Manufacturing
and Industrial
Trades
The manufacturing and industrial
segment of the skilled trades
includes professionals such as
welders, fabricators, tool and die
makers, machinists, industrial
mechanics, mechatronics profes-
sionals, and more. Tradespeople in
this part of the field are the key cogs
that keep manufacturing plants and
other aspects of the industrial world
up and running at all times.
It’s the people who work in this
part of the skilled trades who are
responsible for building so many of
the products, systems, or parts that
we use every day. From the assembly
line that builds the cars on the road
to the machines that manufacture
nails and screws in bulk, so much
of what we have or want is thanks
to the skills and smarts of manu-
facturing and industrial trades
professionals.
Many of the experts in this field work
on the machines or robots that build
the things we use. They design, build,
program, and maintain the automa-
tion systems that build our vehicles,
our cell phones, or the aircraft parts