Minnesota Dual-Training Pipeline

Dual training basics

Dual training is an earn-while-you-learn approach where the employer invests in their employee by providing training in competency standards to equip the employee with the specific knowledge and skills necessary for a particular occupation. For a trainee to qualify for a dual-training program, they must:

1. be employed by the participating employer and,

2. receive structured on-the-job training and technical instruction in accordance with the competency standards for a specific occupation (use the above industry links to find the eligible occupations with competency standards).

Minnesota Dual-Training Pipeline objectives

• Engage employers, higher education, labor, representatives of the disabled community and government to support employment-based training;

• expand earn-and-learn dual-training and registered apprenticeship in Minnesota; and

• bring together leaders from industry to identify, define, create and validate occupational competencies for in-demand careers.

Dual training grants 

Dual training grants are available through our partners at the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and provide funding for employers to create new and/or expand existing dual-training initiatives.

Additional information about Minnesota Dual-Training Pipeline

• Pipeline 2024 Annual Recap

• View a map of partner employers throughout Minnesota.

• View standards for dual training in Minnesota law.

Additional employer resources

• Identify the nearest CareerForce location to help find workers.

• Find hiring incentives and tax credits.

• Visit Minnesotaworks.net, a state job-bank where businesses can post jobs.

• Vocational rehabilitation

• U.S. Department of Labor resources for career exploration, training and jobs

Questions?

Contact us at Pipeline.Program@state.mn.us.