Career Trades Academy
Teens work through KTA Core Trades Foundations, then choose a technical pathway and build toward a Master Build capstone — hands-on projects, workplace skills and deeper specialty tracks.
Eight modules. One skill at a time.
Three skill weeks and one build, challenge, assessment or showcase week per module — FOUNDATIONS, BUILD, POWER, FLOW, FIX, TECH, DESIGN, then the MASTER BUILD capstone. Select a module to open its weeks.
Module 01 · Weeks 1–4
Workshop Foundations
Every track opens here: the shop, the rules, the tools, precision measurement and a first project that actually works.
Skill tree
BUILD
Related Career Pathways
- Carpentry
- Electrical
- Plumbing and Pipefitting
- HVAC
- Automotive and Collision Repair
- Robotics and Automation
- Industrial Maintenance
- Engineering
KTA modules align directionally with Texas career and technical education pathway areas. KTA is not a Texas CTE provider or accredited program.
Skills carry into the Passport
Each skill is tracked in the student's KTA Skill Passport — from first exposure to demonstrated mastery.
- Jobsite Safety
- Blueprint Reading
- Estimating
- Quality Control
- Workplace Readiness
- Master Build
How the semester is structured
Every module runs the same rhythm — discover the skill, learn it with an instructor, practice it, then prove it in a finished build.
KTA Core Trades Foundations
- Safety
- Professional tool use
- Measurement
- Blueprint reading
- Jobsite communication
- Project planning
- Materials
- Estimating
- Quality control
- Workplace readiness
Choose where to go deep
After Core Trades Foundations, each student picks a pathway and develops pathway-specific competency toward the capstone.
Construction & Carpentry
Electrical Systems
Plumbing & Mechanical Systems
Automotive Technology
Robotics & Automation
Engineering & Fabrication
Foundations
Pathway
Advanced Skills
Master Build
What every enrollment carries
- Master Build capstone: Concept → Design → Materials → Budget → Build → QA → Presentation
Don't just ask what you want to be. Try it.
- Starts with KTA Core Trades Foundations
- Choose a pathway after foundations
- Ends with the Master Build capstone
- Built toward future credentials and apprenticeships
Ages
Ages 15–17
Schedule
Weekday afternoons & evenings
Starting
$999
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Registration
- Ages
- Ages 15–17
- Format
- Weekly
- Time
- 3 hours weekly
- Length
- 18 weeks
- Schedule
- Weekday afternoons & evenings
- Location
- KTA Workshop — North Dallas
- Tuition
- $999–$1,199 / semester
- Membership
- $249 / month
- Availability
- 12 seats per cohort
- Materials
- Pathway tools and materials included
- Prerequisites
- None — Core Trades Foundations is built in
We'll email you to confirm schedule and payment.
Give them something real to finish.
Founding families get early access to class registration, camps, special events and opening offers — before we open the doors to everyone else.