Careers in the trades involve working directly with tools. Technical careers involve working on a task and possibly managing a process.
Managerial positions require the management of a process and people.
Those different levels are not discernible from this list. This group of leaders from the Construction Industry designed a survey to determine the skilled labor needs in this region. Selected Chamber members received this survey. The Ohio Department of Education developed the OCAPs in the early 1990s. Within the last few years, the Department of Education has revised several OCAPs to create a totally new document containing more rigorous academic standards and new employability standards with technical occupational standards.