Interplay Learning Reports and White Papers
Interplay Learning offers a series of detailed reports and white papers addressing skilled trades readiness in the public sector, strategies for recruiting and retaining maintenance technicians, analyses of skilled trades training in 2025, cost comparisons between reactive and preventive maintenance, the impact of maintenance training on reducing industrial downtime, and the critical role of training in the preventive maintenance lifecycle.
Reports and White Papers
Empowering the Next Generation: Skilled Trades Readiness in the Public Sector
A white paper focused on preparing the next generation for skilled trades, particularly within the public sector.
Winning Strategies to Recruit and Retain Maintenance Technicians
A white paper offering strategies for recruiting and retaining maintenance technicians.
Interplay Learning’s 2025 Skilled Trades Training Report
A report analyzing the state of skilled trades training programs in 2025.
Comparing the Cost of Reactive vs. Preventive Maintenance
A white paper comparing the costs associated with reactive and preventive maintenance approaches.
The Downtime Domino Effect: How Maintenance Training Strengthens Your Industrial Operation
A white paper discussing how maintenance training can improve industrial operations by reducing downtime.
The Preventive Maintenance Lifecycle: Why Training is the Key to Success
A resource explaining the importance of training in the preventive maintenance lifecycle for facilities and industrial maintenance.
Hidden in Plain Sight
A white paper exploring overlooked aspects of skilled trades and maintenance.
A Guide to Using 3D Simulations in the Construction Classroom
A white paper for educators on integrating 3D simulations into construction training.
The Downtime Dilemma: How Training Your Team Can Save Time and Money
A resource discussing how team training can reduce downtime and save costs.
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Online Facilities Maintenance Training
Interplay Learning offers a comprehensive, affordable, and expert-led online facilities maintenance training platform designed to quickly upskill both new and advanced technicians in areas like HVAC, electrical, and plumbing, helping organizations reduce costs, build team confidence, and improve workforce capabilities through interactive courses and proven success stories.
5 Tips for Adopting Digital Skilled Trades Training
The article emphasizes that adopting digital skilled trades training programs, which use hands-on simulations to rapidly prepare green techs for the field, can significantly reduce onboarding time, improve job performance, and increase customer satisfaction by starting with targeted training addressing specific company pain points and measuring effectiveness through existing data.
Workforce Development Programs and Skilled Trades Careers
Workforce development programs are crucial in addressing the U.S. skilled labor shortage—particularly in trades like construction, plumbing, and HVAC—by providing flexible, technology-enhanced training opportunities that enable individuals to enter well-paying middle-class careers, with many new skilled trade workers earning at least $50,000 annually despite common misconceptions about low earning potential.
3D & VR Sim-Based Training for Students
Interplay Learning provides online, on-demand 3D simulation and virtual reality training for skilled trades students, offering industry-aligned courses and certifications across various trades, enabling flexible, safe practice environments, curriculum integration, progress tracking, and proven success in preparing students for workforce readiness as endorsed by educators and employers.
Skilled Trades Course Catalog and Roadmap
The Skilled Trades Course Catalog and Roadmap offers industry expert-developed, interactive training across diverse industries such as HVAC, electrical, manufacturing, and clean energy, with courses available at beginner to advanced levels in multiple formats (video, 3D simulation, assessments), supporting certification preparation (OSHA 10, EPA 608) and continuing education units (NATE, IACET, NABCEP), and provided in both English and Spanish to help learners advance their technical skills and careers.
Interplay Learning Skilled Trades Training Resources
Interplay Learning offers a comprehensive suite of skilled trades training resources—including guides, case studies, onboarding checklists, and data-driven reports—highlighting immersive, simulation-based online courses that improve workforce readiness, reduce costs, and enhance retention across public sector, facility maintenance, and campus teams.