The Marcellus Shale Education & Training Center hosted the Second Annual Marcellus Shale Workforce Forum in the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona. The goal of this two-day event was to focus on Marcellus Shale development and its impact on workforce and education. Educators from secondary schools, two-year technical schools, and four-year colleges and universities were joined by representatives from oil and gas exploration, production, and service companies.

Presentations

  • A View of Energy Education from the Barnett Shale in Texas
  • Marcellus ShaleNET Overview/Concept Update
  • A View of Natural Gas Development from the Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association
  • The Marcellus Development Process
  • State Workforce Assessment Report Update
  • Labor and Industry Report on Listening Sessions
  • Marcellus Economics
  • Understanding and Differentiating Marcellus Economic Studies
  • Industry, Education, ShaleNET, and the Commonwealth
  • Workforce Implications of Existing & Projected Shale Gas Development in Pennsylvania
  • Marcellus Shale Opportunities and Challenges: What Schools Are Saying
  • Navarro College: Experiences and Lessons Learned Identifying Industry Needs, Creating or Transforming Curriculum, and Staying True to Institutional Mission
  • Natural Gas Competencies as Part of the Approved CTE Program of Study
  • A Conversation with History
  • Marcellus Shale and Human Resource Needs

Sponsors

  • St. Francis University
  • Appalachian Well Services, Inc.
  • Titan Wireline Services
  • Chesapeake Energy
  • Range Resources
  • Select Energy Services
  • Talisman Energy USA
  • Cleveland Brothers
  • PIOGA
  • Pennsylvania General Energy Company, LLC
  • Tetra Tech
  • Marcellus Shale Education & Training Center, Workforce Development & Continuing Education Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology
  • Cooperative Extension, College of Agricultural Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University
  • Pennsylvania Association of Career & Technical Administrators

Event Attendees

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