Without skilled trades, the world as we know it would simply cease to exist.

 

 

What begins with welding a workpiece or hammering a nail can have massive, out-of-this-world impact… the possibilities are infinite.

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Bringing Skilled Trades Exposure Directly to You

Through an immersive, hands-on experience and one-on-one instruction from our team of passionate trades professionals, we are opening young minds to the true impact they can have with a career in skilled trades. That’s the Big Idea.

 

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WHO WE WORK WITH

Schools

Industry
Organizations

Nonprofits

Career
Fairs

Civic
Organizations

Correctional
Facilities

Transitional
Communities

Foster
Care

Mobile Learning Lab

Our Mobile Learning Lab brings our hands-on experience directly to you, providing schools with a unique approach to CTE curriculum while also equipping industry, nonprofit, civic organizations, and more with a new scope of opportunity for their own participants.

 

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Skilled Trades Experiences

From heavy equipment and welding to painting and carpentry, we leverage high-end skilled trades simulators backed by virtual- and augmented-reality to create a day your learners will never forget.

Heavy Equipment

Put your learners in the operator’s seat of an excavator as they make their way around a virtual jobsite with our state-of-the-art heavy equipment simulator.

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Welding

See firsthand the physical mechanics and precision required to perform basic welding operations with our augmented-reality welding simulator.

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Painting

Have your learners try their hand at laying down flawless primers, coatings, and more with our fully immersive virtual-reality painting simulator.

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Carpentry

Experience the only publicly available 3D-projection carpentry table in the country and help your learners test their skills on the table saw, band saw, jointer, and router.

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The experience was totally personalized. It’s one thing to have the technology and to have it be fun, but the staff has taken an extra step to provide individualized mentorship and advice.

Madeleine Ross
Program Manager, Tree Trust

Our kids still talk about it today, and we always remind them that that’s a real job they can do in their real life.

Jen Boersma
Agriculture Teacher, Russell Tyler Ruthton Public Schools

When I think about Big Ideas, it just makes me smile.

Debbie Grant
Counselor, Rural Minnesota CEP

Become a Skilled Trades Instructor

Our experienced team of instructors is made up of dedicated, passionate skilled trades professionals who find true fulfillment in passing down their knowledge to future generations – and we are always looking to add new and engaging tradespeople to our team to help further our mission.

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