Estimating Workforce Development Needs for High-Speed Rail in California

This study provides an assessment of the job creation and related education and training needs associated with the California High-Speed Rail (CHSR) network. A needs assessment is achieved by analyzing current high-speed rail specific challenges pertaining to 220mph trains; using a more accurate and robust “bottom-up” approach to estimate the labor, education, skills, and knowledge needed to complete the CHSR network; and assessing the current capacity of railroad-specific training and education in the state of California and the nation. Results indicates that although the education attained by the design engineers of the system signifies the most advanced levels of education in the workforce, this group is comparatively small over the life of the project. There are vast training needs for the construction workforce and higher education needs for a managerial construction workforce while an extremely limited capacity exists for such training and education.

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