Petrochemical and refining industry workers in Texas will have easier access to safety and health training through a new agreement between the Industrial Safety Training Council (ISTC) and TEEX.
Jorge Peña of TEEXs Infrastructure Training & Safety Institute has been awarded the prestigious Regents Fellow Service Award by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. Peña was recognized for his hard work, dedication and commitment to ensuring the safety of Texas workers.
The 2013 Southwest Electrical Metering Association (SWEMA) Texas Meter School attracted 218 participants to the Texas A&M Riverside Campus for hands-on training, networking and the latest updates in metering technology.
Through an innovative new program, high school graduates of Oak Ridge High School in Conroe have the opportunity to earn their Class D Water Operator and Class D Wastewater Operator license.
WYOWARN recently called on TEEX for training and assistance in developing a functional exercise to test the effectiveness of the WYOWARN plan and its policies and procedures for protecting citizens and mitigating a crisis involving contamination of the drinking water supply. WYOWARN is a mutual aid and assistance network for water and wastewater utilities, which prepares utilities to respond to emergencies by sharing personnel, tools and equipment.
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) recently collaborated to offer the Texas Construction Career Academy for students interested in a career in the highway construction industry.
The TEEX Certified Safety and Health Official (CSHO) service mark has been registered by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. TEEX developed the service mark more than a decade ago and has used it to market the industry-recognized CSHO program nationwide. The CSHO program has more than 1,900 graduates.
Safety and health professionals can now earn the TEEX Certified Safety and Health Official (CSHO) certificate in Construction or General Industry in just four months through the CSHO Quik-Trac program.
Quanta Services recently selected TEEX Infrastructure Training & Safety Institute to train staff members in an Electrical Power Systems Overview course.
A Public Works Assessment Team, part of the Public Works Response Team (PWRT), deployed to West, TX, on April 24. In their operational period Thursday, the team assisted the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the West city engineer with testing and documentation of the integrity of the city sewer system in the blast impact zone. City drinking water service lines will be tested today.