COURSE CODE: ES8411

Energy Supply: Sustainability and Efficiency

SCED Code: 20901
Virginia Extended Description: I
Suggested Grade Level: 9, 10
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: TSA
Non-Traditional?: F

Students in this course will explore the principles of energy supply with an emphasis on sustainability and efficiency. Concepts include energy supply and sources (such as wind, solar, nuclear, and biomass), energy generation, innovations in energy, and career exploration. Students apply knowledge by designing, mapping, and modeling energy systems and will recognize their role as energy stewards of tomorrow. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

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Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Virginia’s High Demand Occupations and Apprenticeable Occupations

Section § 2.2-2472 of the Code of Virginia requires the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (VBWD) to publish a list of jobs, trades, and professions for which a high demand for qualified workers exists or is projected.  The Virginia Office of Education Economics (VOEE) collaborated with the VBWD and related stakeholders to develop the high demand occupations list. VOEE’s mission is to leverage data to inform educational programming, policy, and workforce partnerships across the Commonwealth.  See also the Virginia 2024 High Demand Occupations Dashboard

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code, Occupation Description, and Active Apprenticeable Occupation status (Yes/No per the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry). 

SOC Code Occupation Description Apprenticeable Occupation
172071 Electrical Engineers No
472111 Electricians Yes
172081 Environmental Engineers No
173029 Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other Yes
194042 Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health No
192041 Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health No
192031 Chemists No
499012 Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door No
173023 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians Yes
172141 Mechanical Engineers Yes
499051 Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Yes
492095 Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay Yes
173024 Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians Yes
472152 Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Yes
172051 Civil Engineers No
173022 Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians No
173027 Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians Yes
151244 Network and Computer Systems Administrators No
131082 Project Management Specialists No

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Energy Sustainability and Efficiency
  • Electrical Engineers
  • Electricians
  • Environmental Engineers
  • Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
  • Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
  • Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
  • Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Fuels Production
  • Chemical Engineers
  • Chemists
  • Continuous Mining Machine Operators
  • First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, All Other
  • Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians
  • Petroleum Engineers
  • Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
  • Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
  • Wellhead Pumpers
Power Generation
  • Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
  • Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
  • Mechanical Engineers
  • Nuclear Engineers
  • Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
  • Nuclear Technicians
  • Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Transmission and Distribution
  • Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
  • Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
  • Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
  • Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
  • Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
  • Power Distributors and Dispatchers
  • Wind Turbine Service Technicians

Pathway Occupation
Engineering & Technology
  • Chemical Engineers
  • Civil Engineers
  • Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
  • Computer Programmers
  • Electrical and Electronics Drafters
  • Electrical Engineers
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
  • Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
  • Environmental Engineers
  • Mechanical Drafters
  • Mechanical Engineers
  • Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
  • Network and Computer Systems Administrators
  • Nuclear Engineers
  • Petroleum Engineers
  • Power Plant Operators
  • Project Management Specialists
  • Statisticians
Science & Mathematics
  • Atmospheric and Space Scientists
  • Chemists
  • Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
  • Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers

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