
ATIP Automation Training Concierge
Grant-Aligned Automation Workforce Training for Greater Minnesota Manufacturers
Minnesota's Automation Training Incentive Program (ATIP) provides grants of up to $35,000 to small Greater Minnesota manufacturers to train existing workers on new automation technology. Newbloom AI helps you turn an automation investment into fundable, eligible workforce training — and reduces the administrative burden of applying, documenting, and reporting.
What It Is
The ATIP Automation Training Concierge is a done-with-you engagement that screens ATIP eligibility, translates your automation investment into an eligible training plan, prepares grant-ready narrative and budget support, delivers customized automation/software/data training, and assembles the documentation needed for reimbursement and one-year retention reporting.
ATIP funds training on new automation technology for incumbent workers — not generic AI literacy and not the equipment itself. We focus on automation-specific enablement: equipment and systems training, process and quality, maintenance, train-the-trainer, and the computer/technological skills (software, programming, data analysis, dashboards) tied to the new system.
Best-Fit Organizations
- Existing Greater Minnesota business with 150 or fewer full-time employees companywide.
- Manufacturing or skilled-assembly production (metal, composites, medical, aerospace, machining, packaging).
- Invested in new automation within the past year, or plan to within the project timeframe.
- At least two incumbent, permanent, full-time jobs to be trained and retained.
- Workers need role-specific training on the new equipment, software, or data.
- Greater Minnesota manufacturers
- Skilled-assembly producers
- Metal, composites & fabrication shops
- Food packaging & processing
- Medical & aerospace production
- Machining & precision manufacturing
Engagement Phases
1. ATIP Fit & Scope
- Confirm Greater Minnesota location and 150-or-fewer-employee size.
- Verify manufacturing / skilled-assembly industry and incumbent-job eligibility.
- Identify the automation investment that anchors the project.
- Pre-check whether MJSP is the more suitable funding source.
2. Application & Budget
- Draft the project narrative: automation, training plan, outcomes.
- Build the training-cost budget by eligible category (within $5,000/trainee).
- Document job categories, wage rates, retention, and timeline.
- Support eligibility checklist, submission, and the $500 application-fee step.
3. Training Delivery
- Deliver customized training on the new automation equipment and systems.
- Computer/technological skills: software, programming, data analysis, dashboards.
- Process, quality, safety, and maintenance training tied to the system.
- Train-the-trainer so internal champions can sustain capability.
4. Reimbursement & Reporting
- Assemble signed training-confirmation documents and payroll reports.
- Compile the financial report and cost breakdown with supporting docs.
- Capture certifications, demographics, and number trained and retained.
- Prepare the end-of-training and one-year retention reports.
