{"id":2658,"date":"2018-03-14T20:05:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T20:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=2658"},"modified":"2018-03-14T20:05:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T20:05:55","slug":"dashiell-corp-hires-entire-tstc-lineworker-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=2658","title":{"rendered":"Dashiell Corp. Hires Entire TSTC Lineworker Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/linemensm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2659\" src=\"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/linemensm-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/linemensm-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/linemensm-624x824.jpg 624w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/linemensm.jpg 663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a>(FORT BEND COUNTY) &#8211; The first graduating class of linemen from Texas State Technical College in Fort Bend County will walk the stage in April with their certificates and a sigh of relief, knowing they have jobs waiting for them.<\/p>\n<p>All eight graduates have been offered employment with Dashiell Corp. upon completion of the program. Dashiell is a leading national provider of technical services to the electric utility, power generation and energy industries.<\/p>\n<p>Troy Eads, instructor of TSTC\u2019s Electrical Lineworker Technology, said he had been working with a couple of companies to help find his students jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The representative from Dashiell was the first to see the students in action, Eads said. \u201cAfter he talked to them and saw them climb, he said, \u2018Yeah, I\u2019ll take them all.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eads said he wasn\u2019t really surprised that the company wanted all of the students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try to teach them everything they need to know,\u201d Eads said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t surprised that any company that came through would (hire them all) because we have a great program. Most schools have a 15-week certification, and we have 45 weeks. You learn a lot more in 45 weeks. We have a good curriculum and great students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Student Darryl Jackson said he feels good about having a job before graduating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust a couple of years ago, I really didn\u2019t understand where I would be at,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cNow I\u2019m a few months away from graduating school, and I already have a job. It gives me a sense of accomplishment, like I actually did something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson said he didn\u2019t expect to have a job lined up so soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was really expecting that we\u2019d graduate and have to go out and find our own jobs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Though the students are taught the job skills they need, the program goes a little further than that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe go in-depth with what we teach them,\u201d Eads said. \u201cThey learn not only about the work, but things like showing up on time also. There\u2019s responsibility involved. We teach them about going through the interview and stuff like that as well &#8212; the soft skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson said it was those things that made the program special to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt changed everybody in the program, including me,\u201d he said. \u201cWe all had our ways about us, and Troy pointed those things out and showed us what wouldn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for now, the students are counting down the days until they begin their new jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cIt\u2019s something we talk about every day now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TSTC will begin registering students for the summer and fall semesters on Monday, April 2. For more information on TSTC\u2019s Electrical Lineworker Technology, visit tstc.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(FORT BEND COUNTY) &#8211; The first graduating class of linemen from Texas State Technical College in Fort Bend County will walk the stage in April with their certificates and a sigh of relief, knowing they have jobs waiting for them. All eight graduates have been offered employment with Dashiell Corp. upon completion of the program. 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