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Corpus Christi has state-of-the art education and training facilities to provide industry with the skilled workforce they demand. The community boasts the fastest growing four year university in the state, a world class community college offering degrees and certificates in over 150 fields, as well as private training facilities. Del Mar College, the city’s community college, works directly with industry to develop occupational specific degree and certificate programs. In addition, the college’s Center for Economic Development provides industry with customized training programs designed to meet any business need, continuing professional education programs and technology specific seminars.
Del Mar College, Texas A&M and WorkSource partner with business and industry to secure funds to train and grow their workforce. Programs such as the 4A sales tax incentives, the Skills Development Grants and Workforce Grants help defray the cost of business, while providing employees with real world skills. |
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WorkSource provides services to individuals seeking employment, those seeking better jobs, and to employers needing skilled, experienced employees. The focus of WorkSource is to ensure that employers have resources to solve workforce-related problems and that individuals make successful career decisions. WorkSource accesses training funds through the State of Texas for customized and on-going training. The organization works closely with the Existing Industry program of the Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation and the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce to address the workforce needs of the petrochemical and construction industries of the Coastal Bend. Programs and approaches include:
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Del Mar College is a comprehensive community college in Corpus Christi, Texas, offering more academic, occupational, technical, and continuing education programs than any other college or university in the area. Each year, over 24,000 credit and non-credit students enroll in one of 150 different credit and noncredit programs. Del Mar College has helped more than a half million individuals transform their dreams into realities over the past 65 years. Del Mar College has a close working relationship with the local employers and has been instrumental in creating and delivering special training programs to enhance the skills of the incumbent workforce as well as preparing the workforce for new skills. These programs include such specializations as logistics management, quality assurance management, aviation technology, chemical laboratory technology, and chemical process technology. The college is one of the most important assets for economic development and expansion in the region.
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Texas A&M Univeristy - Corpus Christi is one of the state's fastest growing four-year universities and the only university in America located on its very own island. Its palm tree-lined campus is surrounded by natural wetlands and the newly restored beach across from campus provides a "live" on-site laboratory for measuring coastal processes. Achievements: The University was ranked as the top public regional university in Texas by U.S. News & World Report in its annual college guide in 1998, 1999, and 2001, and again recognized in 2002 as one of the top public master's level universities in the western United States. First year students benefit from the unique learning communities program. Recognized as a national model, the program helps students connect with other students and small learning groups by providing links between their classes and subjects.
Business degrees from A&M-Corpus Christi are highly ranked, backed by the College of Business' prestigious accreditation of AACSB-International Association for Management Education. The university's accounting students have a CPA exam pass rate that ranks the program consistently among the top 10 public universities in the state, and 90 percent of the graduates from the College of Education have immediate job placement. At the forefront of education is the Early Childhood Development Center on campus, a collaborative effort between the University and Corpus Christi ISD. The center serves 132 children age three through third grade, providing opportunities for child development research, observation on how children learn best and the development of improved teaching techniques. Academic Programs: Students select from 33 undergraduate majors, 25 graduate programs and two doctoral programs offered through four colleges. The College of Arts and Humanities has 12 undergraduate and seven graduate degrees, ranging from the arts to criminal justice to psychology. The College of Business offers six undergraduate and two graduate programs. The College of Education offers teacher certification in more than 30 areas as well as three undergraduate degrees, 10 graduate programs and two doctoral programs. The College of Science and Technology offers 12 undergraduate and six graduate degrees in areas from biology and computer science to nursing and environmental science. The Geographic Information Science (GIS) program is the only computer-based GIS program of its kind in the state, and is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
Research Programs: The new Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies brings world-renown scientists to the campus to further strengthen A&M-Corpus Christi's research on environmental issues facing the Gulf of Mexico, area wetlands, coastal waterways and beaches. Other centers on campus conduct research on biodiversity through scientific offshore diving expeditions, and aid in oil spill response, hurricane tracking and commercial shipping.
In addition to the Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi has other research centers, institutes, and experts. These include:
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The Craft Training Center of the Coastal Bend (CTCCB) is a non-profit organization. Corpus Christi industrial owners and contractors are working together to solve the growing manpower shortages facing the South Texas construction industry. Nationally, the shortage of skilled workers is a problem growing at an alarming rate. This problem affects every contractor's ability to stay competitive, decrease the number of reportable incidents, and complete projects efficiently. In 1987, the local industry owners, represented by The Coastal Bend Business Roundtable (CBBR), and contractors, represented by The Associated Builders & Contractors, Texas Coastal Bend Chapter (ABC), addressed the problem and developed The ABC Merit Shop Training Program, Inc. to help alleviate manpower shortages. In 1997, our name changed to ABC Merit Shop Training Program, Inc., dba The Craft Training Center of the Coastal Bend. The Craft Training Center of the Coastal Bend provides task-oriented modular-based training to employees of local industrial owners and contractors by utilizing Contren® curricula developed by The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER). This training is offered through our 4-Year Electrical and 3-Year Insulating Apprenticeship programs and our Craft Training Programs, which include courses in Pipefitting, Welding and Instrument Fitter. The Upgrade Training Program is flexible and can be customized to meet the needs of each individual company. Craft Training Programs are designed to provide the related technical knowledge and entry-level skills in a particular trade. Individuals currently working in the construction trades as helpers or those unemployed are encouraged to enroll. In addition to the technical information, safety, mathematics and people skills are stressed continuously throughout the training program. Classes are currently offered in the following Craft Areas: Instrument Fitter The Upgrade Skills Training Program is designed to provide training to industrial owners and contractors located in the Corpus Christi area. Training is customizable to meet the needs of each owner or contractor. The Program is available to participating owners and contractors working in the owner's facilities. The training can be conducted at the industrial owner's facility, a contractor's facility or the Craft Training Center. |
