Job Training and Skills Development within Port Arthur

Prepared by: The D. James Group

GTEC: Port Arthur’s “Quiet Storm” Blowing in the winds of change through job training, life-skills and partnerships.


Economic Expansion – Plans for expansions and the news of hundreds

of jobs headed to Port Arthur and SE Texas

More Jobs than Workers– Training and preparing enough local workers in

time to meet the employment challenge

Community Development– Strong potential for the City of Port Arthur and

the surrounding communities to be enriched and nourished from the job growth

The OpportunityThe Opportunity


So, what’s wrong with this So, what’s wrong with this picture?picture?

It’s not enough that the Port Arthur community is trained to do a job…

Rather, all must be equipped to be:– Successful | Employable

– Responsible to themselves | family

– Contributors to the Port Arthur Community

How can we accomplish this??

GTEC and YOU!GTEC and YOU!



Job Training Program – Helping disadvantaged adults, young men and

women get necessary job skills.– Balance of Classroom & Hands-on curriculum – Jobs Focus: Welding. Pipefitting. Construction.

Life-Skills Development Program– Self Belief, Self Awareness, Motivation, – Reinforcing student capabilities – Critical decision making, problem-solving, – Job Readiness Skills – Resume writing | Interviewing – Counseling

Job Placement & Coaching Program– Tracking System for Participants– Teaching what new workers need to know

Golden Triangle Empowerment Golden Triangle Empowerment CenterCenter


Digital Workforce Academy– Began as the workforce development component

of Austin Eastside Story Foundation– Inaugural class in October 2000– Extended program in 2002 to encompass the

Austin metropolitan area

Track record of proven success :– Over 500 students have participated in program– 85% of students have graduated and have

secured jobs in their area of training

Through MRSW contracts, participants have received internships with key strategic business partners

Background | HistoryBackground | History



GTEC: A Holistic ViewGTEC: A Holistic View We train | educate the whole person

– We have great instructors– Understand what employers are looking for – Have experience integrating curriculum resources

& hands-on tools into employable job skills.

The Program: Job Skills | Life-Skills – The labor demands in the area will provide the background

for the GTEC training offerings.– Life-skills will be an integral part of the curriculum – Substance abuse counseling as well as job training will

help people get/keep their lives on the right track for a positive future.

GTEC’s 360GTEC’s 360oo

approach increases the productivity in the lives of peopleapproach increases the productivity in the lives of people

while teaching life-skills to assist them in handling real life situations.while teaching life-skills to assist them in handling real life situations.


GTEC: A Holistic View GTEC: A Holistic View (Continued)(Continued)

We have established partnerships– Motiva | Becon | TOTAL |Fluor

Job placements– Mayors Office | City of Port Arthur

Full support and project endorsement – Texas Workforce Commission– The Digital Workforce Academy

We believe the possibilities…– Focus on the underserved and overlooked

Emphases on the 5 county region Unemployed | Under employed | Unemployable

– Launching a career, not just filling a job!– Successfully developing contributors to the

Port Arthur Community



If we know that… – There are great job opportunities available in Port

Arthur and that they WILL be filled. – Training will be made available. – Job placement– GTEC has the support of the government and

industry to provide training

Then..– We need to ensure the that the people in our

“sphere of influence” participate in these opportunities instead of becoming victims of it.

By forging strong, ongoing ”community-based”

partnerships to provide candidates for this program

The Value PropositionThe Value Proposition


IfIf we know that…– GTEC is striving to have a presence in the

community to support its emphasis on community involvement

ThenThen – A partnership provides the foundation and

commitment necessary to reach the people we’re targeting for this program…

Fostering a broad-based community engagementaddresses concerns about the future

Supporting GTEC’s commitment to serving the underserved and overlooked

– Unemployment is higher in people of color, with low skill and economics

– Address the job skills gap through training and life -skills

The Value Proposition The Value Proposition (Continued(Continued



GTEC Project GTEC Project Highlights…Highlights… Class Statistics since October 2007:

– Class Completion: 204 of 267 students | 80% pass rate

– Job Placement: * 70% placement

– Average wages for job placement: $13 to $19 per hour

Verification activities:– Random drug screenings– Criminal background investigations

Second Chance Initiative: – Counseling and follow-up provided for students

if they fail initial drug test or for certain criminal convictions.

* Due to project delay


The more things The more things change…change… Grass roots involvement and word of mouth advertising remain the key to recruiting successful candidates – Reaching people GTEC would never reach– From churches to schools, retail stores to

restaurants, auto shops to barbershops spreading the news about the opportunities through GTEC

The Benefit– Direct impact to your sphere of influence– GTEC graduates are investors in their community

versus dependants on their community – Quality of Life improvements (Direct | Indirect)


GTEC and YOU!GTEC and YOU!


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