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Bell is also a leading manufacturer of carbon positive mass timber architectural and structural beams for commercial and industrial applications. Bell Lumber and Pole is present in multiple states throughout the US and employs over 250 employees across 9 locations.

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SCC and Riverland

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By TOM NELSON Guest Contributor

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ow employment rates, coupled with this area’s robust manufacturing and industry base, has seen an increase in the role that Riverland Community College and South Central College are playing in helping local business meet their labor force needs.

“Many companies are investing in continuing education for employees,” said Riverland Community College Dean of Academic Affairs Christy Tryhus. “The new trend in education and business is to create career ladders and to upskill employees which increases employee retention.”

Area high school students come to the Riverland Community College campus to learn about the school’s nursing programs. (Photos supplied by Riverland Community College.)

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New offerings To fill this need, starting in the fall of 2022, Riverland will be offering roughly

13 evening classes and two programs to create flexibility for working professionals who want to continue their education. The two programs are a Construction Management certificate and a

Supervisory Management Leadership certificate. Tryhus’ goal this year is to get around 10 companies from the area to enroll at least two employees in the Supervisory Management Leadership program.

In addition, Riverland has hired a new customized training representative (Kim Schaufenbuel) to connect with local business and help them train new employees and retrain existing employees.

“When you think about it, you need to invest in your employees similar to how you would invest in manufacturing equipment. It lets employees know you appreciate them. A company’s investment in their employees increases employee retention, productivity, efficiency and ultimately increasing profits,” Tryhus said.

Tryhus pointed to the Supervisory Management Leadership program as an example of how area companies have connected with Riverland.

“We have several companies in town sending people to our programs and one of those is our Supervisory Management program… if there is an employee that has been on the line and you have shifted them into a supervisor role, they need some skills. Our supervisory management program can hone those skills and teach them to be a leader and offer them conflict resolution and communication skills.”

Riverland also offers its Business FlexPace program that offers flexibility to

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“It is 100% on line, they take one class at a time in five-week increments.

When they finish that, they go on to the next class after five weeks.” Tryhus said.

“When you are working adult and trying to manage three classes it can be overwhelming, whereas if you just have one class at a time it can be more attainable.”

Customized training Along with degree programs, Riverland is working directly with area companies to provide customized training. One of those companies is Climate by Design International (CDI), which designs and manufactures custom desiccant dehumidifiers and critical process air handlers for numerous markets. A thriving company based out of Owatonna, CDI has over 150 employees.

“We applied for the Minnesota Job Skills Program (MJSP) grant and we were awarded that last year, so we have partnered with Riverland to help with our training,” said Jane Lebert, CDI Director of Human Resources. “CDI is in a growth phase and in order to be able to continue to grow at that pace, we have to make sure our work force is trained well.”

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ployees much better. I have always been an advocate for continuous learning, and having a community colRiverland to develop training programs for each area lege like Riverland close by is really going to close the within our production area. We’ve had them come gap for some of our needs. in and develop our “What’s neat about it is that training together we have access to educational with us to make sure resources that we wouldn’t we our getting our otherwise have in other areas. employees off to a We our fortunate to have them good start here…so close by and have someone to they can be successcall upon when we need extra ful in their position. assistance or a subject matter They are helping us expert in a particular field.” establish standard Riverland is also working operating procedures with Mayo Healthy Systems in and then training on Owatonna and has created a those, so we can innursing pathway program that sure that everyone is starts in the area high schools. doing it the most efAfter graduation from high ficient way and make school, the students on the sure it is consistent nursing pathway can then conacross the board.” tinue up the ladder at Riverland The MJSP grant to complete various nursing comes from the state degrees. of Minnesota and Another recent hire at RivCDI has partnered erland is Kim Nelson, who joins with Riverland to the staff as the school’s Direchelp coordinate and tor of Career and Community Parker enhance employee Connections. She works with area training. Lebert sees companies to help them connect this type of training and partnership as a way to attract with Riverland’s students and also guide them toward and, more importantly, retain quality employees. programming and educational opportunities that may “As far as retention goes, if you properly train an em- be of assistance to their needs. ployee they are going to be more confident in their role “We did this so, number one - the students can go and be an asset quicker if they are properly trained work at those companies and number two - so that the and have the skills they need,” Lebert said. “Having companies can be part of our advisory committees this training in place is going to help us to retain emto make sure our programs are relevant and keeping CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022 current. We want to create a partnership so we have successful career and technical education programs,” Tryhus said.

The cause for the present labor pool shortage can be attributed to several factors including an aging demographic in southern Minnesota along with other issues such as finding day care, affordable housing and transportation issues.

“The growth in Owatonna is just huge. There are new companies coming to town continuously, which is amazing but we also need to bring those workers here,” Tyrhus said. “It is just a different time now after the pandemic. People got used to teleworking and things like that… peoples’ needs are different and they want flexibility. The companies that are getting creative are the one’s getting and retaining the employees.”

