Our Apprentice Class
Christopher Torres and Rafael Munoz are shown participating in the apprentice class held every Monday. The instructor, ED Cheney, is in the back ground. Performance and safety module on using company tools and personal tools.
workforce development
Lumpkin County High School Career Fair 2012
WFD Team members recently made a trip to the North Georgia Mountain city of Dahlonega in order to represent MIS Atlanta at Lumpkin County High School’s annual Career Fair. MIS Team members Daniel Garza and Jody Klodner spoke with over 300 students ranging from 9th through 12th grade and were joined by over 50 other presenters spanning all trades including everything from technical schools to beauty salons.
Our invitation to participate in this event came as a result of meeting LCHS Industrial Arts teacher Mr.
CIAC Career Fair
Hispanic Contractors AssociCEFGA Career Expo 2012
The Marek Family of Companies is once again sponsoring a booth at the CEFGA (Construction Education Foundation of Georgia) CareerExpo and SkillsUSA State Championships for 2012. It all happens 3/15-3/16 at the Georgia InternationalConvention Center.
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On November 12th and 19th, 2011, Jorge Vazquez came to the Austin Branch to train our field employees in OSHA 10 Training. Jorge is our Loss Prevention Specialist from our home office in Houston. Twenty-seven of our field employees were certified!
MBS Austin Apprenticeship Program
We would like to recognize our employees whom are participating in our apprenticeship program. In this picture they are standing in front of a frame and sheet rock wall which they built as part of the performance lab project. As part of the lab, each apprentice is required to take apart a metal and wood framing, install insulation and sheet rock using metal screws.
NCCER
As you may know we have been giving our journeymen the opportunity to take the NCCER exam. In doing this we were working towards a proud and educated workforce. Our mission is to build a safe, productive, and sustainable workforce of craft professionals. I am happy to update everyone and let them know that now 30% of our workforce is NCCER Certified and that number will only go up as the testing continues.
English as a Second Language
In 2010 we partnered with San Antonio Independent School District to establish an ESL class for our employees. We have run through two successful semesters this year with 33 of our employees taking advantage of this opportunity.