Discover what a career in the trades can offer you. Learn about opportunities in the skilled trades, how apprenticeships work, and how to land a job in the trade of your choice.
Skilled Trades: Construction Apprenticeship Foundations
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- How to start a new career in the trades
- The importance of skilled trades
- Skilled trades: Education and technology
- What is an apprenticeship?
- Skilled trade career opportunities
- What laborers do
- What carpenters do
- What electricians do
- — Learning break —
- What plumbers do
- What sheet metals workers do
- What masons do
- First steps: Doing your research
- Applying to an apprenticeship program
- What is a pre-apprenticeship?
- Improving your chances
- Where to go from here
Taught by
Bridget Quinn
