Choose a starting point
Begin with a PATH area, a career question, a school subject or the kind of work students enjoy.
Explore the PATH framework →Schools & educators
Make skilled careers easier to see, explore and understand.
Trade Tracks gives teachers, guidance staff and pathway leaders a complete, student-safe career exploration resource—without student accounts, profiles or identifiable records.
✓ No student login✓ No student profiles✓ Free public exploration
Built for the classroom
One resource. Many ways to begin.
Use Trade Tracks for a ten-minute career prompt, a full classroom investigation, guidance counselling or preparation for the annual Showcase.
Let students investigate
Students use the public Career Centres, videos and stories without creating accounts or profiles.
Open the career directory →Bring the learning home
Use a school-board-approved worksheet, discussion or learning platform to capture reflections and next steps.
See classroom resources →Classroom resource library
Activities for every stage of exploration.
Resources are designed to be delivered by educators and completed through the school’s existing learning environment. Trade Tracks does not collect student work.
Awareness and possibility
- PATH discovery activity
- What does this trade actually do?
- Tools, workplaces and working conditions
- Showcase observation guide
Interests and pathways
- Career Centre investigation
- Compare two skilled careers
- High-school course connections
- Apprenticeship vocabulary guide
Decisions and next steps
- Compare training routes
- Employer and workplace research
- Questions for a tradesperson
- Build an informed next-step plan
Programs students can explore
- OYAP and apprenticeship
- SHSM and co-operative education
- Dual credit and college pathways
- Pre-apprenticeship and employer training
Use your school’s existing systems.
Teachers may place Trade Tracks links and downloadable activities in Google Classroom, Brightspace, Microsoft Teams or another board-approved platform. Student submissions stay with the school.
The complete exploration toolkit
Everything connects back to the career.
Students can move from curiosity to credible pathway information without being asked to register.
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Career Centres
Consistent five-page profiles covering the work, fit, people, pathway, earnings and specializations.
PATH career areas
A memorable way to begin with Produce, Assemble, Transport and Help.
Stories from the trades
Real career journeys connected directly to the trade—not separated by identity or background.
Employer profiles
Show students who employs each trade, what the workplace is like and how people enter.
Education pathways
Plain-language explanations of apprenticeship, college, OYAP, SHSM, co-op and dual credit.
Trade Tracks Showcase
Prepare students to see, try and discuss skilled work in person.
Ontario education pathways
Connect exploration to the programs already available.
Trade Tracks explains the options; educators and school boards continue to advise students, approve participation and maintain all official records.
View education and apprenticeship pathways →Trade Tracks Showcase · May 28–29, 2027
Turn the visit into a learning experience.
Prepare before the event, focus student observation during the day and continue the conversation afterward.
Before
Open Showcase planning →Choose career questions, review the PATH areas and plan groups.
DuringMeet tradespeople, try supervised activities and record observations through school materials.
AfterCompare careers, discuss surprises and identify education pathways to investigate.
Student privacy by design
Career exploration without creating a student record.
Trade Tracks does not create student accounts, collect student assignments or maintain individual education records. Schools provide only the group information required to plan attendance and evaluate programs.
- No student names or student numbers required
- No personal browsing or career-interest profiles
- No direct employer-to-student messaging
- Student work remains in school-board-approved systems
Bring Trade Tracks into your classroom
Start with one career. Open a world of possibility.
Explore the Career Centres now, or contact Trade Tracks about school participation and the 2027 Showcase.