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.