PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS PROGRAM

About Oregon Tradeswomen’s Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program

With a focus on apprenticeship, Oregon Tradeswomen’s Pathways to Success program offers the Trades and Apprenticeship Career Class (TACC); an 8-week, pre-apprenticeship training class that helps students prepare for a high skill, high wage career in construction. TACC introduces a variety of trades through field trips, guest speakers, hands-on work days, and other training opportunities.

Oregon Tradeswomen’s TAC Class is offered at no charge to participants thanks to generous funding from foundations, industry, and individual donors.

In addition to the core curriculum of our pre-apprenticeship program, students enrolled in the Trades and Apprenticeship Career Class have the option of extending their training commitment an additional 1-3 weeks to enroll in the Industrial Fabrication track or the Environmental Worker Training track.

Please read more about our training offerings below, and contact Vanessa Michelle Escobedo with any questions: vanessa@tradeswomen.net or call 503.335.8200 x 122

TACC Class enrollment requirements

Be 18 years of age or older
Have a High School Diploma or GED
Be able to pass a drug test – we test!
Want to go to work in the construction or manufacturing industries

Overview of the Class Structure

Learn basic trades math and measurement
Receive an introduction to green building
Explore topics such as job site safety and construction culture
Learn to use hand and power tools
Gain 30 hours of hands-on experience working alongside skilled female instructors on real job sites
Go on field trips to apprenticeship training centers and active construction sites
Improve physical fitness with strength training taught by a certified fitness trainer

Upon graduation, Oregon Tradeswomen career counselors assist TACC graduates with their job search and application to apprenticeship training programs. Oregon Tradeswomen career counselors also provide individualized employment counseling throughout the entire course of the graduate’s trades career.

WE DRUG TEST

Oregon Tradeswomen’s pre-apprenticeship program complies with the industry standard of zero tolerance for drug use. This includes marijuana. Oregon Tradeswomen conducts two drug tests during our program, once on the first day of programming at the mandatory Orientation, and one random urine test during the period class is in session. If you test positive at either of these times, you will be dismissed from class and asked to re-enroll at a different time when you are able to pass the drug tests.