Skilled Trades Resources
The Skilled Trades Resources page offers a comprehensive collection of white papers, webinars, case studies, guides, and checklists focused on addressing the skilled trades shortage—particularly in the public sector—by providing strategies for career readiness, training high-performing maintenance teams, successful workforce development programs, and effective recruitment and onboarding practices.
White Papers
Empowering the Next Generation: Skilled Trades Readiness in the Public Sector
The skilled trades shortage is becoming a public infrastructure crisis that career-readiness organizations are addressing. This resource explores strategies and insights for preparing the next generation for skilled trades roles in the public sector.
Latest Resources
Empowering the Next Generation: Skilled Trades Readiness in the Public Sector
Published: May 5, 2026
A white paper discussing the growing skilled trades shortage and its impact on public infrastructure, with recommendations for career-readiness organizations.
On Demand Webinar: Strategies For Training a High-Performing Maintenance Team
Published: March 27, 2026
A webinar focused on effective strategies for training maintenance teams to achieve high performance in facilities management.
Strategies For Training a High-Performing Maintenance Team
Published: February 25, 2026
A resource providing actionable strategies for building and maintaining high-performing maintenance teams.
Center for People’s Workforce Development Program Achieves 95% Completion Rate
A case study highlighting the success of the Center for People’s Workforce Development Program, which achieved a 95% completion rate.
Winning Strategies to Recruit and Retain Maintenance Technicians
A guide offering strategies for recruiting and retaining skilled maintenance technicians in various industries.
Multi-Family Maintenance Technician Onboarding Checklist
A checklist designed to help onboard multi-family maintenance technicians efficiently and effectively.
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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.
Interplay Learning named to Deloitte’s 2025 Technology Fast 500 list - Interplay Learning
Interplay Learning, a leader in immersive training for skilled trades and industrial crafts, was named to Deloitte’s 2025 Technology Fast 500 list for its rapid revenue growth driven by innovative simulation-based training solutions that address the skilled labor gap and support workforce development across industries such as HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and industrial maintenance.
The Four Pillars of Workforce Development for the Trades
The guide "The Four Pillars of Workforce Development for the Trades" addresses the critical skills gap in industries like HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and construction by outlining four key strategies—flexible training formats, credentialing and certification, safety and risk reduction through VR and simulations, and employer-community partnerships—to create effective workforce development programs that equip learners with job-ready skills and improve employment outcomes.
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.
OMNIA Partners Offers Members Virtual, Hands-On Multifamily Maintenance Training from Interplay Learning
Interplay Learning has partnered with OMNIA Partners to provide multifamily industry members with cost-effective, immersive, on-demand maintenance training—including expert-led videos, 3D simulations, and virtual reality—for HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and more, enabling rapid upskilling, improved technician retention, personalized skill assessments, and enhanced resident satisfaction through scalable, hands-on virtual training accessible across multiple devices.
Center for People’s Workforce Development Program Achieves 95% Completion Rate - Interplay Learning
The Center for People’s workforce development program, utilizing Interplay Learning’s simulation-based training platform, enrolled 80 low-income learners in skilled trades courses such as HVAC and electrical, achieved a 95% completion rate with over 600 courses completed, awarded 330 certificates, and successfully placed 37 individuals into skilled trades jobs in 2025, thereby promoting economic independence and reducing recidivism among Nebraska’s underserved populations.