# About

A public-facts directory for the skilled trades that build and keep data centers and critical facilities online.

- BLS OEWS pay and outlook
- Military paths into trades
- Sister school and CDL directories

**Jake Rinard, PMP** · Program Director, Industrial Megaprojects

He has led capital programs for 28 years on industrial and infrastructure megaprojects, including data centers, high-voltage substations, and seawater cooling. He hires and directs the licensed trades and critical-facility crews who build and commission that work.

As a U.S. Air Force veteran and program director, he designed these sites to help people enter the skilled trades: which trades are hiring, what training matters, and how to take the first step.

## What this site is
A plain-language guide to the trades that matter on hyperscale and colocation campuses: critical power, cooling, piping, utility feeders, and fiber, with national pay and outlook figures from public federal sources. It is not a lead marketplace and does not sell contact information.

## Sister sites
- [HighPayingTrades.com](https://highpayingtrades.com/): national and state wage tables, growth, and programs by trade.
- [RegisteredTradeSchools.com](https://registeredtradeschools.com/): apprenticeships and trade schools.
- [VeteranTradeSchools.com](https://veterantradeschools.com/): VA-oriented paths into trade training.
- [VerifiedCDLSchools.com](https://verifiedcdlschools.com/): FMCSA registry checks for CDL schools.

## Sources & methodology
Pay and employment figures come from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025), and outlook figures from BLS Employment Projections (2025–35). Each role lists its SOC code so you can check the source tables yourself. Certifications are linked to their issuing bodies on Roles. Where public data doesn't publish a number, we don't make one up.

1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates (news release USDL-26-0725). National median, mean and employment for SOC 47-2111, 49-9021, 49-9051 and 47-2152.
2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–35 (released 2026-08-27, USDL-26-1422). Percent change and annual openings for the same occupations.
3. Shared trades dataset also used on HighPayingTrades.com and RegisteredTradeSchools.com.
4. Photo credits: home hero NASA public domain; social image Pexels license.