Powering Your Career
Development and training
MGE helps power your career by providing resources to develop the knowledge and skills you need to grow and be successful.
- Access to more than 7,000 online courses on demand.
- Utility industry topics, professional skills, technical skills, management and leadership skills, safety, wellness and more!
- Comprehensive Leadership Development Program.
- Continuing professional education support.
- Technical training for those in the trades, including apprenticeships, operator qualification programs, field leader training and more.
- Opportunity to attend various programs that seek to build individual skills and business acumen.
- Tuition reimbursement program available.
Technical education and training
If you're considering a technical career in the energy industry, there are several local programs to help get you on the right path:
These facilities offer electric power distribution programs:
- Blackhawk Technical College - Janesville
- Chippewa Valley Technical College - Eau Claire
- Moraine Park Technical College - Beaver Dam
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College - Green Bay
- Southwest Tech - Fennimore
- Chippewa Valley Technical College - Eau Claire
- Moraine Park Technical College - Beaver Dam
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College - Green Bay
- Bismarck State College - Bismarck, ND*
- Madison College - Madison
- Mid-State Technical College - Wisconsin Rapids
- Milwaukee Area Technical College - Mequon
*Distance learning available for some programs.
MGE offers on-the-job training through several four-year apprenticeship programs: Electric Line Worker, Electric Cable Splicer, Substation Electrician, Substation Relay and Control Tester, Industrial Electrician (Energy Production) and Millwright (Energy Production).
Apprenticeships offer opportunities to learn with the support of experienced crews in both classroom and hands-on training environments.
Get into energy
With the right education and training, you can take on a rewarding career that benefits your community with essential energy services.
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Benefits
MGE employees enjoy a range of benefits to support their health, wellness and financial needs.
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