CHAPTER 12-O DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Office of Offshore Wind Industry Development
Section 12-O:51-a
12-O:51-a Offshore Wind Industry Workforce Training Center Committee. –
I. The offshore wind industry workforce training center committee is established in the department of business and economic affairs. The committee shall consist of:
(a) The commissioner of the department of business and economic affairs, or designee.
(b) The commissioner of the department of education, or designee.
(c) The commissioner of the labor department, or designee.
(d) The executive director of fish and game department, or designee for marine programs.
(e) A representative of the university of New Hampshire, Sea Grant, appointed by the university.
(f) Two representatives of public utilities, selected by the utilities.
(g) Three representatives of organized labor, selected by the commissioner of labor upon recommendation by organized labor.
(h) The president of Great Bay community college, or designee.
(i) The department of education CTE director.
(j) The director of the New Hampshire port authority.
(k) The director of the office of offshore wind industry development under RSA 12-P:7-b.
(l) A representative of the Portsmouth Collaborative Chamber of Commerce.
(m) The President of Granite Shore Power, or designee.
II. The committee shall examine workforce needs of the Gulf of Maine offshore wind industry, and shall make recommendations on workforce training, including coordination of programs with union and other apprentice and workforce training programs. The committee shall study the need to build and staff an offshore wind industry workforce training center convenient to the Port of Portsmouth, including high need fields such as electricians and welders. The study shall include a plan for inclusion of the seacoast region career and technical education centers, Great Bay community college, and union apprenticeship and training programs. The study shall include a consideration of lease or capital expenditures for facilities, equipment, instructional costs, and transportation costs for students from seacoast region career and technical education centers. The committee shall study criteria for agreements of partners and for the use of any funding available from the career and technical education workforce development and innovation fund established in RSA 188-E:30, state appropriations, federal funding and grants, the offshore wind industry, unions, or other sources.
III. The committee shall report annually by November 1 to the governor, the chair of the New Hampshire offshore wind and port development commission under RSA 374-F:10, and the president of the Business and Industry Association.