Preparing Americans For High-paying Skilled Trade Jobs Of The Future

The order seeks to align federal training and education spending with skilled-trade, advanced-technology, and reindustrialization needs while reforming or eliminating ineffective programs.

What the order does ​

• Requires Labor, Commerce, and Education to review federal workforce programs within 90 days and recommend integration, restructuring, funding redirection, reform, or elimination.
• Directs agencies to identify ways to upskill current workers, including for workplace artificial intelligence, and develop employer-aligned alternatives to four-year degrees.
• Requires a plan within 120 days to reach and surpass 1 million active apprentices and expand Registered Apprenticeships into new and emerging industries.
• Calls for stronger links between apprenticeships, career and technical education, and federal student aid.
• Requires clearer public reporting of federally supported programs and credentials, including employment and earnings outcomes.

Who it affects ​

• Workers, job seekers, apprentices, and students pursuing career training or alternatives to four-year degrees.
• Employers in skilled trades, manufacturing, technology, and other high-growth sectors.
• Federal workforce-program administrators, training providers, educational institutions, and grantees.

Context ​

Implementation depends on existing law and available funding.