Explore Skilled Trades Before You Commit
Honest, real-world guidance to help you understand skilled trade careers — the work, the pay, the lifestyle, and long-term opportunities — before you make a big decision.
Top questions on our Podcast focus on: Apprenticeship vs trade school? How long does learning a trade take? And Starting pay for working in trades?
No experience required. No pressure to commit.
Choosing a career path can feel overwhelming — especially when advice is incomplete, biased, or based on outdated assumptions.
Skilled trades can be a great option for the right person. They can also be the wrong choice if you don’t understand what the work and lifestyle are really like.
This page exists to help you explore skilled trades honestly, ask better questions, and make a confident decision before committing time, money, or years of your life.
What Trade Explorers Gain Here
Clear information and guidance to help you decide whether skilled trades are the right path for you.
Career Path Clarity
Understand what different skilled trades actually involve day to day — beyond job titles and stereotypes.
Pay & Lifestyle Context
Learn how income, schedules, physical demands, and long-term growth really compare across trades.
Better Decisions
Use the Mentor AI to ask honest questions and explore options without emotions, pressure, or judgment.
Explore the Trades With a Mentor — Before You Commit
A guided way to understand skilled trade careers using real-world insight — not hype or pressure.
The Skilled Trade Mentor AI is designed to help people who are considering the trades — not selling them.
You can use it to:
- Compare career paths with confidence
- Ask real-world questions anonymously
- Explore options on your own timeline
There’s no pitch and no commitment. Just guidance to help you think clearly before deciding what comes next.
Why This Is a Public Beta
We’re opening the Mentor AI early so it can be shaped by real questions from people actively exploring their options.
Early participants help influence how the Mentor evolves and gain early access as it expands.
You can observe, read, and learn at your own pace - NO PRESSURE.
Join The STR Community
Join others learning about skilled trades — at your pace.
Get exposed to real-world stories, lessons, and perspectives from people working in the skilled trades, so you can better understand
what the work and lifestyle are actually like.
Skilled Trade Rescue
Empowering the Trades
Building careers, connecting professionals, and elevating the skilled trades industry through education, community, and real-world resources.
