The 2025 DuPage County Trade Apprenticeship Expo was held on Thursday, November 6th from 3:30pm – 6:00pm with close to 800 students, parents, career counselors and educators in attendance. The event featured interactive, hands-on demonstrations by the county’s building trade organizations as well as opportunities to meet with instructors to learn more about each individual trade apprenticeship program.
It was held at the IBEW Local 701 Union Hall, home to PowerForward DuPage, and sponsored by the DuPage County Building & Construction Trades Council and CISCO. Thank you to the following trades for participating:
Boilermakers
Bricklayers & Tuckpointers
Carpenters
Cement Masons & Plasterers
Ceramic Tile Layers & Finishers
Electricians
Ironworkers
Laborers
Operating Engineers
Pipefitters
Plumbers
Sheet Metal Workers
Teamsters
If you are a DuPage County educator and would like your high school to be contacted directly for participation in the 2026 DuPage County Trade Apprenticeship Expo, please contact PowerForward DuPage at 630-791-2660. For more information on union construction apprenticeship programs, please visit the DuPage County Building Trades website.