Whether you are just curious about the trades or already building your career, this is where to start. TradeWorx covers the skills, pathways, and real-world knowledge that help people turn hands-on ability into a livelihood.
There is a moment we see regularly at TradeWorx Academy. Someone has just made their first successful tile cut. Installed their first row of tile. Patched their first section of drywall. Wired a simple circuit. They step back, look at what they accomplished, and you can see it on their face. "I didn't know I could do that." That moment doesn't come from watching a video. It comes from doing the work. At TradeWorx Academy, hands-on learning is at the center of everything we do
For years, we have been hearing the same message: “There is a shortage of skilled labor in the trades.” And while that may be true on the surface, it is not the full story. What we are really facing is a combination of two deeper issues: a perception problem and a training problem. The Perception Problem Somewhere along the way, careers in the skilled trades were mislabeled as a “second option.” If you did not go to college, you went into the trades. If you struggled academic
