PROGRAMS

Through its three core programs and the annual Women in Trades Career Fair, Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. works to:

Recruit, train, place and retain women in the electrical, mechanical, highway and utility trades
Encourage middle- and high school-aged girls to learn about trades careers options through hands-on activities
Address broader issues of economic opportunity, access to apprenticeship training and workforce development.

	Building Girls Summer Construction Camps and Work Crew OTI’s Building Girls program educates middle and high school girls about careers in the trades and offers workshops, summer camps and a paid work crew for girls to earn while they learn.
	Pathways to Success Pre-Apprenticeship Class OTI’s Trades and Apprenticeship Career Class is a 7-week state-certified pre-apprenticeship class for women. Classroom instruction and field work help prepare women for a high skill, high wage career in the trades.
	Tradeswomen Organized for Outreach, Leadership and Support (T.O.O.L.S.) OTI’s TOOLS program gives tradeswomen the skills and opportunity to advocate for equity in the trades. Learn more about networking meetings, events, and current campaigns.
	Women in Trades Career Fair The largest non-traditional fair of it’s kind, Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. produces the Women in Trades Career Fair to help fill th eimminent gap in the labor force that will be created with record-levels of upcoming retirements of skilled trades people, and to increase the overall number of women working in trades careers.

Building Girls Summer Construction Camps and Work Crew