Approved broadband installer training providers

State law requires the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI), in consultation with the Office of Broadband Development, to approve standards for a Safety-Qualified Underground Telecommunications Installer Certification Program. 

The groups below are DLI-recognized training providers able to certify installers who meet the training and exam requirements, provide certification cards and maintain records of certified installers.

• Associated Builders and Contractors

• Communication Controls, Alarms, and Remote Signaling Association

• Congruex

• Infra Services

• International Union of Operating Engineers

• Ironwood Builders

• Laborers International Union of North America

• Learning Alliance Corporation

• MP Nexlevel

• MasTec

• Mears Broadband

• Michels Utility Services

• Minnesota Safety Inc. 

• Minnesota Telecom Alliance 

• Minnesota Underground Safety and Training

• MX Underground

• Network Management Group

• Sallenreik Construction Inc. 

• TAK Broadband

• TD&I Cable Maintenance

• TelCom

• Universal Services

• West Union Trenching