TSTC to host Tesla START program

WACO – Starting in March, Texas State Technical College will become the first college in Texas to host the Tesla START training program.

Tesla START is an accelerated 12-week training program designed to equip students with the skills necessary to become electric vehicle technicians.

Following completion of the program,

Tesla will work with successful students for placement in a Tesla Service Center in North America. Rudy Cervantez, TSTC’s

Rudy Cervantez, TSTC’s statewide department chair for Automotive Technology, said the advanced training program will teach students to work on Tesla’s electric vehicles.

He said graduates of TSTC’s automotive technology, aviation maintenance and electrical programs could be a good fit for the work.

Cervantez said the program is open to everyone in the community to apply, and students will be hired by Tesla.

The training program will be housed in Waco at TSTC’s Kultgen Automotive Center. Tesla will pro vide the instructor, training equipment, vehicles, tools and curriculum for the program.

Cervantez said the program is open to everyone in the community to apply, and students will be hired by Tesla.

The training program will be housed in Waco at TSTC’s Kultgen Automotive Center.

Tesla will provide the instructor, training equipment, vehicles, tools and curriculum for the program. Cervantez said each Tesla START class is about a dozen students, and will have three 12-week sessions this year.

For more information on Tesla START, go to tesla. com/careers/tesla-start.