This section discusses the benefits and drawbacks of possible data sources to collect the wage and demographic information highlighted in Table 13. Based on the benefits and drawbacks of each data source, we include an assessment of the difficulty level (ratings are based on relative difficulty of method options, 1 is a low level of difficult, 2 is mid-level and 3 is the highest level) and relevance of each source below. Table . Possible Data Collection Methods Difficulty Workforce Conditions Data Potential Data Sources Level Relevance (1) Contractor and subcontractor contract terms n/a n/a n/a (2) Contractor and subcontractor compensation Secondary Data 1 Low schemes Stand-Alone Contractor Survey 2 Mid Process Evaluation Contractor Survey 1 Low Electronic Payroll Records 3 High Mandatory Online Form 2 Mid Contractor Survey (stand-alone) 2 Mid Panel 3 Mid (3) Number of inspection failures and types of Program Tracking Data 1 High failures (4) and type of utilities’ training and screening Program Team Summary 1 High (5) Customer feedback for these contractors, Implementer Satisfaction Survey 1 High positive and negative Process or Impact Evaluation Customer Survey (6) Demographic data of the current program Secondary Data 1 Low workforce Electronic Payroll Records 3 High Mandatory Online Form 2 Mid Contractor Survey (process evaluation) 1 Low Contractor Survey 2 Mid 3 Mid (7) The utilities’ assessment of any other needs of Program Team Summary 1 High the existing workforce to meet current and future program demands Below, we describe the potential data sources specifically for wage and demographic information (item 2 and 6 in the Decision) given that these are the largest data gaps. Secondary Data Collection We searched for existing workforce wage data for contractors participating in types of retrofit resource programs: Residential HVAC, EUC Whole House, and Non Residential Lighting. The sections below describes the available databases in detail. Among the different sources, the state and federal government datasets provide the most comprehensive information on workers’ wages. Nevertheless, these databases do not include any indicators about participation in IOU-led programs. As a result, secondary wage data sources can unlikely replace primary data collection depending on the research purpose.
This section discusses the benefits and drawbacks of possible data sources to collect the wage and demographic information highlighted in Table 13. Based on the benefits and drawbacks of each data source, we include an assessment of the difficulty level (ratings are based on relative difficulty of method options, 1 is a low level of difficult, 2 is mid-level and 3 is the highest level) and relevance of each source below. Table . Possible Data Collection Methods Workforce Conditions Data Potential Data Sources Difficulty Level Relevance (1) Contractor and subcontractor contract terms n/a n/a n/a (2) Contractor and subcontractor compensation schemes Secondary Data Stand-Alone Contractor Survey Process Evaluation Contractor Survey Electronic Payroll Records Mandatory Online Form Contractor Survey (stand-alone) Panel 1 2 1 3 2 2 3 Low Mid Low High Mid Mid Mid (3) Number of inspection failures and types of failures Program Tracking Data 1 High (4) and type of utilities’ training and screening Program Team Summary 1 High (5) Customer feedback for these contractors, positive and negative Implementer Satisfaction Survey Process or Impact Evaluation Customer Survey 1 High (6) Demographic data of the current program workforce Secondary Data Electronic Payroll Records Mandatory Online Form Contractor Survey (process evaluation) Contractor Survey 1 3 2 1 2 3 Low High Mid Low Mid Mid (7) The utilities’ assessment of any other needs of the existing workforce to meet current and future program demands Program Team Summary 1 High Below, we describe the potential data sources specifically for wage and demographic information (item 2 and 6 in the Decision) given that these are the largest data gaps. Secondary Data Collection We searched for existing workforce wage data for contractors participating in types of retrofit resource programs: Residential HVAC, EUC Whole House, and Non Residential Lighting. The sections below describes the available databases in detail. Among the different sources, the state and federal government datasets provide the most comprehensive information on workers’ wages. Nevertheless, these databases do not include any indicators about participation in IOU-led programs. As a result, secondary wage data sources can unlikely replace primary data collection depending on the research purpose.
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