Explore the skilled trades

Narrator: Finding your footing in today’s evolving and highly competitive job market can sometimes feel like a high-wire act.

You want a job that provides a sense of stability and financial security for you and your loved ones.

But you also want a career that provides a sense of purpose and adventure – one that continually challenges you to expand your knowledge, learn new skills, shape your community, and make a positive impact in the world.

With more than 140 different paths to choose from, the skilled trades offer a wide variety of in-demand, stable, and rewarding careers for those who are hands on and ready for a challenge.

Take your love of home improvements to the next level in a construction trade. Master the cutting-edge advancements in science, technology, and robotics with an industrial trade.

Let your mechanical know-how drive your career forward in a motive power trade. Or apply your attention-to-detail and creativity in a service trade.

Through a skilled trade apprenticeship, you will combine classroom learning with on-the- job training to gain the skills and knowledge you need and become fully certified in your chosen trade – all while getting paid. Plant your feet on solid ground and explore the skilled trades for a career you won’t want to trade in.

Visit Ontario.ca/trades today.

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