2013 Women in Trades Career Fair

The largest non-traditional career fair of its kind, Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. produces the interactive, 3-day Women in Trades Career Fair to increase the overall number of women working in the trades and to help fill the imminent gap in the labor force that will be created with record-levels of upcoming retirements of skilled trades people.

Produced annually since 1993, this unique, industry sponsored and volunteer powered event offers dozens of hands-on activities designed to introduce women and girls to the possibility of a future career in the trades.

Thursday, May 16, 2013
Middle School Girls’ Day
For pre-registered schools
Hands-on workshops and activities from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Friday, May 17, 2013
High School Girls’ Day
For pre-registered schools
Hands-on workshops and exhibits from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Careers for Women Day
Open to everyone! No Pre-registration required
Workshops and activities from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

FREE Admission
FREE Parking
FREE Childcare
FREE Shuttle service from the Gateway Transit Center located at 9900 NE Multnomah.

Careers for Women Day - Time-Specific Workshops:

9:10 am
Create a Mini Wind Turbine (Room 9)
Create Your Own Mini Floor (Room 6)

10:10 am
Create a Solar Operated Cricket (Room 8)
Create Your Own Mini Floor (Room 6)

11:10 am
Create a Mini Wind Turbine (Rom 9)
Create Your Own Mini Floor (Room 6)

Noon:
Construction Wear Fashion Show (Main Tent)

12:10 pm
Create a Solar Operated Cricket (Room 8)

1:00 pm
Trades and Apprenticeship Career Class Information Session (Room 5)

1:00 pm
Dads and Daughters Event (Room 10)
Refreshments served

1:10 pm
Create a Mini Wind Turbine (Room 9)
Create Your Own Mini Floor (Room 6)

2:10 pm
Create a Solar Operated Cricket (Room 8)
Create Your Own Mini Floor (Room 6)

Careers for Women Day – Drop-In Workshops:

Bucket Truck Ride with Bonneville Power Administration (Outdoor Space 19)
Bucket Truck Ride with Portland General Electric (Outdoor Space 16)
Bind a Book with RR Donnelley (Inside Room 16)
Build a Jigsaw Puzzle with ACE Academy (Outdoor Space 1)
Build a Metal Flower Pot with Sheet Metal Institute (In Room 3)
Climb a Power Pole with Portland General Electric (Outdoor Space 18)
Crane Operation with Interstate Crane (Outdoor Space 13)
Concrete Stepping Stones with Oregon & SW Washington Cement Masons (Outdoor Space 4)
Fire and EMT with Portland Fire & Rescue and Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (Outdoor Space 5 & 15)
Fix a Water Main with Portland Water Bureau (Outdoor Space 8)
Hot Welding for Roofs/Green Roofing with Oregon & SW Washington Roofers and Waterproofers (Outdoor Space 7)
Ironworking Basics with Ironworkers Local 29 (Outdoor Space 9)
Jackhammer with Oregon & Southern Idaho and Northwest Laborers-Employers Training Trust (Outdoor Space 14)
Ladder Climb with Portland Fire & Rescue & Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (Outdoor Space 15)
ODOT Sign & Asphalt Use with Oregon Department of Transportation (Outdoor Space 3)
Operate a Dump Truck with Portland Water Bureau (Outdoor Space 10)
Operate an Excavator with Goodfellow Bros. (Outdoor Space 11)
Overhead Power Line with Portland General Electric (Outdoor Space 17)
Solder Copper with Local 290 Plumbers and Steamfitters Apprenticeship (In Lab 2B)
Superimpose Yourself with PYBMedia (In Room 14)
Weld with Local 290 Plumbers and Steamfitters Apprenticeship (In Lab 3)

Careers for Women Day Exhibitors:

Apprenticeship & Training Division, Bureau of Labor & Industries
Area 1 Plumbers, Painters, and Sign Makers Apprenticeships
Association of Women in Automotive
Bend Broadband
Benson Industries
Bonneville Power Administration
Charter College
City of Beaverton
City of Portland BES – Wastewater Group
City of Portland Bureaus of Purchases & Human Resources
City of Portland Fire & Rescue
City of Portland Parks & Recreation
City of Portland Water Bureau
City of Vancouver
Clackamas County
Constructing Hope Pre-apprenticeship Program
Danner Boot
Elevator Constructors JATC
Georgia Pacific
Gunderson
Hoffman Structures Inc.
IBEW Local 125
International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 701
Kaiser Permanente
Knife River
Local 290 Plumbers & Steamfitters Apprenticeship
Metro Regional Government
Mt Hood Community College
Multnomah County
Multnomah County Workforce Program
NECA-IBEW Electrical Training Center
NW Lineworker Apprenticeship
OR SW WA Drywall Joint Apprenticeship Committee
OR SW WA Floor Covering JATC
OR SW WA Glaziers JATC
OR SW WA Painters JATC
Oregon & Southern Idaho and Northwest Laborers-Employers Training Trust Funds
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Oregon Department of Transportation
Oregon State Police
Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. Free Training for Women
Pacific NW Regional Council of Carpenters & Carpenters Institute
Platt Electric Supply
Portland Community College – Bond Program
Portland Community College – Trades & Industry
Portland General Electric
Portland YouthBuilders
RR Donnelley
Sheet Metal Institute
Slayden Construction Group
Sprinkler Fitters Local 669 & burn trailer
Sulzer Pumps
The Boeing Company
Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue
Vigor Marine, LLC
Washington County
Washington County Sheriff’s Office

Location:

A middle school student learns how to drill at the 2010 Women in Trades Career Fair

Graciously Hosted by:

NECA-IBEW Electrical Training Center
16021 NE Airport Way
Portland, OR 97230

Directions to the Women in Trades Career Fair as Google link and downloadable .pdf.

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