Jeff,<br><br>The following went out on the Bldg-sim listserve in March 2011.<br><br>Also, the IBPSA Wiki known as BEMBook is mostly empty. Maybe there's another one that I am unaware of?<br><br>Jason Kirkpatrick<br><br>
Building Performance Analyst<br>Skidmore Owings & Merrill<br>Phone: 415-352-3811<br>_______________________________________________<br><br><br>Opportunity Announcement<br>
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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is currently<br>
sponsoring a project to develop (1) job task analyses (<span class="il">JTAs</span>), which<br>
identify and catalog all of the activities a worker performs in a<br>
given job; and (2) the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), which<br>
define the minimum requirements necessary for a person to adequately<br>
perform those tasks, for the following six commercial building job<br>
categories:<br>
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- Energy modeler<br>
- Operating engineer/building technician<br>
- Building energy auditor<br>
- Energy/sustainability manager<br>
- Commissioning/retro-<div id=":1ae">commissioning practitioner<br>
- Facility manager<br>
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The project goal is to create "national guidelines" which will define<br>
a common body of knowledge that any training organization will be able<br>
to draw from when developing curriculum, helping to bring the core<br>
competencies imparted by training organizations to their trainees into<br>
common alignment. This body of knowledge will also be used by the<br>
General Services Administration and the Department of Energy to help<br>
meet the requirements of the Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act<br>
of 2010.<br>
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To facilitate development of the <span class="il">JTAs</span>/KSAs, Professional Testing,<br>
Inc. is seeking current industry practitioners who are interested in<br>
helping to define, promote energy efficiency in, and support their<br>
field of practice by participating in these JTA/KSA development<br>
workshops. Interested individuals are invited to submit their<br>
credentials at <a href="http://proftesting.rapidinsites.com/" target="_blank">http://proftesting.rapidinsites.com</a>. Please note that<br>
each JTA/KSA workshop will take place in Denver, Colorado and is<br>
anticipated to last 3 full days (not including travel). Reimbursement<br>
for travel costs up to a fixed amount and a travel per diem will be<br>
awarded to individuals selected for participation. Additional project<br>
details, including how practitioners will be selected and where to<br>
direct project-related questions, can be found using the above link.<br>
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NREL and Professional Testing, Inc. are excited to present this unique<br>
opportunity for individuals to have their voices heard in this<br>
important discussion. Thank you for your time.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
The NREL Commercial Workforce Development Team<br>
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