AUSTIN – A Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant of $3.5 million has been extended to Texas State Technical College for their Accelerated Semiconductor Technician Training Program at the Williamson County Campus in Hutto.
Governor Greg Abbott made the announcement Thursday. Temple College in Taylor also was awarded a TSIF grant last month.
“Texas maintains its investment in high-demand skills training to open the door for Texans to have better jobs and bigger paycheck opportunities,” Abbott said. “With this TSIF grant, TSTC will transform existing instructional and lab space into a training facility focused on semiconductor and electromechanical workforce development. Working together with our higher education partners, we will ensure the technologies that power the future are made in Texas.”
The ASTTP program will deliver modular, accelerated curriculum to prepare technicians within 10 weeks for semiconductor fabrication jobs as equipment technicians, process technicians and gas control system specialists. The program will include a wafer processing learning facility with a mock cleanroom replicating industry workflows.
“Texas is the epicenter of business prosperity in the U.S.,” said TSTC Chancellor and CEO Mike Reeser. “That is why we will surely lead the way as our country re-shores and builds up our manufacturing and semiconductor infrastructure again. Through this new funding vehicle, TSTC is proud to join with the Governor’s Office and other state leaders to keep Texas the place to do business in America.”