Technical college impact South Central College President Annette Parker added her insight into the reasons for labor pool shortages in this area, and also highlighted the positive impact of the state’s community and technical colleges.

“There are a variety of factors. The aging out and retirement of the current workforce is a significant factor.

The skills gap is another, which is where our community and technical college comes in,” Parker said. “In a relatively short period of time, individuals can receive the education and skills they need to start a rewarding career and make a good living.

One of the trends in education is creating career ladders and stackable credentials. A student might get a computer technology degree in college and then add on things such as CISCO or network security certification.

“The education world views it as on ramps and off ramps,” Tyrhus said. “First you go to education

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Aurora Pharmaceutical is a rapidly growing company headquartered in Northfield. Due to high growth, we are expanding our production team.

South Central College (File photo/southernminn.com)

and then take an off ramp to work for awhile…then you take an on ramp to do further studies and get another certificate to stack on top of that degree.”

In fact, Riverland is working with the Owatonna Chamber of Commerce and the school district to develop a Learn to Earn model that will provide employment and educational opportunities along with assisting business in meeting their work force needs. Tyrhus said area business will also be included in the development of this program to gain insight into their needs.

“We are bringing the community together to create work force and educational solutions,” Tyhrus said.

Training and building

Parker added, “One incredibly successful program is how SCC Customized Workforce Education partners with businesses in obtaining Minnesota Jobs Skills Partnership grants to fund on-site training to upskill their current workforce.

“In addition, both SCC’s academic programs and our Customized Workforce Education partner with companies on registered apprenticeships and PIPELINE Dual Training, which allows individuals to gain a college education and on-the-job experience at the same time. The PIPELINE program has been particularly successful. Funded by the legislature, the PIPELINE program provides grants to employers and training partners (such as SCC) to deliver dual

South Central College is also playing a major role in helping train and build the area’s labor force through several unique programs.

“South Central College partners with employers through a number of programs,” Parker said. “Certainly, most people know about the many academic programs that SCC Mechatronics apprentices at Daikin Applied. (Photo offer certificate, courtesy of SCC) diploma and associate degrees. But businesses training to meet industry developed in our region also benefit from a speoccupational competency standards. cial division of South Central College Since 2016, employers partnering with called Customized Workforce EducaSCC have received more than a million tion (formerly known as the Center for dollars in PIPELINE grants.”

Business and Industry), which provides In May 2022, area companies receivspecialized, short-term career training ing PIPELINE Dual Training grants from to approximately 12,000 learners each the state included Daikin Applied Ameriyear. The focus of Customized Workforce cas, K&G Manufacturing, MRG, Post Education is helping employers upskill Consumer Brands and Sage Electrochrotheir employees and helping individuals mics. advance in their current field or pursue “We are also proud of our partnership a new occupation.”

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Todd Lundgren, owner of Country Goods in Owatonna, works upward of 55 hours a week — as does his wife — due to the ongoing labor shortage. In the last year, Lundgren said he has only had one new applicant to help staff the store. (Annie Harman/southernminn.com)

Local businesses continue to grapple with labor shortage

By ANDREW DEZIEL Guest Contributor

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acing a tight labor market, local businesses of all types are having to get creative to lure in quality talent and deal with the challenges of short staffing.

While the latest figures from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development show Minnesota’s unemployment rate is its lowest level since DEED began tracking it, labor force participation is also near historic lows.

Minnesota still has a significantly stronger workforce participation rate than the national average. But close to one-third of Minnesotans remain out of the labor force, even as businesses use sign-on bonuses, higher pay and robust benefits to try to lure them into the job market.

At Country Goods in Owatonna, owner Todd Lundgren said that at one time not that long ago, job seekers would apply for a position roughly once a week. Now, he said more than a year had gone by without any job seekers before a woman recently dropped by his store to apply.

In order to fill the gap, Lundgren said he and his wife now find themselves

working 50 to 55 hours a week. While he said it’s something of a labor of love to run the business, working so many hours can certainly be taxing.

It’s a story retold at businesses throughout the community. Local business owners and leaders have a hard time agreeing on its root cause. From Lundgren’s perspective, excessive government benefits are a factor, providing low-income Minnesotans an alternative to work.

Erik Larson at St. Peter’s Food Co-op & Deli sees things differently. Larson pointed out that, while critics of the generous unemployment benefits offered in the wake of COVID insisted that allowing those benefits to expire would bring workers back in droves, shortages still remain.

Instead, Larson said that there simply aren’t enough job-seekers to fill job openings, in large part because of the retirement of baby boomers. While the co-op hasn’t been hit as hard as some area businesses, Larson said that short staffing has meant adjustments have had to be made to make the most of the employees the co-op does have.

