Texas Injection Molding LLC Partners with Houston Community College for $183,879 Job-Training Grant
Date: Aug. 29, 2019
Media Contact: Cisco Gamez
Phone: 512-463-8556
AUSTIN ⎯ Texas Injection Molding LLC has partnered with Houston Community College to provide job training using a $183,879 Skills Development Fund grant from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The grant will benefit workers in the Workforce Solutions Gulf Coast area.
“The partnership between Texas Injection Molding and Houston Community College on this Skills Development Fund grant will benefit both the local community and its workforce,” said TWC Commissioner Representing Labor Julian Alvarez. “Collaborations like this improve the skills of Texas workers and ensure our labor force remains among the most talented in the world.”
This grant will be used to provide custom training to 77 new and incumbent workers in the manufacturing industry. Trainees will include maintenance supervisors, office managers, packers, process engineering technicians and others. Upon completion of training, the workers will receive an average hourly wage of $25.14.
Since its inception in 1996, the Skills Development Fund grants have created or upgraded more than 356,744 jobs throughout Texas. The grants have assisted 4,356 employers with their customized training needs. The Legislature allocated $48 million to the Skills Development Fund for the 2018-19 biennium. Employers seeking more information about the Skills Development Fund may visit the TWC website at www.texasworkforce.org/skills.
Houston Community College contact: Jennifer Kellough Holmes, 713-718-6797, Jennifer.holmes2@hccs.edu
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