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Diverse apprentices learning welding, carpentry, and automotive repair in a modern vocational training center, symbolizing the solution to the skilled trades gap.

Vocational Training and Apprenticeships Are the Only Real Fix for the Skilled Trades Gap

The United States faces a widening skilled trades gap, threatening economic stability and critical infrastructure. Reinvesting in vocational training and apprenticeships is the most direct, proven, and sustainable solution to this national crisis.

Luis Ortega·March 31, 2026