Geothermal Workforce Survey: Colorado Energy Office

Supply Chain

This section includes information from supply chain respondents about current workforce and project capacity, existing opportunities and challenges, and the future outlook of geothermal in Colorado. This is the final section of the survey.

How many staff/employees does your organization have (approximate is fine)? Please divide into:
- Full Time: # and
- Part Time (less than 40 hours/week) / Temporary Workers / Short-Term Contractor : #

What are the 3-5 most common roles/occupations within your organization, and, optionally: what is the approximate pay range for each occupation?

Example:

Machinist — $XX,XXX–$XX,XXX/year

Sales Specialist — $XX.XX-$XX.XX/year

Procurement Specialist — $XX,XXX–$XX,XXX/year

Administrator — $XX,XXX–$XX,XXX/year

If any, approximately how many roles are currently unfilled at your organization, and which roles are unfilled?
Example:
Machinist — 2 unfilled

Procurement Specialist — 4 unfilled

Which roles are the hardest to fill? Why do you think that is?

If relevant, what key skills, experience, or qualifications do you believe are missing in applicants for key roles?

What types of geothermal components or materials does your organization primarily manufacture/supply (e.g., heat pumps, piping, drilling equipment, sensors)? Please specify typical capacities, sizes, or technical specifications you handle for each.

What is the approximate annual volume (in units sold, range or exact is fine) or value (in USD, range is fine) of geothermal components/materials your organization supplies to the Colorado market?
Example: "100K-500K value annually" or "10-50 units of X annually"

Describe your business outlook for Colorado for the next 5 years and how you see the conditions in CO for business expansion in geothermal. What main challenges and opportunities do you see in the geothermal supply chain processes in Colorado (or more generally)?

Education/Training Provider

This section requests information from education and training respondents about current training capacity, existing opportunities and challenges, and connections with geothermal employers in Colorado.

What is the name of the geothermal occupations-related training program(s) your training institution offers (degree, certificate, program)?

Approximately how many students are currently enrolled in your geothermal-related program?

What are some of the main occupations and industries/sectors/technologies your students go into upon completing your program?

Example: Occupations: Geothermal Technician, Environmental Engineer, Construction Craft Laborer; Industries/Sectors/Technologies: academic research, carbon capture, deep geothermal, oil and gas

Do you have direct connections with geothermal employers? If so, please explain how you partner with employers (e.g. through Registered Apprenticeships, internships, mentor programs, career fairs, etc.) and if possible, which employers.

What barriers, if any, does your training program face in recruiting and/or retaining students/participants? Please explain.

What barriers, if any, do students/participants face in enrolling and completing your program(s)? Please explain.

What approaches/practices, if any, have you found helpful in addressing these barriers? Please explain.

Heat Pump Tax Credit Contractors

This section is for respondents who are registered as a contractor for the Colorado Heat Pump Tax Credit. This is the final section.

For the following categories, what did you claim heat pump tax credits for during this past filing season?

If you have your Heat Pump Tax Credit Application ID available, please include it here

# of all Single-Family Residential Installations

$ Value of all Single Family Residential Tax Credits Claimed

# of Units for Multifamily Residential Installations

$ Value of all Multifamily Residential Tax Credits Claimed

# of Commercial Tonnage (Total Installed)

$ Value Commercial Tonnage Tax Credits Claimed

What dollar amount did you claim? (Line 7 of DR 1322)

What barriers (if any) did you encounter for jobs that did not qualify? Select all that apply

Did not meet the EnergyStar eligible criteria

Design systems not AHRI matched

System not designed as primary heating source

Customer preferred a different, non-eligible productOther (fill in answer)N/A - all of my 2024 geothermal heat pump installations qualified for the tax credit and I claimed it accordingly

If "Other" describe the barrier

Do you have any comments or feedback related to the geothermal portion of the Colorado Heat Pump Tax Credit?

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