NEW CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT
For non-management employees
interested in “high end” technical jobs, such as Communications Technician,
Systems Technician or Network Center Technician, and in obtaining an exemption from the Technical Knowledge
Test (TKT), the Company’s
Accelerated Technical Training Staff, in joint initiative with the
Communications Workers of America, is offering eligible non-management
employees the opportunity to enroll in an Accelerated Technical Training
(AccTT) Program at Austin Community College.
If there is enough interest,
two different classes will be held on both Monday & Wednesday and Tuesday
& Thursday evenings from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. The duration of the AccTT program
is approximately 15 months and may begin in Jan. 2008.
Candidates must be a regular full-time or regular part-time
non-management employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, AT&T
Advanced Solutions, Inc., AT&T Operations, Inc., AT&T Services, Inc., AT&T
Datacomm, Inc., AT&T Telecom, Inc. or Southwestern Bell Messaging Services,
and have at least 1 year net credited service prior to Jan. 7, 2008, Math for
Electronics class begins date.
Interested employees must attend a new class Orientation Meeting. The orientations will be held at Austin
Community College, Riverside
Campus, 1020 Grove Blvd., Frank Squires Semiconductor & Advanced Technology
Building, Room S-108 at the times and dates
shown below:
Dec. 12, 2007 from 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Dec. 13, 2007 from 6:30pm – 7:30pm
To qualify for enrollment in
the Accelerated Technical Training program, employees must pass the Math for Electronics course also to be offered by ACC.
This 24-hour course will begin Jan. 7, 2008 and will cover such items as: basic algebra, transposition, substitution, and right-angle triangle trigonometry. It presupposes that the student has previously studied algebra.
The study of electronics
relies heavily on a strong math background.
Those employees who have never studied algebra or who consider their
math skills a little lacking, might want to first consider enrolling in a
regular algebra class prior to taking up the study of electronics.