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Minnesota Apprenticeship Initiative: Building a Skilled Workforce

The Minnesota Apprenticeship Initiative (MAI) is a 5-year program that aims to expand registered apprenticeships in Agriculture, Advanced Manufacturing, Healthcare, Information Technology, and Transportation. MAI provides employers with reimbursement up to $5,000 per apprentice for apprenticeship supplies, related instruction costs, and establishing an apprenticeship infrastructure. The program is a partnership between the Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) and the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).

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Minnesota Apprenticeship Initiative: Building a Skilled Workforce

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  1. |Agenda Minnesota ApprenticeshipInitiative

  2. | What is RegisteredApprenticeship? A time-tested model to: recruit, trainand retain a highly skilled and diverse workforce. Components of a registered apprenticeshipprogram

  3. | Benefits ofApprenticeship Employers Build and shape their own workforce Creates newskilled workerpipeline Workers produce as they train Improveproductivity Reducedemployee turnover Workers Employment Comprehensivejob training Safetyinstruction Wages increase with progress Master in-demandskills Nationallyrecognized credential Minnesota Pathway to the middle class Quality training for workers Safety for workers Vibranteconomy

  4. | MINNESOTA APPRENTICESHIP INITIATIVE • 5-year initiative to expand registered apprenticeship by 1,000 new apprentices in Agriculture, Advanced Manufacturing, Healthcare, Information Technology and Transportation. This is in partnership between Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). MAI began October 2015 and will conclude October 2020. • MAI employers are eligible for reimbursement after the apprentice has successfully completed his or her first 90 days in the program. Employers can receive up to $5,000 per apprentice for the following activities: • Apprenticeship supplies and materials • Off-set related instruction costs • Establish employer registered apprenticeship infrastructure

  5. Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) • DEED is Responsible for: • Securing Financial Contracts with Newly Registered Apprenticeship Programs • Processing of Requests for Reimbursement in a timely manner • Reporting fiscal information to USDOL (DEED is MAI fiscal agent) • Tracking and Reporting Enrollment • Providing Outreach and Networking through Workforce Strategy Consultants

  6. Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) • DLI is Responsible for: • Conducting outreach to potential apprenticeship sponsors (employers) • Developing apprenticeship programs (standards) with employers • Approving apprenticeship programs • Providing technical assistance to both employers and apprentices • Conducting compliance reviews on all registered apprenticeship programs in Minnesota to ensure the requirement of the approved standards are being met.

  7. | Registered Sponsors

  8. MAI Status/Inside the Numbers Of the 1,000 Apprentices to be enrolled by June of 2020: MAI Employer Commitments 721 Apprentices Apprentices Enrolled 500 Apprentices Completed 62 Remaining Apprenticeships to Fill 93 * (186 of the apprenticeship spots are unfunded)

  9. | Recent MAI Employer Additions to Registered Apprenticeship: • ADVANCED MANUFACTURING: • Aero Design & Manufacturing – Sewing Machining Repairer (Duluth) • Agco- Mechatronics Technician (Jackson) • Alliance Machine – Machinist Level 1 (Elk River) • MRG Tool & Die – CNC Machinist Level 2 (Faribault) • Owens Corning – Maintenance Mechanic (Minneapolis) • Pequot Tool and Manufacturing - CNC Machinist (Pequot Lakes) • Logic PD – Solderer and Machine Operator (Eden Prairie) • TLC Precision Wafer Tech – Radar Technicians (Minneapolis) • Uponor, Inc. – Maintenance Technician (Apple Valley) HEALTH CARE: Amherst Wilder Foundation - Mental Health Practitioner (St.Paul) CentraCare – Community Health Worker (St. Cloud) Essentia Health – Health Support Specialist (Duluth) Fairview Health Services – BSN (Minneapolis) Healthpartners– RN and Careline Nurse (Bloomington) Mt. Olivet Rolling Acres – Direct Support Professional (Chanhassen) Thorne Crest Senior Living – Health Support Specialist • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: • cmERDC – Software Developer (St. Cloud) • AGRICULTURE: • Ardent Mills – Miller (Hastings) Complete Employer List: Visit: dli.mn.gov • TRANSPORTATION: • Dan’s Southside Marine – Outboard Motor Technician (Bloomington) • Rock On Trucking – Truck Driver/Diesel Mechanic (Waite Park) • Roseau Ford – Automotive Technician (Roseau) • Metro Transit – Coach Operator (Twin Cities)

  10. apprenticeshipmn.com THANK YOU Heather McGannon Assistant Commissioner Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry443 Lafayette Road N., St. Paul, MN  55155 (651) 284-5130 | Heather.McGannon@state.mn.us Jason Wadell MAI Project Manager Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development 1st National Bank Building, 332 Minnesota Street, Suite E200  St. Paul MN 55101 (651) 259-7552 | Jason.Wadell@state.mn.us

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