Shop technician Vaneza Zepeda and Maria Mendez, lead technician, both worked as interns at Holt Cat before securing jobs there.
Vaneza Zepeda mainly works in Holt Cat’s air-conditioned machine shop on heavy equipment, but she spends some time outside., one of the nation’s largest Caterpillar dealers, the SWISD internship is one of several pipelines it uses to train and hire shop technicians; it is a partner in the city’s Ready to Work workforce development program and works closely with St.
She praised Holt’s continuous training opportunities, which for her has included soft skills classes related to her new supervisory position. “It can be a little challenging at times to be a woman giving orders to older men,” said Mendez. “It’s all about … meeting them where they are, and treating everyone with respect.”“Every day is a challenge,” she said. “You have to adapt to the job that you’re given and learn the skills that job requires.”Bertha Ortiz, director of Career and Technical Education at Southwest ISD said the district is always looking to increase its internship partnerships with local companies.
“Did he tell you he even does that during Christmas break?” asked Ortiz. “He really supports our students.”said the company is looking to expand its internship program into more high schools so that it can be even more choosy about who it enrolls. In addition to Southwest High School, Holt Cat currently pulls interns from James Madison High School in the North East Independent School District.
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