Industrial Training & Assessment Center (ITAC) Operations: Technical Assistance Field Managers and Clearinghouse/Mission Integrator
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Description
The Federal Government has been funding the ITAC Program since 1976. Currently, the US Department of Energy (DOE) supports ITACs at 37 universities nationwide. These ITACs serve two purposes: they help small- and medium-sized manufacturers save energy and improve productivity; and second, they train the next generation of energy-savvy professionals.
Because of its history of success, the ITAC program was recently expanded under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to include the following:
- Establishment of ITACs at community colleges, trade schools, and union training programs (Expansion ITACs), for which initial selections were recently announced and for which additional funding rounds are forthcoming. The new ITACs, like the existing IHE-based ITACs, will require a technical assistance Field Manager to support essential operational oversight and engagement functions; and
- Creation of a clearinghouse of available expertise, tools, and resources to support ITACs and assist small- and medium-sized manufacturers with industrial processes and energy efficiency.
Objective
DOE, in collaboration with its Partnership Intermediary, ENERGYWERX, intends to establish an ITAC operations and engagement organization that maximizes the impact of the recent expansion of the ITAC program while ensuring operational excellence of the full ITAC network. This organization will consist of three identifiable yet overlapping functions:
- A technical assistance Field Manager that services the traditional ITACs – i.e., those based at institutions of higher education (IHE) – and that will support the success of the implementation grant program;
- A technical assistance Field Manager for the new Expansion ITACs at community colleges, trade schools, and union training programs; and
- A manager for the new clearinghouse, who will also serve as a “mission integrator” responsible for ensuring that efforts across these functions are integrated as relevant and add up to more than the sum of their parts.
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How to Participate
- Review the resources from the Informational Webinar/Objective Strategic Session on March 26, 2024 from 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
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- Complete submission and upload here: Click Here to Submit (Submissions are due NLT April 23, 2024 by 3:00 PM ET)
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