05/01/2026
As National Apprenticeship Week comes to a close, we’re thinking about all the ways the next generation finds its way into the trades: sometimes on a jobsite, sometimes in a classroom, and sometimes through something as simple as LEGOs (or complex, depending on whom you ask!). 🏗
From Try-a-Trade events and Pierce County Construction Career Day to STEAM nights, school visits, student groundbreakings, and hands-on activities, these moments give students a chance to see construction up close, ask questions, try something new, and picture a future they may not have considered before.
We also want to give a huge shoutout to the Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Foremen, and field leaders who keep that future moving every day. So much of this industry is learned person to person, by watching, asking, practicing, and being taught. Thank you to the mentors who make space for that learning and help the next generation find their footing in the field.
Swipe through for a few of our favorite student engagement moments, and check out the links below for more apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship resources.
City of Seattle Apprenticeship Guidebook:https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Departments/FAS/PurchasingAndContracting/Labor/ApprenticeshipGuidebook.pdf
ANEW Pre-Apprenticeship Programs: https://anewcareer.org/
