$300,000 MJSP Grant Benefits Capital Safety Employees

DCTC delivering leading-edge training to 354 employees of world’s largest fall protection company.

During a grant signing ceremony at the Capital Safety facility in Red Wing, Minn., Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, more than 350 Capital Safety employees celebrated a $300,000 training grant from the Minnesota Job Skills Partnership to Dakota County Technical College, which is partnering with Capital Safety, the largest fall protection company in the world, to deliver key training programs to the company’s Red Wing-based employees.

Through MJSP funding, DCTC will provide training and professional development for Capital Safety front-line and shop-floor workers. Skill sets will be augmented through a range of courses, including wind energy, safety, OSHA, mechatronics and advanced computer training. Career pathways will be streamlined for shop-floor employees through improved supervisory skills, and green manufacturing techniques will be integrated to increase the company’s competitive edge in an industry with a swiftly advancing global profile.

“Capital Safety is an exciting company with a commanding worldwide presence,” said DCTC President Ronald E. Thomas, who along with Capital Safety-Americas President David L. Thomas, MJSP Director Paul D. Moe and Red Wing Mayor John S. Howe, took part in the actual signing ceremony. “Everyone from our college was deeply impressed by the level of engagement shown by Capital Safety‘s workforce. The atmosphere during the ceremony drove home the point that the workers really care about manufacturing the best fall protection equipment possible. They live the company motto, ‘Build safe so that they stay safe.’”

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