{"id":1339,"date":"2017-03-09T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2017-03-09T19:40:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T19:40:43","slug":"tstc-students-look-to-sweetwater-events-center-as-source-for-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=1339","title":{"rendered":"TSTC Students Look to Sweetwater Events Center as Source for Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

(SWEETWATER) \u2013 The Nolan County Coliseum Complex is giving Texas State Technical College students the opportunity to attend classes and learn about work quality and responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

The multi-structure events venue on Coliseum Drive in Sweetwater has at least 12 TSTC students working varying hours depending on scheduled events. Some of March\u2019s activities include a 4-H Club quilting show, a quinceanera, team roping competitions and a 4-H horse contest.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey want gas money, they want food money, they want money for their education,\u201d said Terry Locklar, the coliseum\u2019s general manager, about his student workers. \u201cThese are the guys and females that have a goal in mind and know what it takes to achieve that goal. It\u2019s been a great asset for us as far as having people you can count on and have that customer relations experience and that mindset of the harder work you do, the more you achieve.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The students and more than 10 full-time and permanent part-time staff have been transforming the coliseum area this week from hosting junior high school and high school rodeos to getting ready for rattlesnakes. The Sweetwater Jaycees\u2019 annual World\u2019s Largest Rattlesnake Roundup will host more than 25,000 visitors from across Texas and the nation from Friday, March 10, to Sunday, March 12. The event, which has at least an $8 million annual economic impact on Nolan County, includes the Miss Snake Charmer Pageant, a flea market, a gun and knife show, roping contests and a carnival.<\/span><\/p>\n

Saul Biscaino, 20, of Pleasanton and a fall 2016 Welding Technology graduate taking an extra welding class to learn more techniques this semester at TSTC, is looking forward to his first rattlesnake event. He works at least 30 hours a week and has been employed at the complex since last summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a real good experience,\u201d Biscaino said about his work. \u201cWhen they have the rodeos, I am responsible for the financial paperwork and making sure everything that needs to be paid for is, and everything put out in the stalls gets put out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Biscaino has also done welded panels on livestock stalls and built countertops for sinks in new restrooms in the complex\u2019s annex.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very fortunate,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m very grateful to the coliseum staff that gave me the opportunity to continue my classes and work here and get as many hours as I can.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

One of Biscaino\u2019s co-workers, 20-year-old Devin Klar of San Antonio, has been working at the complex since the fall. Klar is a Wind Energy Technology major and is scheduled to graduate in May from TSTC.<\/span><\/p>\n

This weekend, Klar will make sure trash is picked up and help out where needed on the grounds during the rattlesnake event.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWorking at the coliseum has taught me a lot,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s given me a lot of integrity, and we are given a lot of responsibility here. It is given to us with trust, and we get that trust very quickly. I am able to follow through and make decisions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Sweetwater<\/a><\/p>\n

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