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Educational Institution
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Program
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Minnepolis CTC
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U.S. Bancorp
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$397,900
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Partnership
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$197,165
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Pathways
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This project will serve 220 current and new tellers, call center personal bankers, mortgage associates, personal bankers, account processors, customer service and investment representatives, by educating multilingual employees for lifelong banking careers, and serving minority customers in their communities. Employees will access short-term training, and track into bachelor’s degrees and MBA programs. Training will be funded by a combination of grants from the Partnership and Pathways programs. The Pathways Program provides grants to employers and educational institutions to train those making the transition from public assistance to work. Wages range from $9.00/hr to $15.00/hr.
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University of MN
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Northwest Airlines
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$332,000
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Partnership
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To stay competitive and keep 250 Northwest Airlines applications development, help desk, and systems engineer employees on the leading edge, the grant will provide training in information technology infrastructure library (ITIL). ITIL is a standardized “best practices” IT management and training program. A certification program at the foundations, practitioners and masters levels will be developed. Wages range from $26.92/hr to $32.09/hr.
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Dakota County TC
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ConAgra
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$331,154
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Partnership
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Production workers at the ConAgra Store Brands Lakeville facility will be trained in five categories, including mechanical-electrical operator; production line operations; troubleshooting with newer technologies; lead technical supervisors; and office operations. In a move to retain its technical workforce and close the skills gap, 492 employees will take courses in robotics, operator technician, and machine operations, and e-learning based courses on safety and production. Wages range from $15.50/hr to $31.25/hr.
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Dakota CTC
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Healthcare Consortium
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$400,000
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Healthcare/
Human Services
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About 456 qualified applicants will receive career preparation leading to positions as hospital unit coordinator; medical administrative assistant; medical assistant; medical coding specialist; and nursing assistant. Current healthcare workers will be trained as mentors. Job shadowing and volunteer work are additional components of the project. Training will be funded by the Health Care and Human Services Worker Training and Retention Program, which is designed to ease a state shortage of workers in the health and human services industry. A weighted average of $11.55 per hour.
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Anoka Ramsey CC
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MedSource Technologies
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$240,000
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Partnership
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To increase productivity, about 300 laser welding trainees will receive hands-on laser welding instruction and courses in lean manufacturing, quality, and design for manufacturability. MedSource Technologies is an engineering and manufacturing service provider to original equipment manufacturers in the medical device industry. Wages range from $10.00/hr to $30.00/hr.
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Hennepin TC
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Honeywell
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$340,000
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Partnership
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Honeywell Minneapolis and Coon Rapids develop, manufacture and integrate sensor technologies that aid in navigation. Advanced technical skills training, leadership, and project management will be provided for 100 current and 300 new engineers, managers, and operators. Wages range from $20.00/hr to $42.00/hr.
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Inver Hills CC
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Internet Technologies Consortium
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$348,069
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Partnership
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The grant will serve 185 employees of nine businesses, including 3M, Cargill, Ecolab, Fortis, Thomson Legal and Regulatory, Northwest Airlines, Park Nicollet Medical, U.S. Bancorp, and Wells Fargo Services Company. The grant partners recognize the interrelated aspects of the three core technologies, security, telephony and wireless transmission and see an urgent need to enhance organizational capabilities in all three areas. For the project’s three-year scope, the work plan is segmented into four course modules of 48-60 hours each. In addition to expanding individual capabilities, the planned curriculum will prepare participants to achieve industry-recognized certifications. Wages range from $22.00/hr to $60.00/hr.
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Univ. of St. Thomas
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Paddock Laboratories
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$223,125
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Partnership
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This MJSP grant will be used to train 387 employees on three company-specific training initiatives: training to improve cycle times, reduce production costs, and increase production efficiencies; training to improve the identification, prioritization and cycle time of new product opportunities; and training to facilitate information and process flow to manage customer relationships and improve internal operations. Located in Minneapolis, Paddock Laboratories is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in branded generics. Wages range from $9.70/hr to $99.17/hr.
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Pine TC
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Wyoming Machine
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$125,000
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Partnership
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This grant will serve 74 current and 84 new employees of a small, family-owned manufacturer of fabricated sheet metal components located in Stacy. The training program being proposed by Wyoming Machine and Pine Technical can best be described as corrective action in response to recent failure. The customized curriculum and training will include documenting the true cost of quality and continuous improvement; eliminating scrap and waste; performance accountability and visual management. Wages range from $10.00/hr to $50.54/hr.
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Ridgewater
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Landscape Structures
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$111,754
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Partnership
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Landscape Structures specializes in innovations in children’s play equipment. The proposed project will develop multimedia simulations that will help 391 employees understand the difference between “batch” and “lean” manufacturing and that will support the team culture needed for the manufacturing processes used at Landscape Structures. To accommodate a diverse workforce, online training modules will be developed in English and Spanish. Wages range from $11.03/hr to $28.00/hr.
