Workforce
Wayne Trace students shouldn't just see energy projects around them. They should learn to build, operate, and benefit from them.
Growing technical fields, hiring in northwest Ohio today — many reachable without a four-year degree.
Keeps utility-scale arrays running — inspection, troubleshooting, repair.
Trades, certification, or apprenticeship
A licensed trade with steady demand far beyond solar alone.
Apprenticeship & licensure
Where electrical skill meets data and software.
Certification or community college
Finding faults across big arrays from the air — aviation meets energy.
Certification & FAA Part 107
Designs what others build — sizing, layout, interconnection.
Four-year engineering degree
The budgets, schedules, and financing that make projects real.
Business or finance degree
A student who reads the dashboard in 6th grade and models the payback in 12th arrives at graduation already in the field.
Local sponsors and partners can turn a school asset into a community career engine.