Summer Programs
Increasing access to high-quality skilled trades education and training
Los Angeles County Skilled Trades Summers
In the summer of 2024, over 400 high school students participated in one of eight Skilled Trades Summers programs across Los Angeles County. Students achieved impressive outcomes and acquired new skills to help prepare for future career opportunities or discover a new passion in this hands-on, “earn and learn” program. Students acquired skills in trades such as automotive tech, carpentry, construction, electrical, plumbing, solar installation and welding.
Alliance for Community Empowerment (ACE), Canoga Park
Students completed the first component of solar installation credentialing while learning basic construction skills. Program participants used these skills to repair and upgrade the sites of local schools and community centers.
Artesia High School
Six-week, 40 hours per week auto repair and welding programs where students master basic skills and earn advanced industry certifications.
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor (BGCLAH)
Students from throughout the Port of Los Angeles community earned high-value industry credentials in welding and construction.
California Advancing Pathways for Students (CalAPS)
Twenty students from six different high schools completed four weeks of training and completed an entire tiny house project (carpentry, electrical, and plumbing).
Da Vinci Schools, El Segundo/Hawthorne/Los Angeles County
A two-week Advanced Manufacturing program enabled a group of 30 students from multiple high schools to complete hands-on projects using CAD software, laser cutters, 3D printers, CNC machines, and welding equipment.
Jordan Downs/BRIDGE Housing
A two-week community-based pilot program where 17 young students of Jordan Downs completed hands-on skilled trades modules in carpentry, electrical, solar, and welding projects
La Mirada High School
High school welding students earned safety certifications and master advanced welding programs. These high school students then mentored middle school students from multiple nearby communities in two-week skilled trades summer camps that featured hands-on carpentry, electrical, solar, and welding projects.
Port of Los Angeles High School, San Pedro
Students earned high-value industry credentials in welding (including TIG welding), construction, electrical, and plumbing. Students earned dual enrollment college credit by completing the automotive technology coursework.