Posts Tagged ‘Careers’

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Renewable energy businesses are rapidly expanding and growing due to volatile oil prices, political turmoil, climate change concerns, and government incentives. As renewable energy businesses flourish and proliferate, they have an increasing need to hire talented and experienced management and technical professionals. This talk focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to break into renewable energy. We discuss which of your existing skills and talents will be most valuable to renewable energy businesses, and what new background and knowledge you may wish to acquire to better make the jump to a career in renewables. At the end of the talk, participants will have a roadmap to guide them in retooling to join 21st century explosion of renewable energy.

Duration : 0:6:18

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Technorati Tags: business, Careers, Efficiency, energy, grid, Lawrence, Leeds, renewable, school, smart, Stephen

Fluid Power is Green Energy. This video clip is an excerpt from NFPA’s “Fluid Power: A Force for Change” ½ hour TV program. The full video, viewable at www.nfpa.com, is a fascinating exploration of the fluid power industry and its positive effects on our current and future society, as well as the promise it holds for a rising generation of young engineers looking for exciting and socially-responsible careers. Fluid power—hydraulics and pneumatics—is one of our most reliable technologies, and its advancement will have transformative effects on our world and society.

Duration : 0:1:30

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Technorati Tags: Association, Careers, control, energy, Engineering, Fluid, Green, Hydraulics, motion, national, NFPA, Pneumatics, Power, solar

From the Great Plains to the ocean shore and out at sea, the race is on to make the United States the worlds number one producer of wind power. We explore a new wind ranch to see the full range of new jobs from entry-level wind turbine technician to crane operator, wind power computer analyst and up to operations manager. We also visit a leading university taking part in the California Wind Energy Initiative where young wind power researchers are beginning their new careers designing better windmills and the wind energy systems of the future.

Jobs profiled in this program include:
Wind Turbine Technician, Crane Operator, Operations Manager, Computer Analyst, Wind Power Researcher, Aerodynamicist

Grade Levels: 7 to Adult

23 minutes, color

Direct link to purchase the DVD:

http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com/Products/VideoDetail.aspx?id=85a94ccd-a4ce-4f56-8518-d5e5492c2065&sub=6516bc9d-f8fd-4e94-b702-ab180d939306&cat=

Duration : 0:3:5

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Technorati Tags: Careers, clean, energy, Environment, Green, Group, Learning, Phoenix, Power, science, Technology, turbines, wind, windmills

We visit a state-of the-art ethanol plant in Macon, Missouri where a maintenance electrician, production operator, quality control director, and plant administrator oversee the conversion of corn into fuel. We also examine new technology in advanced biodiesel, produced from animal fats and from algae and waste materials. This new technology is expanding opportunities for lab techs, engineers and researchers and creating green jobs for an energy independent future from home grown renewable resources.

Jobs profiled in this program include:
Biodiesel Plant Manager, Quality Control Director, Plant Administrator, Ethanol Plant Maintenance, Electrician, Biofuel Researcher.

Grade Levels: 7 to Adult

21 minutes • Color

Direct link to purchase the DVD:
http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com/Products/VideoDetail.aspx?id=354255bf-fcef-45f6-9daf-041a2d6f1d19&sub=6516bc9d-f8fd-4e94-b702-ab180d939306&cat=

Duration : 0:2:27

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Technorati Tags: Biofuels, Careers, clean, energy, Engineer, Ethanol, Green, Phoenix, Renewables, Research, science, sustainability, Technology

We visit the largest geothermal operation in the world to see how heat from the earths core is transformed into electricity. We meet a chemist, geologist, plant operator, environmental manager and engineer as they show us how they manage steam production wells and electric generators. This growing field relies not just on professionals with advanced degrees but entry- level workers who drill the wells and maintain the power plants in this vanguard of clean energy.

Jobs profiled in this program include:
Geologist, Project Manager, Chemist, Environmental Manager, Plant Operator

Grade Levels: 7 to Adult

22 minutes • Color

Direct link to purchase the DVD:

http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com/Products/VideoDetail.aspx?id=be1f20f7-873a-46ea-aeb1-48ea14e5aa8c&sub=6516bc9d-f8fd-4e94-b702-ab180d939306&cat=

Duration : 0:2:37

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