Rio Grande Valley Community College
Apprenticeship Training Alliance
DOL H-1B Technical Skills Grant
STARR COUNTY
WILLACY COUNTY
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HIDALGO COUNTY
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CAMERON COUNTY
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South Texas
Community
College
“Strengthening and Building Partnerships for Workforce
Development” Presentation 3/3/03
Carlos L. Margo, Training Manager
South Texas Community College
The Partnership for Workforce Training and Continuing
Education
A Brief History of STCC
 Legislatively created - Sept. 1993
 Serve over 600,000 people previously
without access to a community college
 $28 million campus donated by the City of
McAllen
 Taxing District and Bond Election-August
1995
- 8 cent M&O Tax Rate
- $20 million in construction bonds
 Maintenance Tax and Bond Election Sept.
2001
- 3 cent increase to 11 cent M&O tax rate
- $98.7 million in construction bonds
In Nine Years . . .
 From 1,000 to 14,467 students
 From a $3.9 million to a $61
million budget
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From 267 to 1,407 faculty and
staff
From 1 to 6 campuses/centers
Student Enrollment History
Fall 1990 to Fall 2002
13,719
12,448
11,319
10,373
9,453
6,857
5,424
3,267
STCC
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1992
1996
1991
TSTC
1,058
1995
670
1994
645
1993
584
1990
2,334
Future Student Enrollment
Targets: Fall 2002 to Fall 2010
Source: PageSoutherlandPage Campus Development Master Plan
“RATED AS THE #1 TWO-YEAR COLLEGE
NATION-WIDE FOR HISPANICS”
General Motors, Ford AND STCC
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION
Graduate Employment
95% of STCC
graduates are
employed or
continuing
their
education
Employer Satisfaction
100% would hire STCC
graduates again
97% were
satisfied with
STCC graduates
Unemployment Rate
Since STCC’s creation in
1993, unemployment has
been cut in half
Hidalgo County 24.1% to 12.8%
Starr County
40.3% to 19.2%
Source: Texas Workforce Commission - 2002
Critical Facts to
Consider…
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One quarter of all Texas
counties are distressed
(either unemployment
exceeds the state’s 4.7%
unemployment rate by
2% and higher or 20% of
18 years and above have
less than a high school
degree).
Source: UT Pan American Data &
Information System Center
Texas Border Infrastructure Coalition
Our Greatest Challenge . . .
 Balance of Access and
Excellence
 Balance of Opportunity
and Success
STCC . . . Creating Opportunity,
Access & Employment
THE FUTURE IS IN OUR HANDS!
U. S. Department of Labor Approves
$3 Million H-1B Technical Skills
Training Grant
 $3 million team effort to be
matched by an additional
$3 million from industry
corporate sponsors
 STCC was one of only two
community colleges awarded
in the nation
H-1B Partners
South Texas
Manufacturing
Association
•This Association represents
local manufacturing companies
• Sets standards for the
Apprenticeship Program
•Recruits new companies for the
Apprenticeship Program
•Provide Case Management for
Pre Apprentices & Apprentices
•Give more widespread recognition
to the Apprenticeship Program
•Provide high school
students with
concurrent enrollment
opportunities (high
school/apprenticeship)
•On-line and distant
learning will be
incorporated via STCC
and School districts
distant learning labs
•Students Receive dual
credit
•Serves as lead educational
institution to provide training for
Apprenticeship Program
•Serves as lead agency and Liaison
between the consortium members
•Assists as an
educational institution
to provide training for
Apprenticeship Program
•Correlates programs
with South Texas
Community College
•Currently working on
Plastics Process
Technician
Apprenticeship Program
•Assists in the leading
research and development
efforts with local employers.
•Studies in the Health,
Automotive, and Building
Trades industries
H-1B Project Components
APPRENTICESHIP
TRAINING PROGRAM
• Sponsored by STMA
•Training available for: Industrial
Maintenance, Tool and Die, and
Plastics Process Technician
PRE-APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM
• One-year preparatory program.
•Trains and prepares apprenticeship
prospects
•4-year, 8,800 hour training program
•Online and distance learning available
•For full-time mfg. employees
•Trainees receive dual credit—preapprenticeship and STCC Associate of
Applied Science in PMT.
•Receive wage increases every 1,000
hours of training
•Certified by the US DOL Bureau of
Apprenticeship and Training
YOUTH PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
• Alliance working with School Districts across Rio Grande Valley
•Provides concurrent enrollment opportunities for High School
students.
•Students receive dual credit--High School and STCC.
•Program prepares students for eventual careers in mfg and for
entrance into STCC Apprenticeship Program
•On-line and Distant Learning will be incorporated via STCC’s and
School Districts’ distant learning labs.
