Support. Empower. Build.
Everything a woman in the trades needs, finally in one place.
Training, apprenticeship pathways, mentorship, events, and your rights on the job — gathered from union halls, nonprofits, and state agencies across the U.S. and Canada.
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Why this exists
The help is out there. Finding it shouldn't take a month.
The problem was never a shortage of resources. It's fragmentation — useful information scattered across dozens of nonprofit sites, union committees, state agencies, and career programs that don't link to one another. This hub pulls them together and keeps them current.
Search by where you are
Pick your state or province and your trade. You see the local groups, the pre-apprenticeships, and the national programs that serve you — nothing else.
Open the directoryKnow the path before you start
Pre-apprenticeship, application windows, entrance tests, first-year pay. Everything nobody tells you until you've already missed a deadline.
See the pathFind women already doing it
Committees, peer networks, and mentorship groups — the ones inside union halls included, which are usually the hardest to find and the most worth knowing.
Browse by communityStart with what you need
Jump straight in
Free guides, including a first-30-days jobsite checklist
Written by women who have already done it. Nothing to sign up for and no email required.
Open the guidesKnow a group we're missing?
Some of the strongest tradeswomen networks are volunteer-run, local, or live inside a hall's committee structure and never show up in a search. Twenty entries here still need a working link.
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The directory
Find what's near you.
Filter by place, trade, and what you actually need. National programs stay visible wherever you are, because they serve you too.
Getting started
What a real answer looks like.
Say you're in Springfield, Massachusetts, and you want to be an electrician. A list of nonprofits hasn't answered you. These nine things have.
Programs that get you ready
Pre-apprenticeship near you
These programs exist to close the gap between where you are today and what a hall asks for on application day — math, tools, physical readiness, and often boots and transportation too.
Free guides
Take these with you.
Short, practical documents you can read before your first day or keep on your phone in your truck. Free, no email required, no sign-up.
These guides were written and shared by tradeswomen in the field. If you wrote something that belongs here, or you want to update one of these, send it over.
Events
Conferences, career fairs, and recruitment days.
Most halls only take applications during a window, and most career fairs happen once a year. Missing one costs you twelve months.
A single events calendar is next
Career fairs, union meetings, recruitment nights, and application deadlines in one feed. If you run one of these, send us the dates.
Submit an event
Know your rights
What the job owes you.
Plain-language starting points, plus the agencies that enforce them. None of this is legal advice — it's what to look up and who to call.
- Harassment and discriminationYou can file with the EEOC, and in most states with a state agency too. Deadlines are short — often 180 or 300 days.
- PPE that fitsSince January 13, 2025, OSHA's construction standard (29 CFR 1926.95) explicitly requires employer-provided PPE to properly fit each worker. Gear sized for a six-foot man is a safety violation, not a personal problem. CPWR keeps a list of suppliers who actually make it.
- Pregnancy and lactationFederal law covers reasonable accommodations and break time. Ask your hall what your agreement adds on top.
- Bathrooms and facilitiesSanitary facilities are a jobsite requirement, not a courtesy. OSHA takes complaints about this.
- RetaliationReporting a hazard or filing a complaint is protected activity. Retaliation for it is separately illegal.
- Your union agreementYour CBA often gives you more than the law does. Your steward and your local's women's committee are the fastest route to an answer.
Agencies and national resources
Contact
Get in touch.
Questions, corrections, partnerships, or you just want to talk about what would make this more useful. A real person reads all of it.
Ways to reach us
Best for anything detailed, and the only way to send an attachment.
hello@tradeswomenresourcehub.comPlaceholder — send me the real address.
Social
Fastest for a quick question, and where new listings get announced.
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Adding or fixing a listing
There is a short form for that, and it reaches the review queue faster than email does.
Open the listing formOrganizations and press
If you run a program, a hall committee, or a pre-apprenticeship and want to partner, say so in the message and it gets routed accordingly.
Help build it
This list is a start, not a finish.
Every entry carries a last-verified date, so a correction is worth as much as an addition. If a program closed, a link broke, or your local's committee isn't here, tell us.
What's still missing
- All 50 states and D.C.Searched one at a time for local groups and pre-apprenticeships.
- Every NABTU affiliateMapped down to district council and local women's committees.
- Application windowsEligibility, cost, schedule, and the dates halls actually open.
- Wraparound supportChildcare, transportation, tools, and boot assistance for apprentices.
- Gear that fitsWomen's PPE, workwear, and maternity workwear that's actually available.
- Canadian provincesThen international tradeswomen organizations beyond North America.