To set up a 12-week program training individuals for operator positions at Wacker Siltronic Corporation. The Semiconductor Training Center is a 12-week program training individuals for operator positions at Wacker Siltronic Corporation.
Training begins the first day on the job, and trainees are paid to attend.
Most participants live in the inner city, and more than half of them live within Portland's enterprise zone. The courses are team taught by Wacker Siltronic and Portland Community College instructors who design the curriculum together. Trainees who successfully complete the program are hired immediately as full-time employees of Wacker Siltronic Corporation. Job retention was 86 percent. Turnover was reduced by more than 50 percent.