Training and coaching Every business Metro Detroit
You cannot find experienced techs, so the next great one has to be grown right here in your shop.
We build apprentice and helper programs for businesses, with a skills path, mentor setup and pay steps, so you can grow your next techs in house.
81,653
Businesses in metro detroit
Listings a customer can find here
25%
Licensed
Matched to a State of Michigan license
7
Residents for each one
Census population over the businesses here
In Metro Detroit
Renaissance Center, Detroit
Metro Detroit
It is spring in Metro Detroit and your ad for an experienced tech has drawn nothing worth a call. That same week a young person from the neighborhood stops by the shop, asks if you need help and says they have always liked figuring out how things work.
An apprentice and helper program gives you a real answer for them. There is a written path from helper to apprentice to tech, a pay scale tied to skills, a mentor on every truck and, where it fits, classroom hours toward a license through a registered program.
A year from now that helper is carrying tools with purpose and asking the right questions. Your crew is growing from the inside, and the people you trained know your way of doing things from the first day.
Tap the ones that sound like your week.
There is one business for about every 7 residents of Metro Detroit. The ones that grow are the ones that hire and keep good people.
We list the skills each level needs in your trades, from first-day helper to lead tech.
We tie pay steps to skills and set up how mentors teach and check in.
We help you connect with registered apprenticeship sponsors, trade schools and licensing requirements.
Your first helpers start on the path, and we track progress and adjust with you monthly.
What we report every month: Apprentices and helpers on the path, Skill steps completed, Licensing hours logged, and Apprentice retention.
Start by writing down, in order, the skills a helper needs to become a tech in your shop. Then decide how pay rises as each step is completed and who mentors each apprentice. Classroom hours and registration come after the basic path is clear.
A registered apprenticeship follows state and federal rules, with tracked hours and classroom time that count toward a license. An informal helper program is simpler and faster to start but gives the helper less to show for their time. Many shops start informal and register once the path is working.
Helpers stay when they can see exactly what it takes to earn the next raise. Pay steps tied to skills, not just time served, reward effort and give mentors something clear to teach. We help you set steps that fit your pricing and local wages.
Cost follows how many trades you cover, how detailed the skills path is and whether you want help with registration and partner schools. Ongoing tracking and mentor coaching add to it. A short call lets us set a fixed project fee for the build.
High schools, career tech centers, trade schools and community programs around Metro Detroit are full of young people looking for a real path. Showing up at career days and offering job shadowing works better than a generic ad. A clear program is what makes your pitch believable.
No training cost, but the right hire rarely shows up when you need them.
Extra hands on the truck, but helpers drift and leave without a clear path.
A written skills path, pay steps, mentor setup and help with registration, so your next techs grow up in your shop.
Who you are dealing with
Before Rebuild Detroit, Tevin Jackson helped scale more than 100 home service brands with marketing, sales and operations. Business Services is that playbook, run for Metro Detroit businesses with the local numbers on this page, by the team behind the Rebuild Detroit directory.
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