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6 Recommendations for Addressing the Gaps Between Education and Expertise and Workforce Needs The timing of this report and the evaluation of the state ocean acoustics education and expertise reflects a growing national concern about present and future workforce demands. Although many challenges faced by the ocean acoustics community stem from its development, multidisciplinary nature, and variety of applications for related technologies requiring various levels of technical expertise, others align with broader national workforce challenges.
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Recommendations for Addressing the Gaps Between Education and Expertise and Workforce Needs 77 committee has identified many parallels between the needs of and concerns for the future workforce in ocean acoustics that are consistent with national workforce needs at large. GAPS BETWEEN EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND WORKFORCE NEEDS After comparing the current and future workforce demands (see Chapter 4)
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78 Ocean Acoustics Education and Expertise and education and training opportunities. These gaps address the availability of education and training programs to provide necessary skills for a robust ocean acoustics workforce across all levels, from technicians to advanced researchers.
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Recommendations for Addressing the Gaps Between Education and Expertise and Workforce Needs 79 Coordinated Workforce and Stakeholder-Specific Training in Non-military Applications An educational foundation rooted in math, physics, and/or engineering is often required for ocean acoustics positions, but training for specific mission-driven stakeholder groups remains lacking. Many training opportunities are focused on military applications, yet regulators, bioacousticians, marine technicians, and law enforcement (including some USCG members)
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80 Ocean Acoustics Education and Expertise Experiential Learning Programs to Foster a Connected and Inclusive Ocean Acoustics Community Participants in experiential learning programs develop not only ocean acoustics hands-on skills but also professional and personal relationships. Short courses and training programs, such as those discussed in the Training section of Chapter 3, allow for important professional relationship-building and opportunities for connections beyond an individual's home institution or organization.
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Recommendations for Addressing the Gaps Between Education and Expertise and Workforce Needs 81 Expanding Higher Education Curriculum, Guidelines, and Teaching Materials A clear set of curriculum guidelines or a collection of recommended teaching materials for higher education students interested in ocean acoustics and related applications does not exist. This is especially true for 2- to 4-year colleges, which contribute substantially to shaping an individual's career path.
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82 Ocean Acoustics Education and Expertise • Effects of Sound and Bioacoustics: Marine bioacoustics2 requires knowledge of sound propagation between a source/producer and a receiver when either is an animal. Because sound is so critical to aquatic life for communication, foraging, mating, and sensing the environment, knowledge related to marine bioacoustics is tightly linked to understanding the effects of human generated sound on aquatic animals.
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Recommendations for Addressing the Gaps Between Education and Expertise and Workforce Needs 83 necessary to ensure that the broad ocean acoustics workforce will be able to effectively use new technologies and computing methodologies. • Best practices in scientific computing: Ocean acoustics researchers and practitioners regularly develop code to solve problems, whether to model sound propagation in the stratified ocean or analyze sounds received from an array of hydrophones.
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84 Ocean Acoustics Education and Expertise Conclusion 6-6: Given the rapid advancements in a number of key data analysis and management aspects, related content should be included in formal ocean acoustics education programs to meet workplace needs. Consistent Experiential Learning and Professional Development Opportunities Chapter 3 highlights education and training opportunities, including internships, short courses, and tutorials.
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Recommendations for Addressing the Gaps Between Education and Expertise and Workforce Needs 85 Awareness Gaps The final category of identified gaps between workforce needs and available education and training is the lack of knowledge about ocean acoustics career pathways and the value that ocean acoustics provides to society. Four awareness gaps were identified by the committee and are presented in subsequent subsections.
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86 Ocean Acoustics Education and Expertise Recommendation 6-8: Federal agencies and blue economy industries should dedicate financial support to ocean acoustics education and training both within grant-funded programs (coupled research-education opportunities) and through separate STEM education/training initiatives (education decoupled from specific research grants)
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Recommendations for Addressing the Gaps Between Education and Expertise and Workforce Needs 87 opportunities over the next decade. Recommendations from this report are listed in Table 6-1 in the order in which they appear in the text, along with their classification and whether they link to previous reports.
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88 Ocean Acoustics Education and Expertise TABLE 6-1 continued Related to Chapter- Potential Lackie report No. Recommendation Classification Actors recommendations 6-1 Relevant federal agencies and industry should fund, or Programmatic, DoD, ONR, Lackie 2 re-establish, sponsored chaired positions or similar Awareness BOEM, designations, at institutions of higher education to NOAA, accelerate mentorship and scholarly work.
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Recommendations for Addressing the Gaps Between Education and Expertise and Workforce Needs 89 • Numerical modeling and analysis supported by high-capacity computing content; • Best practices in scientific computing; and • Data management. 6-6 Organizations with the capacity to develop and offer Curriculum Professional Lackie 11, 12 mission-related professional development opportunities societies in ocean acoustics should consistently offer short courses, tutorials, and other training opportunities (including online programs)
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