Workforce Landscape

Workforce Landscape

Battery Training & Workforce Development Highlights in North America North America is growing battery manufacturing and recycling capacity, driving demand for technicians, engineers, and production leadership across the value chain. Workforce initiatives are increasingly anchored around national labs, industry consortia, colleges, and regionally funded training programs tied to gigafactory and recycling ramp-ups. USA National 1 DOE Battery Workforce Initiative BWI 2 NAATBatt – Workforce Committee 3 Argonne National Labs – Battery WF Challenge 4 National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL 5 SAE International – Battery Training 6 National Fire Protection Association NFPA West Coast 7 UC San Diego SPEC Battery Boot Camp, CA 8 Electrochemistry Foundry – Workforce Training, CA 9 Future48 Workforce Accelerator, AZ 10 Nevada Tech Hub – Workforce Development NV South & South East 11 Universal Technical Institute UTI – Battery, TX 12 Tulsa Tech – Battery Recycling, OK 13 LithiumLearns & LithiumWorks, AR 14 AccelerateMS Battery Training, MS 15 AIDT EV & Battery Manufacturing Support, AL 16 Alabama Mobility and Power AMP. AL 17 Georgia Quick Start – Battery WF Training, GA 18 ORNL Battery Manufacturing Facility, TN 19 Carolina Battery Institute, SC

20 readySC Battery Manuf. WF Training, SC 21 NC Com. College System – LIB Program, NC East Coast & Midwest 8 22 NENY Battery Academy, NY 10 23 Energy Storage Engine, NY 24 NJ Clean Energy – WF Development Training, NJ 25 Penn State – BEST, PA 26 Battery Innovation Center BIC, IN 7 27 Ohio State – BATTERI, OH 28 Argonne Natl Lab – Battery Training Hub, IL 29 UM Battery Lab, MI 30 Henry Ford College HFC – Batter Curriculum, MI 31 Elizabethtown Community & Technical College ECTC, KY CANADA 32 Canadian Battery Innovation Center NRCan, National 33 Upskill Canada / Palette Skills – Battery Boost, National 34 Clean Energy Safety and Training Council CESAT, National 35 UBC Okanagan – Battery Innovation Centre, BC 36 Western Canada – Battery Consortium WCBC, AB 37 St. Clair College Windsor) – Battery Manufacturing Curriculum, ON 38 Canadian Battery Innovation Centre CBIC, Halifax, NS

Notes: 1. Physical, in-person battery training and workforce development programs across North America. WF Workforce, C. = Courses 2. Selection is representative, not exhaustive. 3. Online-only and non-battery-specific EV programs excluded. 4. Programs were included based on direct relevance to battery manufacturing, battery laboratories, or battery-specific workforce development. 5. Inclusion does not imply endorsement; availability and scale vary by region.

MEXICO 39 Technológico de Monterrey 40 GIZ & CAMEXA 41 PEM & RWTH 42 Tecnológico Nacional de México 43 Instituto Politécnico Nacional IPN

This slide shows original research conducted by Battery-News.com. Sources include European Commission & EU programme portals, EIT InnoEnergy / European Battery Alliance Academy, ALBATTS & VOLTAGE project platforms, national ministries and public workforce agencies, applied research institutes and pilot lines, universities and VET providers, and official programme websites and announcements 20232025.

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