About AIT
Associated Industries of Texas is a Texas non-profit trade association built to represent industry employers working in collaboration with vocational and trade schools, government agencies, industry associations, suppliers, and other stakeholders committed to promoting and producing a new generation of skilled laborers to power the Texas workforce.
Our Mission
The mission of AIT is to build and maintain a coordinated, unified, focused, and effective effort to promote skilled trade jobs in Texas, thereby greatly enhancing Texas' ability to compete as a major player in the global economy and provide a secure financial future for Texans and their families.
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Encourage young people to be proud professionals in skilled trades
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Make Skilled Trade Professionals a first-choice career
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Remove the stigma of blue-collar trades jobs
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Promote the earnings potential and job satisfaction associated with skilled trades
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Close the skills gap in Texas
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Promote a public/private collaborative model to prepare the Texas workforce for the economic demands of the strongest state economy in the U.S.
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Develop, execute, and maintain an effective political and image campaign that illustrates the importance of - and value in - skilled trade jobs in Texas
Our Leadership
Hugh M. Cunningham Companies
Executive Committee
Vice Chair
Bruckner Truck Sales
Executive Committee
Secretary/Treasurer
Premier Truck Group
Executive Committee
Vice President
South Star JCB
Executive Committee
Vice President