Workforce Development

A critical element for the growth of the nuclear energy industry in Virginia is the development of the future workforce. The VIN Hub will provide leadership in creating opportunities for current and future workers to develop critical skills and to gain transferable, industry-recognized skills and credentials.

The VIN Hub will support nuclear workforce needs by identifying, quantifying, and monitoring the most highly constrained trades and labor types, promoting programs designed to recruit and train new labor in these areas, support the development of regional training and education programs to facilitate the development of necessary skills.

Specific examples of the types of programs and activities to be developed and implemented by VIN Hub include

• Promoting the Energy Career Cluster
• Supporting community colleges for workforce training and skilled labor
• Supporting universities for training of engineers and scientists who support the nuclear industry
• K-12 outreach to promote awareness
• Workshops for teachers, students and the public
• Development of curriculum and labs for targeted programs
• Offer specialized technical workshops (e.g., modeling & simulation)
• Offer unique educational certificates/minors (e.g., nuclear policy)
• Promotion of nuclear trades, nuclear engineering and related degrees
• Expansion of online offerings of engineering/ nuclear engineering