898

100,001-150,000

$12,353

150,000+ $19,925

The California-Nevada Section, American Water Works Association (CA-NV Section) provides training opportunities for drinking water professionals

Fee Structure Analysis BACWWE

Size Category Fees/Year

Plant capacity > 10MGD

$12,000

Plant capacity 5 – 10 MGD

$8,000

Plant capacity < 5 MGD

$4,000

BAYWORK

Size Category Fees/Year

Large (500+ FTE)

$13,750

Medium (100-500 FTE)

$6,105

Small (<100 FTE)

$765

BACWA

Size Category Fees/Year

Principals (5 founding agencies)

$90,000

Plant capacity >10 MGD

$7,500

Plant capacity < 10 MGD

$1,500

Collection System only

$1,500

CAL/NEVADA AWWA

Size Category (Service Connections)

Fees/Year

0-5,000 $420

5,000 -10,000 $1,968

10,001-25,000

$3,361

25,001-50,000

$5,515

50,001-100,000

$8,898

100,001-150,000

$12,353

150,000+ $19,925

Fee Structure Analysis

Planning for the Future • Accelerator 3.0 - $150,000/1yr. • Water Career Pathways Consortium - $6

mil./6yrs. Sustainable Business Model

• Ensure continued support and level of service • Identify new and valuable priority work

Proposed working group • Analyze fee structure • Analyze business models • Increase value to agencies

Proposed FY2017-18 Initiatives

(Lisa?)

FY17-18 Initiatives

Increase Visibility

Present at Water/Wastewater Conferences

Present at Workforce Development and Management Conferences

Increase signatory engagement and leadership

Increase Value Sustainable Business Model

Maintain What’s Working

Strategic Planning Process

Ongoing Business and Banking Fees

Discussion

FY17-18 Budget and Fee Schedule

Ingrid Bella

Proposed Budget

Major Initiative Categories Proposed 2017-2018 Budget

Candidate Development/Outreach

$30,000

Staff Preparedness $20,000

Website Maintenance/Upgrades $25,000

Increase Visibility and Value 0

Maintain What's Working $29,120

TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET $104,120

Proposed Fee Schedule

Size Category FY 2016-2017

Fee Proposed FY 2017-2018

Large (500+ FTE)

$13,750 $13,750

Medium (100-500 FTE)

$6,105 $6,105

Small (<100 FTE)

$765 $765

Other $0 $0

Total Budget $104,120 $104,120

Discussion

Proposed Fee Schedule

Questions?