Sourcing by role
How to find skilled trades and industrial talent.
Sourcing guides for trades and industrial roles: licensing and apprenticeship structures, union halls and training programmes, and the reason most of these candidates are not searchable on LinkedIn at all.
Electrician
The apprentice-journeyman-master licence ladder, why residential and industrial are not interchangeable, and the structural sources that work when LinkedIn does not.
41 title variantsHVAC Technician
Why EPA 608 certification type decides eligibility, how extreme seasonality determines when to recruit at all, and where the controls specialists hide.
47 title variantsIndustrial / Maintenance Mechanic
Why the mechanical-electrical-controls combination is the real scarcity, and why downtime cost makes these roles urgent.
47 title variantsPlumber
Why licences do not cross state lines cleanly, how service and construction differ, and the certified niches that pay best.
44 title variantsConstruction Manager
Why this industry hires on project rhythm, how sector gates candidates, and why requiring a degree removes the best superintendents.
47 title variantsAutomation / Controls Technician
Why the PLC platform is the qualification, what OT security added to the role, and the integrator pool nobody approaches.
46 title variantsCNC Machinist
Why operator, setter and programmer are three jobs at three pay grades, and how control and CAM platforms filter real capability.
56 title variantsField Service Technician
Why the equipment defines this role rather than the title, how travel percentage drives turnover, and the military pipeline nobody screens for.
48 title variantsWind Turbine Technician
Why physical and safety requirements genuinely gate this role, how GWO certification affects start dates, and the military pipeline.
46 title variantsIndustrial Electrician
Why commercial electrical experience does not transfer, when hazardous area certification is legally required, and where the controls scarcity sits.
48 title variantsTool and Die Maker
Why the apprenticeship collapse means competing on rate loses, how die and mould making differ, and the machinist cross-training route.
48 title variantsManufacturing Engineer
Why process experience does not transfer between manufacturing methods, and which quality systems are the real requirement.
48 title variants