09/25/2026
๐ฌ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ฒ๐
๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐.
On September 24, leaders from the energy industry, the military community, workforce development, employers, national credentialing organizations, public leadership, and Central Texas came together at TCCT with one shared purpose: ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฒ๐
๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐-๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ.
The day included a visit from the ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ, a tour of our new Utility-Scale Energy Training Facility, discussions about solar and battery energy storage certification, and assessor training for members of our technical team.
We then held our ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐-๐๐ผ-๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป-๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ, bringing employers, military transition leaders, workforce and community partners, veterans, graduates, students, and public leaders into the same room.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐: preparing people to work safely, ensuring training matches employer needs, creating clearer pathways for transitioning service members, addressing barriers to training and employment, and developing standards that employers can trust.
๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ฒ๐
๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐. ๐ง๐ฒ๐
๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. We have an extraordinary opportunity to connect those two strengths and help more people move from service and training into meaningful, well-paying technical careers.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น to everyone who participated and contributed to the conversation. Your presence, experience, and willingness to work together made the day meaningful.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
Over the coming days, we will recognize the people and organizations that joined us and share more about the important role each is playing in building this workforce pathway.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
๐ง๐ฒ๐
๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. ๐ง๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.