Skilled Trades: Interviews

Explore the different types of skilled trades—as well as how to carve out a career in your trade of choice—in this weekly series of interviews with industry professionals.

Introduction

• What are the skilled trades

1. Laborers

• What does this trade look like?
• Where do I begin?
• Challenges and rewards

2. Carpentry

• What does this trade look like?
• Where do I begin?
• Challenges and rewards

3. Sheet Metal

• What does this trade look like?
• Where do I begin?
• Challenges and rewards

4. Masonry

• What does this trade look like?
• Where do I begin?
• Challenges and rewards

5. Plumbing

• What does this trade look like?
• Where do I begin?
• Challenges and rewards

6. Electrical

• What does this trade look like?
• Where do I begin?
• Challenges and rewards