Free Customized Start-up Training

It's no secret Oklahoma has the finest start-up training program in the nation. Ranked #1 in the U.S. by the founder of the Kiplinger Letter and Kiplinger Magazine, our Training for Industry Program - TIP - will deliver free, high-quality, customized training to qualifying new and expanding Oklahoma companies. The purpose of TIP is to ensure that you have a productive workforce from day one of operation. We guarantee it!

TIP is administered by the Business and Industry Development Division of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education. It is delivered through a statewide network of 54 well equipped technology centers.

When you decide to locate or expand your operation in Oklahoma, we will immediately begin working with you to design a start-up training program to address your specific needs. You tell us what you need and we will deliver! And, we'll phase it in over time to meet your ramp-up needs.

Examples of the type of services we can provide through state funding include:

• Job analysis and training needs assessment
• Curriculum and curriculum development
• Pre-employment training to demonstrate skill of potential employees prior to hire
• Pre-production technical and team-based training
• Instructor costs
• Training facilities