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About TEEX
World renowned for its hands-on, customized training, the Texas Engineering Extension Service offers a wide range of technical, skills training programs aimed at employed workers and those entering the labor force. During its fiscal year 2008, TEEX provided training and technical assistance to more than 209,000 people from all 50 states, five U.S. territories, the District of Columbia and 61 countries.
TEEX is a member of The Texas A&M University System, one of the largest and most complex systems of higher education in the United States. Through a statewide network of nine university campuses, seven state agencies and a comprehensive health science center, the A&M System educates more than 105,000 students, conducts more than $625 million in research and reaches another 15 million people through service each year.
Whether throughout Texas or across the globe, TEEX can be counted on for excellent training and technical expertise of its nearly 1,000 employees, many of whom are the top experts in their respective fields. Through contracts and agreements with governments and overseas companies, TEEX provides its unique, specialized training and technical assistance to workers worldwide, ranging from the smallest volunteer fire departments to some of the largest companies in the world.
For more than 80 years, TEEX’s goals have included developing businesses and the economy, protecting people and the environment, and building a safe, modern infrastructure. The agency’s ongoing efforts have resulted in cleaner drinking water, better roads and infrastructure, improved workplace safety and enhanced public safety through the training of law enforcement officers and firefighters.
Home to the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center, TEEX has been at the forefront of preparing emergency responders to combat terrorist incidents involving weapons of mass destruction prior to the events of 9/11. TEEX also led the initiative to form Texas Task Force 1, both a state and national urban search and rescue team, and established the first swift water rescue strike team. Texas Task Force 1 has been selected by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as one of six teams in the United States to respond to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction.
Mission
The Texas Engineering Extension Service develops a skilled and trained workforce that enhances public safety, security, and economic growth of the state and the nation through training, technical assistance, and emergency response.
Vision
The Texas Engineering Extension Service will be recognized as a service oriented agency that improves the lives of people by helping them provide safe communities and economic opportunity.