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Listed are a Few of our Community Commitments:
- State design team for School to Work
- Governors Education Reform Task Force
- Region III Tech Prep Consortium
- Skills Credential Programs in Welding, Fitting, Drafting and
Business Occupations
- Provide tours and presenters to area schools as a career / drug
awareness program
- Provide job shadowing opportunities for juniors and seniors
- Provide summers jobs to high school students in many fields
- Produced a video entitled Partners in Education - Welding, Fitting
and Accounting which stresses the importance of math, English,
communication, computer & software skills.
- Completed four additional educational videos: Barge Engineers,
Construction Engineers, Riggers and Drafters.
- Pacesetter Campaign Company for United Way of South Louisiana,
raising approximately $210,000 annually in employee contributions
- Maintain a cooperative agreement with technical colleges in
support of drafting and welding programs.
- Provide professionals, technicians, and skilled crafts personnel
to partner schools when needed.
- Coordinated the remodeling of welding facilities to three local
Louisiana schools, committing $60,000/year for the next several
years. We are currently soliciting additional aid from other companies
in the industry.
- Initiated "Dads on Campus" program at local Louisiana
high school in which several employees give presentations on skills
learned in school and how they will relate to careers later.
- Provide employees to speak at schools on topics ranging from
interviewing skills to drugs in the workplace.
Most Recent Community Involvement Awards
- 1996 Distinguished Partners in Education
- 1997 Outstanding Secondary Business / Labor Award
- 1998 National Employer Leadership Council's School to Work Award
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