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| Project Quest provided high-quality training services
and saved our company thousands of dollars. In return, the community
received self-sufficient citizens. |
Randy Ray
Manager Training and Development
Standard Aero San Antonio, Inc. |
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| Standard Aero |
Standard
Aero San Antonio, Inc., an aerospace jet engine repair and overhaul
facility that provides services to Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air
Force, was faced with a familiar challenge for many companies –
an aging, retiring workforce with few qualified workers in the pipeline
to replace them. Standard Aero needed a pool of candidates for Tech
1 positions to dismantle, repair and assemble jet engine components.
To meet that challenge, the company appealed to Project Quest, a San
Antonio employment broker. After researching the specific needs with
Standard Aero executives, Project Quest and the local community college,
St. Philips College, helped develop a five-month training class. At
the close of the training, Standard Aero hired 100% of the graduates
for Tech 1 positions.
Standard Aero estimates a savings of $140,000 on the first class of
workers. Project Quest paid the trainees for the first two months
and provided everything from childcare to transportation, an incentive
to finish the program. For the last three months, Standard Aero paid
$7 per hour to each trainee. Based on the cost-effectiveness of the
program and the quality of the workers, Standard Aero commissioned
a second training in 2002, resulting once again in the hiring of all
of the training graduates
The Aspen Institute has documented the success of industry-specific
workforce development programs for employees nationally with its report,
Gaining
Ground: The Labor Market Progress of Participants of Sectoral Employment
Development Programs.
The Workforce Innovation Networks (WINs) has researched and documented
many partnerships between companies, community colleges, and community-based
organizations around the country. Composed of Jobs
for the Future, The
Center for Workforce Success at the National Association of Manufacturers,
and the Center
for Workforce Preparation at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, WINs
can identify leading workforce training organizations for your company.
Find
an expert who can help your company with filling human resources
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