{"id":1051,"date":"2020-07-08T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2020-07-07T16:17:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T21:17:41","slug":"btd-receives-dual-training-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/btd-receives-dual-training-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"BTD Receives Dual Training Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re excited to announce that BTD has received dual training grant funds from the Minnesota<br \/>\nPrivate Investment, Public Education, Labor and Industry Experience Program, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dli.mn.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/pdf\/WhatIsPipeline.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIPELINE<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe grant will support us in helping our employees improve their skills and advance their<br \/>\ncareers.<\/p>\n<p>Dual training combines a classroom-style curriculum with hands-on learning that gives our<br \/>\nemployees the opportunities to become trained and certified with skills that would otherwise<br \/>\ntake months to achieve. The best part is, they get to earn while they learn. Employees can<br \/>\nadvance their careers in a variety of areas such as CNC, welding and quality control.<br \/>\nThe state awards dual training funds to businesses with in-demand, high-growth occupations,<br \/>\nincluding advanced manufacturing, agriculture, health care services and information technology.<br \/>\nWe are just one of 31 manufacturers being awarded.<\/p>\n<p>We became a <a href=\"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/btd-manufacturing-becomes-pipeline-dual-training-employer\/\">dual training employer<\/a> in October 2019, launching training programs at our<br \/>\nDetroit Lakes and Lakeville, Minnesota locations. Since then we\u2019ve had 16 welders participate<br \/>\nand earn their certificate through the American Welder Society. Once they completed the<br \/>\nprogram, those individuals were able to put their new skills to work right away.<br \/>\nThe program is a great accompaniment to our existing employee enrichment initiatives and<br \/>\nprograms, including BTD University, our online learning portal and Tooling U-SME, a web-based<br \/>\nlearning resource. These tools are geared specifically to metal fabrication and are a convenient<br \/>\nway for operators to develop their skills on specific equipment regardless of the time of day or<br \/>\nlocation.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re excited to be able to offer all these opportunities that not only help our employees grow,<br \/>\nbut also allow us to continue to provide high-quality products to our customers.<br \/>\nRead more about the grant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandforksherald.com\/prairie-business\/6536914-2.7-million-awarded-in-Minnesota-dual-training-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re excited to announce that BTD has received dual training grant funds from the Minnesota Private Investment, Public Education, Labor and Industry Experience Program, or PIPELINE. The grant will support us in helping our employees improve their skills and advance their careers. Dual training combines a classroom-style curriculum with hands-on learning that gives our employees&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1052,"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}