Skills Development Grant presented to Masonite, PJC
Published or Revised October 15, 2012
The Texas Workforce Commission recently awarded a skills development grant for approximately $140,000 to the Masonite Plant in Greenville and Paris Junior College, which will provide the training. Shown at the check presentation are, from the left, Masonite Senior Director of Operations — Residential Division Mike Jackson, Masonite Plant General Manager Jon Hultquist and PJC Director of Continuing Education Rita Pringle.
Recently the Masonite plant in Greenville held a celebration with all employees present for the presentation of a Texas Workforce Commission skills development grant. The award of approximately $140,000 went jointly to Masonite and Paris Junior College, which will deliver the training.
Masonite Plant General Manager Jon Hultquist told employees this was the largest grant award the company had received to date. To cheers and applause, he explained the training employees would receive and informed them if they were interested in another position, they'd need to get their name on the training list.
Also present for the presentation was Masonite Senior Director of Operations – Residential Division Mike Jackson from Tampa, Florida, and PJC Director of Continuing Education Rita Pringle.
"After the training, several employees asked to be included on the training list," said Pringle. "The plant is definitely excited about the grant and PJC is pleased to meet this industry's training needs."
Masonite will train 120 incumbent workers in courses like basic industrial electricity, maintenance welding, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, quality control, computers, basic interior finishing, logistics, programmable logic controllers and more.
For more information about Paris Junior College's industry training programs, contact Workforce and Continuing Education at 903-782-0447 or
visit the web page.
