STC offers language classes to local advanced manufacturing companies
To help grow the the Advanced Manufacturing in the Rio Grande Valley, South Texas College has partnered with many of the local manufacturing companies to offer Spanish-English language courses. Each class is customized to the needs of the company. The training is offered through STC’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing. Click here to learn more about IAM.
Local companies that have operations in McAllen and some in Reynosa already have utilized this program to increase the skills of their binational workforce. Companies such as ALPS Automotive, JVC, AM-MEX, Rio Grande Pak Foods, Corning Cable Systems, Coca-Cola and GE Engine Services already are participating in this training.
In a news release, HR director Maurice Rodriguez for Corning Cable Systems in McAllen said: “We have more than 4,300 employees at our Reynosa plant and an additional 50 U.S.-based employees. We are very appreciative of the offerings, given that 25 percent of our team is working hard to improve their Spanish language skills to help them with day-to-day communications. We have seen great results and have received positive feedback from the employees who have taken the courses at STC. Many of them have commented on how helpful the courses were to them, and now I’m actually receiving some e-mails from them written in Spanish.”