Midwest Peterbilt Group receives grant for its diesel tech school

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Updated Dec 16, 2019

Instructor At Midwest Peterbilt Group’s Midwest Diesel Tech Academy Trains TechniciansMidwest Peterbilt Group (MPG), based in Sioux City, Iowa, announced it has recently received a $50,000 Iowa Employer Innovation Fund matching grant for its new Midwest Diesel Tech Academy (MDTA).

The state grant helps employers provide post-secondary training and education opportunities for their employees. MDTA opened for classes in September under the instruction of corporate trainer Dennis Wallace. Classes are held at the corporate office, with a new two-story 8,000 sq.-ft. building planned for 2020.

The training school provides a nine-month, low-cost tuition program for diesel techs beginning in September. Following graduation in May, successful candidates are employed at one of MPG’s five locations: Sioux City, Council Bluffs and Des Moines in Iowa; and Norfolk and Lincoln in Nebraska.

The nine-month-long curriculum includes 14 class modules and more than 6,000 hours of paid internship at one of the dealerships. Current students are interning at Peterbilt of Sioux City, MPG says.

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