SkillCat Updates - October 2026

5 fresh plumbing courses 🛁

We’re going back to basics, baby! These new courses will get you dialed in on plumbing fundamentals:

1. Exploring the Plumbing Trade: What the job really looks like. No BS. 🚽
2. Plumbing System Fundamentals: How water actually moves.
3. Basics of Residential Plumbing: The stuff every homeowner panics about.
4. Identifying Water Line Pipe and Valves: Know what you’re looking at.
5. Plumbing Hand Tools: Your best friends.

Look out for even more updates to our plumbing learning plans and certificates soon!

Congrats Allen’s Plumbing grads! 🥳

Allen’s Plumbing, SkillCat, and Nexstar teamed up in Maui to streamline going from zero to hired in a comprehensive (and free) training program.

Here's how it worked:

1. SkillCat and Nexstar brought the training platform.
2. Allen’s Plumbing provided hands-on experience, mentorship, and jobs on the other side.

Joshua Kamaunu, Division Manager and plumber, watched his crew build confidence by picking up knowledge they don’t always get on the job.

Your company could be next. Refer them to SkillCat and get trained, mentored, and moving up without spending a dime.

Looking for a job? 👀

Join our Facebook group to connect with employers, grab hiring leads, and link up with other people breaking into the trades.

Trade news 📰

A new Jobs for the Future report finds that the US needs close to 2 million new skilled trade workers each year through 2035, while training programs produce only about half that.

Thumbtack’s Future of the Skilled Trades Report finds that nearly half of Gen Z is considering the trades as AI changes their career plans.