Federal Premium Earns $227K Grant to Fund Occupation Training Program

By Justin Stakes

Anoka, MN -(AmmoLand.com)- Federal Premium and Anoka Ramsey Community College recently teamed up to earn a $227,712 grant from the Minnesota Job Skills Partnership.

The grant process concluded with an official signing event which included city, state, and county officials on Tuesday, September 29 at the entrance to company’s manufacturing facility.

The Minnesota Job Skills Partnership, which promotes cooperative ventures between business, labor and education, is part of the Department of Employment and Economic Development located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The organization helps fund educational grants to facilitate companies in enhancing the overall skills of the workforce, enhance the work environment and improve leadership at multiple levels.

The grant money will be used to fund an Occupation Training Program at Anoka-Ramsey Community College for Federal Premium Line Leaders, Managers and Supervisors to become efficient and effective at retraining and advancing their workers. The grant will help train 202 employees from June 16, 2015 to June 30, 2017.

“Companies are constantly being challenged to meet growing and changing production demands, competition, and the need to develop a more extensive leadership core,” said Director of Minnesota Job Skills Partnership …read more

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