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

• Central Cable Contractors

• Congruex

• Infra Services

• International Union of Operating Engineers 

• Ironwood Underground

• Kevin Walicke Educational Services

• Laborers International Union of North America

• Lake States Construction

• Learning Alliance Corporation

• M.P. Nexlevel

• MasTec

• Mears Broadband

• Michels Utility Services

• Minnesota Safety Incorporated

• Minnesota Telecom Alliance

• Minnesota Underground Safety and Training

• MX Underground

• Network Management Group

• ROC Communications

• Sallenreik Construction Inc. 

• SJ Network Services

• TAK Broadband

• TD&I Cable Maintenance

• TelCom

• Universal Services Inc.

• West Union Trenching

• Winnebago Cooperative Telecom Association