Trade TracksEducator hub

A year-round skilled-trades workforce platform

Explore the trades.
Discover your path.
Build your future.

Trade Tracks connects students, career seekers, educators, employers and community partners with careers, education pathways, opportunities and real stories from people working in the trades.

Explore careers →Find your PATH

✓ Free career exploration ✓ Canadian pathways ✓ Built with industry

Student trying a power tool at the Trade Tracks Showcase
VISIBILITYInspiresIMAGINATION!
PATH
Next hands-on ShowcaseMay 28–29, 2027Centre Wellington Community FairgroundsPlan your visit →

Start where you are

01Student or career seeker→02Parent or guardian→03School or educator→04Employer→

A private journal for your phone

Keep track of your career journey.

Save careers, record experiences and add private notes, photos or short videos in the separate My Career — by Trade Tracks app. There is no Trade Tracks sign-in: your journal stays on your device.

Open My Career Journal ↗

One memorable way to explore

Four PATHs. Hundreds of possibilities.

PATH helps people begin with the kind of work that interests them. It never limits a career to one box—many trades cross more than one area.

Greenhouse technician maintaining a modern irrigation systemP

Produce

Grow, prepare, process or create a finished product, material, food or resource.

Agriculture · food · materials · finished productsExplore Produce careers →
Tradesperson assembling a precision mechanical and electrical systemA

Assemble

Design, build, install, integrate, repair or maintain equipment, structures and technical systems.

Construction · manufacturing systems · installation · maintenanceExplore Assemble careers →
Transportation technician diagnosing a commercial vehicleT

Transport

Move people, products and equipment safely and efficiently.

Automotive · aviation · rail · heavy equipmentExplore Transport careers →
Skilled service professional helping people through practical workH

Help

Protect, serve and support people, workplaces and communities.

Service · safety · culinary · community infrastructureExplore Help careers →

The organizations behind the opportunity

Trade Tracks Showcase Supporters

These organizations help make hands-on career discovery possible. Select a Showcase supporter to learn more.

2nd Chance Employment CounsellingTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2025A. O. SmithTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2026B.E.N. StoneworksTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2026Bert's Auto & TireTrade Tracks Showcase supporterBrehn Home SolutionsTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2025Canada Heavy Equipment CollegeTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2023Canadian Armed ForcesTrade Tracks Showcase supporterTownship of Centre WellingtonTrade Tracks Showcase supporterCentre Wellington Contractors AssociationTrade Tracks Showcase supporterConestoga CollegeTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2023CSN Collision – HuttenTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2026DEWALT / Stanley Black & DeckerTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2025ELV Select EquipmentTrade Tracks Showcase supporterGO Timber MartTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2026Heat & Frost Insulators Local 95Trade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2026HFH ConstructionTrade Tracks Showcase supporterHorseshoeing SchoolTrade Tracks Showcase supporterHusky Farm EquipmentTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2023Loyalist CollegeTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2025MammoetTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2026Motion ServicesTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2026Musashi Auto Parts CanadaTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2023Nexans CanadaTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2025Operating Engineers Training Institute of OntarioTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2026Premier Equipment / John DeereTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2026Sheridan CollegeTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2025South Wellington Community Lions ClubTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2023Stubbe'sTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2025WalingaTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2023Waverdale Fleet ServiceTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2023Wellington CountyTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2023The Miller GroupTrade Tracks Showcase supporterTMTA Waterloo RegionTrade Tracks Showcase supporterUnited Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 785Trade Tracks Showcase supporterWorkforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington DufferinTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2023wvARC CareersTrade Tracks Showcase supporter since 2026
View the supporter and employer directory →

Career knowledge base

What could your future look like?

Search the first career profiles in this development build. The full directory is designed to grow to every recognized trade and related skilled career.

ElectricianInstall, test and maintain electrical systems
Assemble→
Truck and Coach TechnicianDiagnose and repair commercial vehicles
Transport→
Horticultural TechnicianBuild and care for sustainable landscapes
Produce→
WelderJoin and shape metals for essential industries
Assemble→
CookPrepare food in fast-moving professional kitchens
Help→
Heavy Duty Equipment TechnicianKeep large machinery working safely
Transport→
View the complete career directory →

More than one annual event

One connected path from curiosity to career.

Trade Tracks brings the information and people around skilled careers together throughout the year.

01

Discover

Explore careers through PATH, videos, stories and hands-on experiences.

Learn more →
02

Prepare

Compare apprenticeship, college, high-school and continuing-education routes.

Learn more →
03

Connect

Find verified employers, co-op placements, mentors and support services.

Learn more →
04

Advance

Build skills, step into leadership or learn how to start a trades business.

Learn more →
Students speaking with an employer at the Trade Tracks Showcase
Real people. Real equipment. Real conversations about the future.

The flagship hands-on experience

Trade Tracks Showcase 2027

See the tools. Try the work. Talk with the people who do it every day. Student attendance and public attendance are free.

Explore the ShowcaseExhibit or sponsor →
MAY28–292027 · Fergus, Ontario
Wide view of the Trade Tracks Showcase grounds and exhibits
Tradesperson showing young visitors a transport truck
Meet the people behind the work.
Student operating an excavator during a supervised demonstration
See skilled work up close.
Hands-on heavy equipment demonstration area
Try, ask and discover.
Wide view of the Trade Tracks Showcase grounds
Explore the full world of skilled careers.
Students and exhibitors along the Showcase route
Make connections that continue after the day.

Built for the whole workforce community

Where do you fit in?

Student or career seeker

Explore skilled careers freely—no account, profile or personal information required.

Explore careers →

School or educator

Bring career exploration, co-op and Showcase planning into one place.

Educator tools →

Tradesperson

Share the honest story of your career and help someone see what is possible.

Share your story →

Community or government partner

Connect residents with trusted training, services and regional opportunities.

Partner with us →

Visibility Inspires Imagination!

Every skilled career begins with seeing what is possible.

Start exploring →