{"id":476,"date":"2016-05-02T16:40:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T16:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=476"},"modified":"2016-05-02T21:29:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T21:29:46","slug":"area-companies-using-tstc-for-workplace-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=476","title":{"rendered":"Area Companies Using TSTC for Workplace Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

(MARSHALL) \u2013 Area companies have turned to Texas State Technical College for training workers to improve their skills in manufacturing and production.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe do have a training capacity for the local area within a 50-mile range,\u201d said Bryan Maertins, executive director of Workforce Training and Continuing Education at TSTC in Marshall. \u201cWe have started a statewide direct marketing campaign geared toward companies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Cabot Norit Activated Carbon Americas in Marshall has sent workers to learn about different kinds of welding and process training. The training began in January and ended in April with another session scheduled to start in June. This was the first time the company has partnered with the college.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTheir goal is to run 35 people through the training,\u201d said Maertins.<\/span><\/p>\n

Master Woodcraft Cabinetry in Marshall continues to send six workers to train for mechanical troubleshooting, motor controls, programmable logic controls and the basics of electricity.<\/span><\/p>\n

The company makes enough cabinets to fill the equivalent of 65 tractor-trailers a week and sent to 35 states. Some of the equipment workers use include computerized chop and gang rip saws and water-based ultraviolet cured finishing lines.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn maintenance, the machinery we buy is very sophisticated and highly technical and computerized,\u201d said Mark Trexler, the company\u2019s president and chief executive officer. \u201cWe have to continue to educate these guys to work on the more complicated equipment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Trexler said having TSTC in Marshall was an asset in utilizing faculty expertise and equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very happy or we would not continue to do it,\u201d Trexler said. \u201cThey (workers) have to work their shift and they go over to TSTC for training,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a huge benefit to have them local. If we had to send them to Longview or Shreveport, we would probably not do it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, LP Building Products of Carthage sent eight workers to learn more about programmable logic control systems and hydraulics theory, troubleshooting and design. Maertins said the company requested an assessment of its workers before and after the training to see how much they have developed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Edward Chaney, an instructor and assistant department chair in Industrial Maintenance\/Engineering, said workplace safety comes from respecting the equipment being used and repaired.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUnderstanding the how\u2019s and why\u2019s give technicians a better understanding of troubleshooting and a better of understanding of how to design and upgrade equipment efficiency,\u201d he said. \u201cWith this knowledge comes a better technical team and a safer team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To learn more about workforce training opportunities contact Bryan Maertins, executive director of Workforce Training and Continuing Education at 903-923-3442.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(MARSHALL) \u2013 Area companies have turned to Texas State Technical College for training workers to improve their skills in manufacturing and production. \u201cWe do have a training capacity for the local area within a 50-mile range,\u201d said Bryan Maertins, executive director of Workforce Training and Continuing Education at TSTC in Marshall. \u201cWe have started a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marshall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476\/revisions\/477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}