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The North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives Opens New Training Center

The North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives’ (NDAREC) new Lineworker Training Center, which provides students the opportunity to practice skills required for the construction and maintenance of electrical infrastructure, will be a boon to the electric cooperative workforce.

US Department of Commerce Invests $4 Million in Workforce Training Center

US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross recently announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4 million grant to the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives to construct a new lineworker training facility in Mandan, ND. The EDA grant will be matched with more than $1 million in local investment.