Troops To Trades
Troops To Trades Mission
Troops To Tradesย provide veterans, National Guard and Reserve members with career placement options, training grants and scholarships to help them find careers in the heating, air conditioning, plumbing and electrical residential service industries.
Careers in this industry are an excellent fit for veterans. These careers call for skills that veterans often develop during their military service, including:
- Problem solving
- Working independently while being accountable to the team
- Discipline work habits
- Respectful communication
- Desire to help others
The goal is to help veterans, National Guard and Reserve members find work right away, by providing connections to companies looking to hire apprentice or inexperience employees and train them. To facilitate this Troop To Trades provide training grants that give veterans the skills to start work within weeks, along with scholarships for veterans currently enroll in an accredited school program.
To learn more about the community focus work environment found in a service industry business, visit their business highlights.
Troops To Trades Goals
The Troops to Trades program is dedicate to accomplishing the following goals in 2015.
- Provide scholarships and training grants to veterans
- Provide ongoing assistance on recruiting and onboarding veterans to businesses
- Help veterans connect with positions in the industry