Basic trades include electrical, plumbing, carpentry, sheet metal, HVACR, sprinkler-fitter, and pipe-fitter.

Building maintenance technicians fix and maintain properties to ensure they are in the best working condition, as well as perform preventative maintenance to avoid costly repairs and downtime.

Welders fabricate and assemble metal structures and equipment through the use of welders, cutters, shapers and measuring tools, and produce metal products according to customer or employer specifications.

Electrician apprentices support electricians in the maintenance, operation and repair of electrical systems.

Excavation/loading equipment operators power machinery, such as powered-shovel, stripping-shovel, scraper loader, or back-hoe to excavate and load material.

First-line supervisors are employed in all industries to direct production workers in the making or assembling of manufactured goods.

Freight, stock, and materials mover (forklift operator) job responsibilities include unloading materials from incoming vehicles and stacking them to assigned places, as well as locating and moving materials for immediate use on a job site..

Apprentice HVACR technicians assist HVACR technicians in installing, maintaining, and repairing indoor air quality systems, such as air conditioners.

Paving/surfacing equipment operator responsibilities include operating equipment on job sites to pour concrete, asphalt, or other materials, as well as operating tamping machines and stone spreaders.

Solar photovoltaic installers assemble, install, and maintain solar panel systems on rooftops or other structures.