TradesUp Initiative's Area of Focus & Objectives
Discover more about our commitment to excellence through regimented processes and program commitments. Below are some of the focus areas of TradesUp Initiative.
Mentoring
TradesUp Initiative is dedicated to technical training and mentoring of individuals through direct interactions. TradesUp Initiative's target audience will be 14-18 year old students with support of post graduate education and placement assistance.
Our curriculum will include classroom informationals, hands on training, weekly mentoring workshops and financial literacy cohorts. Supporting well rounded understanding of future potential and opportunities.
Technical Trade Training
Our primary focus is on the development of early contributors in the technical trade career pathways through weekly commitments to education. Those trades will include but not limited to, welding, pipefitting/plumbing, electrical and machining. We commit to support standard CTE certifications for each area partnership to enhance the students post graduation success opportunities.
TradesUp Initiative has a goal of serving 70 students a year starting fiscal year 2026. With a 2030 target of 300 students successfully educated and placed in the manufacturing and construction industries.
Financial Literacy
As we stated our focus is the individual students success, and we are devoted to 360 degrees of this success. Financial literacy will be a major component as we strive to not only teach students how to success but how to leverage that success in their personal lives.
Quality
Quality of training, coaching and mentoring is vital to keeping a program successfull. We commit to post program reviews quarterly allowing TradesUp to adapt to new technology and training advances. Quality will be a staple of TradesUp's functioning core values.
Trades Leadership Program
Trades Leadership Program (TLP) will support identification and growth of industry leaders within our alumni. We will identify candidates and supply career building tools utilize industry leading leadership courses.
Career placement Support
TradesUp Initiative wants to foster life long relationships with our students and communities. This will mean that we don't stop support once the program ends, we commit to leveraging our influence in job placements and lobbying for hire wages for our students.
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