The Technician Performance Improvement Council is a 501(c)(6) non-profit international consortium that includes major semiconductor manufacturers and their suppliers who specifically focus on the R&D of advanced technology learning.

• TPIC Organizational Charter and By-Laws
• How to become a TPIC member
• Frequently Asked Questions

Who should participate in TPIC?

-- Learning & Development Managers/Supervisors
-- Technical Trainers
-- Technical Training Managers/Supervisors
-- Equipment Engineers
-- Learning & Development Specialists
-- Process Engineers
-- Maintenance Managers
-- Multimedia/Electronic Documentation Specialists
-- Technical Publications Managers
-- Technical Writers/Course Developers
-- Equipment and Process Technicians
-- Instructional Designers
-- Human Resources Personnel
-- Faculty, Staff and Administrators of College Technical Programs

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, TPIC provides a support network for the advancement and adoption of technician performance improvement technology and best practices as applied to enterprises and individuals involved with advanced technology including the semiconductor process, maintenance and engineering workforce. The Council exists in order to facilitate:

• Closer alignment for TPIC participants with their customers and with their suppliers via networking, surveys/benchmarking, uniform guidelines, testing, assessments, auditing, certification, and shared content repositories;

• Ease of doing business in the training, eLearning, performance support and knowledge management arenas when approaching potential new customers and suppliers;

• Development of collaborative projects in the pre-competitive areas of technician performance improvement and technician training in order to avoid duplication of labor and unnecessary costs;

• Training in various aspects of technician performance improvement and technician training;

• Contacts and exchanges with other technician performance improvement and technician training organizations, networks and individuals;

• Improved workplace learning and performance; and

• Competition in the development of vendor products and services based on needs of TPIC members, in conformance with all applicable antitrust laws and regulations.

Compliance With Antitrust Laws

Each TPIC Member is committed to fostering competition in the development of new products, technologies, tools, solutions and services - and the TPIC tools, specifications, guidelines and standards proposed to be developed are intended to promote such competition. Each Member further acknowledges that it may compete with other Member companies in various lines of business and that it is therefore imperative that they and their representatives act in a manner which does not violate any applicable state, federal or international antitrust laws or regulations. Accordingly, each Member hereby assumes responsibility to provide appropriate legal counsel to its representatives acting under this Charter regarding the importance of limiting the scope of their discussions to the topics that relate to the purposes of the Council, whether or not such discussions take place during formal meetings, informal gatherings, or otherwise. Each Member further acknowledges that it and each other Member is free to develop competing technologies, standards, guidelines and best practices and to license its patent rights to third parties, including without limitation, to enable competing technologies, standards, guidelines and best practices.

All TPIC Members, participants and contributors regard the following principles as non-negotiable:

• All TPIC members assume a responsibility for participating in and contributing to the Council. This may include hosting meetings or training sessions, contributing expertise, assisting on particular projects or contributing resources and funds for particular activities.

• TPIC will not discriminate against anyone based on race, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, disability or economic status;

TPIC Organizational Charter and By-Laws

If interested in becoming a TPIC Participating Member, you can download the application by right clicking on the link below and then "Save Target...." to your hard drive. Complete the Word document form and then follow its instructions to submit it.

TPIC Participating Membership Application (Word doc)

TPIC accepts VISA, MasterCard, Discover or American Express payment for your Participating Membership fee. You can make payment easily over the phone by contacting ASTD Associate Wilson Steele at 512-565-8985. Your membership, however, becomes official upon TPIC Board approval of your completed application form.