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and encourage them to take state exams to obtain mandatory certifications for operator jobs. In addition, Tri-Valley Regional Occupation Program (TVROP) and Los Medanos College offer wastewater treatment and processing operator training. Applicant data from the 2012 Wastewater Plant Operator Trainee exam included questions to identify applicants who had taken wastewater or water treatment training. Staff is currently analyzing this data to determine if this training was a factor in candidate success. Prior to the 2012 Wastewater Plant Operator Trainee exam, staff conducted outreach which included Solano and Los Medanos colleges and TVROP, and with assistance from Local 444, presented information sessions at the District’s administration building. Over 1600 applications were accepted. African American applicants were 42% of total accepted applicants, and this applicant rate far exceeded labor market availability (11%). Female applicants were 14% of the total accepted applicants and this applicant rate slightly exceeded labor market availability (13%). Hispanics were 15% of the total applicants and this slightly exceeded availability (14%). The most competitive candidates from the 2012 WWPOT exam were more diverse than previous exam administrations. There are three females, two Hispanics and one African American in the top ten ranks of the WWPOT hiring list. Three hires have been made as of March, and one of these hires was an Asian female. 2013 AA/EEO Action Plan to Address Workforce Underutilization This Action Plan identifies workforce areas for which recruitment and staff development strategies have been developed to reduce areas of workforce underutilization. Reducing workforce underutilization is one means of measuring the District’s progress towards achieving the goal of equal employment opportunity. EBMUD’s 2013 Action Plan is focused on the following long-term outreach efforts to decrease the skills gap and increase the pool of qualified candidates living in the District’s service area for the job groups cited in the section above. A. Plumber Candidate Development The District anticipates hiring 20 Water Distribution Plumber trainees per year through 2018. These Plumber hires provide the greatest number of entry-level employment opportunities out of all District projected hires. The District typically receives 1,000 – 2,000 applications for the Plumber I examination because the minimum qualifications require no work experience and an eighth grade education. However, staff has prioritized outreach efforts for these jobs because there is underutilization of females, Asians and Hispanics. To encourage residents in our service area to consider employment with EBMUD, the District partnered with Laney Community College in Oakland to provide nine-week Plumber Training Programs (Waterways) in 2010 and 2012 to prepare students for Affirmative Action & Equal Employment Opportunity 8
plumbing careers in the water industry. However, only one Waterways graduate successfully competed for Plumber I employment. After evaluating the performance of the graduates from the two Waterways programs, staff determined that more in-depth training including relevant hands-on work experience would increase the students’ job preparedness. Staff are currently partnering with Diablo Valley College to provide students in the 18 week Pre-Apprenticeship training program information about EBMUD employment opportunities and the civil service testing process. Graduates from this training program will be considered for Plumber internships during summer 2013, and encouraged to apply for the Plumber I exam scheduled for July 2013. Graduates from Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) “Introduction to Energy and Utility Careers for Women” training program will also be considered for the Plumber internships. EBMUD assisted PG&E with recruitment of candidates for this women only training program, and will provide guest speakers during the ten week training to inform the participants about the District’s civil service testing process. The District is also reaching out to veterans by attending an Employers Breakfast to inform graduates of the American River College pre-apprenticeship training program about the upcoming Plumber I exam. This training program is sponsored by PG&E, SMUD, and the Sacramento Transportation Regional Infrastructure Partnership in Education (STRIPE), and was designed to serve veterans wanting to enter the utility and industrial workforce. Additional outreach efforts for the Plumber I exam includes: Participation at the National Trades Women conference in May. Presentations at local community colleges and pre-apprenticeship training programs Exploring the feasibility of posting the Plumber I exam study materials and orientation video on the EBMUD website. Demonstration Job Fair at the District’s Plumber Training Academy in May. B. Skilled Trades and Operator Candidate Development EBMUD’s partnerships with local colleges have helped the colleges to focus on skills development relevant for utility jobs; offered students experience they need to better compete for those jobs; and provided utilities with a larger, diverse and skilled candidate pool for skilled trades and operator jobs. Below are examples of work with local colleges that illustrate the District’s extensive partnership efforts to develop qualified diverse skilled trades and operator job candidates. Provide Internships to Increase Qualified Diverse Trainee Candidate Pool The District has targeted key skilled trades and operator trainee jobs for hires in FY14/15 as part of its workforce development strategy and to increase workforce diversity. Affirmative Action & Equal Employment Opportunity 9
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