About TradeCert

What TradeCert is for

TradeCert helps adults compare skilled careers, understand the usual training path, and reach the official local source that controls the next step. It focuses on decisions—fit, pay, time, cost, licensing, and action—not on producing the largest possible directory.

What changed in 2026

The site originally launched with hundreds of generated state and trade pages. After an internal review found repeated prose, overgeneralized license ladders, unsupported details, and mechanically refreshed dates, those pages were removed from search and permanently retired in September 2026. Old URLs now return a real not-found response unless a close reviewed replacement exists.

On September 2, 2026, TradeCert launched a rebuilt reviewed library: three national career paths, two state electrician guides verified against current agency sources, decision and budgeting tools, six user-journey hubs, reviewed search, and source/next-step upgrades across the original reporting.

What the site does not claim

• TradeCert is not a government agency, school, employer, union, licensing board, or law firm.
• Damon Leslie is not a licensed tradesperson. The site reports and organizes primary-source information; it does not replace practitioner or agency judgment.
• No occupation is permanently “AI-proof,” and no salary figure is a guarantee.
• A national career page cannot answer a state or municipal licensing question.

How to judge the work

Every reviewed page should identify who wrote it, when its material sources were checked, which sources support it, where the answer varies, and what a reader can do next. If a page fails that test, send the page and the conflicting source.