Trades in Focus
One initiative designed to advance industrial tech careers is Trades in Focus. This program was created through a partnership between the Association of Community Colleges and W.W. Grainger, Inc., the leading North American supplier of maintenance, repair and operating products. Trades in Focus provides an online toolkit to educate the general public about the importance of industrial tech careers and the potential opportunities these skilled trades offer. The program is also geared to alert those interested in industrial tech careers to schools and colleges across the country that are committed to training up workers in those specific fields, with innovative programs designed to teach the latest technology and processes in their industry.
- Fluid Power
- Industrial Electrician
- Industrial Heating and Cooling
- Industrial Machining
- Welding
- Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
- Maintenance
- Machining
- Welding
- Power Plant Technology
- Natural Gas Technology
- Electric Line Technology
- Training in Plastics Technology
- Computerized Machine Tool Training
- Training in Machine Tools Trades
- Industrial Electricity Training