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Carver-Scott Educ. Coop.
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Beckman Coulter
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$214,000
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Partnership
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Beckman Coulter designs, manufactures, and markets biomedical systems that consist of instruments, chemistry kits, software, operating supplies, and after-sale services to meet a variety of laboratory needs. The grant will serve 441employees, as the company transforms to a new enterprise resource planning system called Global Connect that will improve productivity and competitiveness. Thru this new system, all Beckman Coulter sites worldwide will be connected utilizing the same system of technology in all operations. Wages range from $12.92/hr to $35.79/hr.
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Carver-Scott Educ. Coop.
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General Mills
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$225,000
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Pathways
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The recent merger between General Mills and Pillsbury has created an excess in manufacturing capacity. In order to remain competitive, General Mills needs to attract, train and retain the right workers for the right jobs. This MJSP grant will serve the needs of 150 employees at the Chanhassen plant to become independent of public assistance and become higher skilled, more productive, and capable of performing a variety of tasks in the production process. Wages are $10.50 an hour.
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Rochester CTC
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JDS Uniphase
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$200,000
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Partnership
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JDSU is an international company and a global leader in the field of optical technology and fiber optic communications. In order for JDSU to compete on a global basis and keep the Rochester plant operating it is necessary to develop an ongoing training and staffing plan that will upgrade skill levels of existing employees as well as new hires. This grant will assist in training 127 engineers, technicians, nontechnicians and managers in 8 major topic areas: Fiber optics, statistics and design, advanced topics, cadence, advanced fiber optics, labview, instrumentation and safety. Wages range from $23.56/hr to $58.65/hr.
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Century College
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Fairview Health Systems
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$200,000
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Partnership
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This grant will allow Fairview University Medical Center to establish a new interpreter/translator program; create a language and culture institute; and develop a strategic plan for the future of interpretive services at their metro-area hospitals and clinics. About 225 employees will be trained to provide on-call interpretive services. Wages range from $9.00/hr to $30.00/hr.
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Short Form Applications
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Educational Institution
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Contributing
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Program
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Teamworks Inc.
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Team Industries - Audubon
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$30,000
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Short Form
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This project will provide training to a total of 60 current and 20 new employees of Team Industries - Audubon in the areas of Broach Training, Quality, Communications, Time Management, and Project Management. Wages are a weighted average of $13.75 per hour.
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Bemidji State
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North Country Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
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$50,000
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Short Form
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This project will provide training to 155 current employees at North Country Nursing and Rehab. in the areas of customer service, computer training, time management, task analysis training, communication, leadership and supervisory training. Wages are at $16.00 per hour.
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Teamworks Inc.
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Newmans’ Manufacturing, Inc.
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$45,320
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Short Form
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This project will provide training to a total of 67 current employees of Newmans’ Manufacturing, Inc. in the areas of Documentation, Safety, Quality/Inspection, Assembly, Fabrication, Communications, and Inventory Control in order to reduce turnover which is currently at 50% and to position itself for continued growth. Wages are at a weighted average of $10.67 per hour.
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Northland CTC
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Forest Engineering, Inc.
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$41,265
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Short Form
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This project will provide training to 30 current employees at Forest Engineering Inc., in the areas of The 5S System, The Continuous Improvement Toolbox, Waste Elimination, Value Stream Mapping, Setup Time Reduction, Cycle Time Reduction, Mistake Proofing/Poke Yoke, Facilitating Teams in a Manufacturing Environment, and Supply Chain Management Overview. Average hourly wage of $21.00 an hour.
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Mesabi Range CTC
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
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$25,278
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Short Form
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This project will provide training to a total of 203 current employees of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, at the Aurora/Hoyt Lakes facility, in the area of Customer Service. Wages are at $11.54 per hour.
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Rochester CTC
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Pace Dairy Foods & Marigold Foods
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$40,000
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Short Form
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This project will provide training to a total of 41 current employees of Pace Dairy Foods and Marigold Foods in the area of Programmable Logistics. The training proposed will allow more in depth training to a broader group of employees. It is expected that the training will result in an overall maintenance cost reduction of 50%. Wages are at $21.50 an hour.
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Bemidji State
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North Central Door Company
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$40,171
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Short Form
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This project will provide training to a total of 67 current employees for North Central Door Company, in the areas of Creating and Managing the Learning Organization, Administrative RIP, Coaching and Communication for Employee Excellence, Progressive Sales Force, Safety and Ergonomics, Value Stream Mapping, Maximum Kaizen and Single Minute Setup time. This company recently closed out a large grant with MJSP that had similar training. Wages will be $10.81/hr for the bulk of the trainees.
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