Skilled Trades

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This course is a part of Get Ahead in the Construction Trades, a 6-course series from LinkedIn Learning.

Picture a job where you can make money while you learn valuable, career-building skills. Now, imagine leveraging your technical knowledge at that same job to innovate on projects that affect thousands—all while sidestepping student loans. Sound too good to be true? In a construction industry scrambling to find skilled workers to fill hundreds of thousands of open jobs, these roles are both real and abundant. But for many of the young, career-minded workers who'd fit the bill, learning a craft doesn't seem like an obvious career move. This course was designed to show those job seekers what a career as a skilled worker actually looks like—and dispel a few common misconceptions along the way. Instructor Bridget Quinn goes over individual trades, explains how apprenticeships work, and more.

Contents:

• Introduction
• 1. What Are the Skilled Trades?
• 2. What Does Each Trade Do?
• 3. Where Do I Start?