Grant provides aerospace job training at TCC

A seven-member aerospace manufacturing consortium announced Oct. 28 it has partnered with Tarrant County College to provide training for 1,532 new or upgraded jobs using a $1.7 million Skills Development Fund grant from the Texas Workforce Commission.

The jobs include aerospace engineers, aircraft assemblers and financial analysts. Upon completion of training, workers are expected to receive an average hourly wage of $36.57.

The consortium includes Ball Corp., Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp., Progressive Concepts Inc., R&B Electronics, Trinity Forge and Triumph Fabrications.

In 2008, almost 20,000 jobs, which paid an average hourly wage of $24.29, were created or upgraded by the Skills Development Fund. The Texas Legislature appropriated $90 million to the fund for the 2010-2011 bienniums.

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