The Trades Community inspires learners to understand and expand their interests in architecture, metal, electric, construction, and textiles and design, plan, manage, build, and maintain infrastructures to discover connections between who they are now and who they want to become.

In the Skilled Trade Community, learners discover their interests in a variety of hands-on skill sets. Learners interested in architecture, construction, manufacturing, and transportation will gain knowledge and expertise in the field of their interest.

The Trades community provides learning opportunities within architecture, construction, manufacturing, and transportation to develop critical skills to help learners acquire talent and skills in building, maintaining, and transporting equipment, infrastructures, and materials.  Learners will develop practices for planning, designing, managing, maintaining, and building that they will use to pursue future goals and career opportunities.

• Architectural/Woodwork Firm

  • Brian Ohlrich, Wisconsin Built 

• Carpenter's Union Representative

  •  James Anderson

Learners in the Trades and Services Community have the opportunity to pursue three unique career clusters; Transportation and Logistics, Architecture and Construction, and Manufacturing.  Each cluster hosts Pathway Options with a corresponding Introduction Course to the career pathway along with a series of connected career and technical education and training opportunities that move seamlessly into a postsecondary option for a specific career area.

Transportation and Logistics

Exploration of Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics  introduce students to careers that involve the planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and products using any of several modes of transport. Students will gain an overview of careers that involve infrastructure, vehicular maintenance and repair, and operating or managing facilities that hold what is being transported. 

• Pathway Option 1- Service & Mechanics

• Pathway Option 2- Distribution

Architecture & Construction

In this interest area, learners will explore careers in designing, planning, managing, building, and maintaining the built environment.

• Pathway Option 1- Carpentry

• Pathway Option 2- Maintenance

Manufacturing

In this interest area, learners will explore the planning, managing, and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing, and process engineering. 

• Pathway Option 1-Welding and Metal Working

• Pathway Option 2- Equipment Maintenance and Repair

• Pathway Option 3- Processing