Oregon Tradeswomen's 2025 Career Fair
Join Oregon Tradeswomen this year for our 30th annual Career Fair!
Oregon Tradeswomen’s annual Career Fair is a FREE, interactive, trades-related career event highlighting apprenticeship and debt-free training options for lucrative careers in the skilled construction trades. It is one of the most exciting and engaging career fairs in our region dedicated to the construction industry!
Oregon Tradeswomen's Career Fair connects thousands of students and job seekers to the wide variety of exciting careers in the skilled construction trades and supports local industry and businesses find qualified, skilled workers.
While focused on presenting these career options to female-identified students and job seekers, Oregon Tradeswomen’s Career Fair is open to everyone! Most workshops are managed by tradeswomen, demonstrating the power and potential of a truly diverse workforce.
Friday, May 16th, 2025
8:00 am - 2:30 pm
School Day
(Registration Required)
Saturday, May 17th, 2025
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Public Day
(No Registration Required)
Generously hosted by:
NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center
16021 NE Airport Way
Portland OR 97230
Google maps link
Driving directions
FREE Shuttle Transportation from E 181st Ave Park & Ride
Employers + Training Providers
The Exhibitors at Oregon Tradeswomen’s Career Fair make the event a powerful experience for job seekers and career explorers alike!
Exhibitors present interactive workshops and activities (indoors and outdoors) and/or host information tables and offer resources to students and attendees. Each exhibitor offers something different – whether you offer participants an opportunity to try their hand at welding or soldering; climbing up a fire ladder or 4-story scaffolding; or offering information, resources, and directly taking applications at an information tables – we welcome your involvement!
Schools
Introduce your students to high-wage, high-skilled careers in the trades, and debt-free career education at Oregon Tradeswomen's Career Fair on Friday, May 16th, 2025!
Oregon Tradeswomen’s goal is to offer middle and high school students a unique educational opportunity, and introduce the many career options available in the trades where they can earn while they learn and access debt-free career education!
School Day at Oregon Tradeswomen’s annual Career Fair offers a unique, hands-on opportunity for students to learn about apprenticeship and career training opportunities after high school without the burden of college debt.
The interactive, hands-on learning opportunities allow students to use the tools of the trades, talk directly with tradeswomen about the work they do, and gain knowledge about satisfying, high-paying careers in the construction trades.
All students are welcome to attend, including students of CTE programs, and other organized youth groups.
Job Seekers
Join us on Saturday, May 17th, 2025 to find the career you've been looking for - or one you may have never imagined! This event is free, no registration required.
Come to the Fair to visit the following employers and training partners:
Associated Builders and Contractors Pacific Northwest
AllSource Construction & Safety Supply
Andersen Construction
Area 1 Inside Electrical JATC
CareOregon
City of Gresham
City of Portland
> Bureau of Environmental Services
> Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
> Parks & Recreation
> Portland Bureau of Transportation
> Portland Fire & Rescue
> Portland Police Bureau
> Prosper Portland
> Water Bureau
> We Are Better Together
Clackamas County - Transportation Maintenance
Clackamas County
Clackamas Community College
Clackamas Water Environment Services
COAT Flagging
Department of Consumer and Business Services Preferred Worker Program & OHSA
Earth Advantage
EC Electric
Fortis Construction
Habitat for Humanity Portland Region
Hamilton Construction Co.
Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers JATC
Howard S. Wright
IBEW Local 659
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 701
Ironworkes Local 29 Apprenticeship
JE Dunn Construction
JW Fowler Co.
Kiewit
Lakeside Industries
Lease Crutcher Lewis
LiUNA! Laborers' Local 737
Madden Industrial Craftsmen
Metro Regional Government
Microchip Technology Inc.
McKinstry
Mt. Hood Army Recruiting Company
Mt. Hood Community College
Multnomah County
Multnomah County - Facilities and Property Management Division
Multnomah County Sheriff's Office
National Elevator Industry Educational Program
National Women in Roofing - Oregon
NECA-IBEW Electrical Training Center
Northwest College of Construction
NW Natural
ODOT-BOLI Workforce Development Program
OEG
Oregon & SW Washington Floor Covering JATC
Oregon & SW Washington Painters JATC
Oregon Building Officials Association
Oregon Solar + Storage Industries Association (OSSIA) Oregon Solar Energy Education Fund (OSEEF)
Oregon Young Employee Safety Coalition [O-yes]
Pence/Kelly Concrete
Port of Portland
Portland Community College
Portland General Electric
Portland YouthBuilders
R&H Construction
Stacy Witbeck
State of Oregon - Building Codes Division
TriMet
UA 290 / PMCA
UA Local 669 Fire Sprinkler Fitters JATC
Vigor
Walsh Construction
Washington County
Western States Regional Council of Carpenters
Volunteers
Our volunteers are the best and are truly the POWER behind Oregon Tradeswomen’s annual Career Fair! Whether you help set up on Thursday or are on-site at the Career Fair, you are making a huge difference for this community. Sign up for your volunteer shifts at the link below.
Recap of the 2024 Career Fair
Thank you to everyone involved in Oregon Tradeswomen's 2024 Career Fair that took place May 17th and 18th! Special thanks to NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center and Local 48 for the generous use of their spaces. Oregon Tradeswomen could not host this event without their incredible support.
Thank you to our dedicated sponsors for their financial support of the Career Fair and their involvement as exhibitors to connect with attendees about careers in their industry. Thank you to the teachers and chaperones who encouraged their students to think about professional paths after high-school that they may not have otherwise known about - and opportunities for a debt-free career education.
Oregon Tradeswomen's 2024 Career Fair by the numbers:
1,552 Middle and high school students
251 Teachers & Chaperones
86 School groups from Oregon & Washington
972 Women and their Families attended on Saturday
67 Volunteers contributed 386 hours
34 Sponsors
102 Businesses, Unions, community colleges, government agencies, and other organizations
37 Interactive exhibits & hands-on workshops
Oregon Tradeswomen graduate Alejandra represents the plumbers and steamfitters of UA Local 290 at the Career Fair while passing on her soldering knowledge to a student visiting the Fair with their school.
The Portland Water Bureau's water main break simulation is a historic, fan-favorite activity at Oregon Tradeswomen's Career Fair! Here, students try their best to avoid getting soaked while working hard to secure the water main and stop the unrestricted flow of water.
Jobseekers have the unique opportunity to get hands-on experiences with various job duties of a multitude of trades! Here, a jobseeker is getting a demonstration on how to work with cement from a representative with the Cement Masons Local 555.
Sponsor the Career Fair!
Learn More about Sponsorship by Contacting Nami Bigos at nami@oregontradeswomen.org
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