Schedule of Wages
(per 1000 hour period)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Certified
Journeyman
Percent of $14.25
Actual Wage
(Minimum Required)
53 %
56
59
64
72
80
88
95
100%
$7.50
$7.90
$8.40
$9.12
$10.26
$11.40
$12.54
$13.54
$14.25
Tool and Die Training
A Tool and Die Training Background
vs. Bachelor's Degrees
English
Business
50-54
Age 35-39
Accounting
<30
$-
Tool and Die
$20,0 $40,0
00
00
Annual
Salary
$60,0
00
Source: 1993 National Survey of College Graduates, NSF/SRS, NTMA, PMA/TMA.
Apprenticeship Career
Opportunities
National 1999-2000 Job Opportunities vs.
Graduates
600
400
Requests
200
Graduates
0
IMT
PMT
IMT- Industrial Maintenance
PMT – Precision Machining Technology
IE – Industrial Electricity/Electronics
Source: Ranken Technical College, St. Louis, MO.
IE
Apprenticeship Career
Opportunities
Starting Salaries
Source: U.S.
Bureau of Labor
Statistics
Apprenticeship Programs
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Industrial Maintenance
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Tool and Die
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Began October 2000
38 apprentices enrolled to date
Began September 2001
38 apprentices enrolled to date
Plastics Process Technician
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Under Development
Training to begin
September 2003.
STMA Apprenticeship
Training Program
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Length of Program: 4 Years (8,800 hours)
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Related Instruction: 800 hours
Work Experience (OJT): 8,000
Certification: Journeyman. Certified by the
U.S. Dept. of Labor Bureau of Apprenticeship
and Training.
 Average Journeyman Starting Wage in McAllen:
$16.00/ hr.
 Average Journeyman Wage with 10-15
yrs. experience: $40,000--$50,000 / yr.
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STMA Apprenticeship
Related Instruction
TOOL & DIE
INDUSTRIAL
MAINTENANCE
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Mathematics
Blueprint Reading &
Drafting
Mechanical Theory
& Applications
Electrical / Electronics
Theory & Applications
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Technical Mathematics
Blue Print Reading &
Drafting
Machining
Tool Design
Materials & Manufacturing
Processes
EDM Application
Fluid Power
Welding (TIG, ARC, Brazing)
Heat Treating
Apprenticeship Funding
History
$3,500,000.00
$3,000,000
$3,000,000.00
$2,500,000.00
$2,000,000.00
$1,500,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$500,000.00
$124,000
$0.00
YEAR
FUNDING
SOURCE
$380,000
2000
2001
2002
City of
McAllen
USDOL/ LRG
Workforce
Development Board
U.S Dept. of Labor
H-1B Grant
Apprenticeship
Enrollment History
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Apprenticeship
Adult PreApprenticeship
Youth PreApprenticeship
Tool & Die
Apprenticeship Program
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Oscar Del Angel, Tool
& Die Apprentice
Sponsored by
Automation Tooling
Systems, McAllen,
Texas
Began program
January 13, 2003
Douglas Schelbert,
Tool and Die Trainer.
Youth Pre-Apprenticeship
Program
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Victor Hernandez,
Instructor
Edeer Mireles,
McAllen Memorial
High School Junior
Taking Machining I
Began pilot program
August 200
Apprenticeship Ceremony
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Cesar Acuña, Industrial
Maintenance Apprentice
Sponsored by Automation
Tooling Systems since
August 2000
Shown here receiving a
50% completion certificate
From left to right is Cesar
Acuña, IM Apprentice,
Claudio Guerra, Project
Training Specialist, Andy
Martinez, IM Trainer/
Instructor, Cynthia B.
Muñoz, Training Spec.
Texas State Legislators Visit STCC
Apprenticeship Program
Carlos Margo, Training Manager
at STCC conducts tour of
Apprenticeship training labs to
Legislators.
Glen Roney, STCC Board
Chairman and Dr. Shirley Reed,
STCC President, address
Legislators prior to a facilities
tour.
Why Workforce Training?
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Training will make it possible to help close
the gap that isolates undereducated adults in
Texas’ distressed counties from high skilled
jobs.
Training is an investment in Texas’ most
valuable resource—HUMAN CAPITAL!
Texas Border Infrastructure Coalition
Why Workforce Training?
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Training can help design a career pathway system
(K-16) that will prepare undereducated and
underskilled Texans for the 21st century job market
Training impacts Texas’ ability to sustain economic
growth and become a leader in a global economy
Texas Border Infrastructure Coalition
Why Workforce Training?
Together, we can prepare the workforce to
enter the job market with necessary skills
to earn salaries that support a higher
standard of living.
Texas Border Infrastructure Coalition
Rio Grande Valley Community College
Apprenticeship Training Alliance
DOL H-1B Technical Skills Grant
STARR COUNTY
WILLACY COUNTY
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HIDALGO COUNTY
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CAMERON COUNTY
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