In the restaurant industry, shortages have plagued businesses that were already facing a tough challenge to recover from the pandemic. In par-

ticular, a shortage of cooks has sent restaurants scrambling and competing aggressively for quality talent. Denise Clayton, co-owner at Bashers Sports Bar and Grill in Faribault, is seeing it firsthand.

“I know all of the restaurants are fighting over good cooks,” she said.

“You see a lot of cooks with good job offers, and it really comes down to who’s going to pay more money.”

The region’s skilled manufacturing sector, a crucial economic mainstay, has had a hard time finding quality

workers for years. Local business leaders hope strengthened ties between Faribault Public Schools, South Central College and local businesses can help turn it around.

Rodney Gramse, President of MRG Tool and Die and the chair of Faribault’s Economic Development Authority, said that businesses in the region, like his, have had success providing on-the-job training with the help of SCC and other CONTINUED ON PAGE 14

A worker at the St. Peter Food Co-op makes a sandwich. The co-op hasn’t felt the same impact from the labor shortage as some southern Minnesota businesses, but it has certainly noticed a decline in applicants, like seemingly everywhere else.

(Photo courtesy of Ed Lee)

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 with Faribault Public Schools and industry partners to establish the H2C program – High School to College and Career. This Pathway program for high school students was launched this past Fall with high school students being able to classes for high school and college credit, allowing them to complete the first two to three semesters of a health sciences program at SCC while still in high school,” Parker said. “While pursuing this education while still in high school they can also earn certificates along the way, enabling them to start working and gaining valuable experience in the healthcare field. We will be expanding H2C to include carpentry and the advanced manufacturing field of mechatronics in the fall.”

Practical application Daikin Applied Americas, formerly McQuay International, has been part of the manufacturing base in the Faribault area for over 50 years. The Dual Training grant it received from the state is being used for a maintenance apprenticeship program, which is part of the company’s mechatronics program for its employees.

“It is a two-year program but they have up to 36 months to complete it because we know it is tough since they work 30 hours and go to school for 10 hours,” said George Chapple, Daikin Senior Manager of Learning Operations. “We work according their class schedule, so their work schedule will flex according to what they need to do for school.”

Chapple said that Daikin has also received a Minnesota Jobs Skill Partnership grant that will offer a variety of training programs for new hires and incumbent employees.

“We want to be attract new people and retain employees by offering world class training, because we know that training is a huge factor…when we look at Owatonna and Faribault and this region, our unemployed rate is so low, we have to look at ways of attracting people to our business. We want to do things that will skill them up, so they will be successful within Daikin and then ultimately make careers at Daikin,” Chapple said.

“This is part of our strategy, not only to recruit new talent, but to retain that talent within our organization.

Daikin has been associated with SCC for about five years and it works with the college to develop training and educational programs based upon their needs.

“We look at how we are attracting people into our

Central.”

South Central College’s President community/technical colleges. But he la- Annette Parker noted that helping to mented that enrollment in the programs provide apprenticeships for students isn’t all the college does. It also works have declined.

“We’ve been fortunate to hire people with employers to help their existing workforce gain the skills they need to fill with good skills and we have a high highly technical and specialized jobs. willingness to train people,” he said.

“We have been very successful in “Unfortunately, we are seeing fewer stuhelping employers to up-skill their curdents going into the program at South

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022 organization but more importantly, once they get into our organization how do we train them to be successful in our organization,” Chapple said.

In addition to educational partnerships with SCC, Daikin is striving to built connections with the community and area schools to help meet its labor needs.

“We are making sure that we are reaching out to all kinds of people in our communities,” Chapple said.

“Daikin is also becoming more involved in our communities and how we can make a greater presence in the community so people know who we are and maybe think about having a position at Daikin.

“We are going into the high schools, so part of my team- the braziers from Owatonna and Faribault went to the local high schools shop classes and gave a demonstration and lecture about what is braizing…and we are going to be doing that with other positions,” Chapple said.

For more information on the programs offered at South Central College, visit southcentral.edu or call 507-389-7200. For more information on the programs offered at Riverland Community College, please visit riverland.edu or call 507-433-0600.

Tom Nelson is a freelance writer. Reach the editor at editor@apgsomn.com.

rent workforce,” she said.

While rising costs might seem like they would push more people back into the workforce, Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism President Nort Johnson said that re-entering the workforce comes with significant costs now as well.

Johnson said the high cost of gas has made it more difficult to get to work.

General inflation and the state’s child care crisis are other factors which can make even going to work an expensive proposition.

“I think people are thinking, ‘Why would I go to work when it costs this much money? I’ll try to wait it out try to find something else,’” he said.

Andrew Deziel is a freelance writer. Reach the editor at editor@apgsomn.com.

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