TradeOnRamp
TradeOnRamp

The way into HVAC, electrical and plumbing.

The changelog

Every change to the data — a board raising an exam fee, a sponsor opening a window, a new BLS vintage — lands here with before/after and date. Append-only and public: 6 entries, most recent Sep 7, 2026. Entries before our first live verification run are pre-launch backfill and say so.

Last run: Sep 7, 2026 · 497 rows checked · 913 changed · data

licensessiteapprenticeshipspay

Sep 7, 2026

Sep 7, 2026licensesresearch-import

388 tier rows, 321 sponsors

Research datasets imported: 153 entry paths (0 unchanged), 359 new + 29 updated tier rows (65 retired), 51 thresholds, 321 new + 0 updated sponsors (195 retired). Labels: "verified" in the dataset = board page read that day → Verified from the board; everything else stays research-seeded until the board pass.

Permalink #2026-09-07-research-import-mtrj0ftf

Aug 28, 2026

Aug 28, 2026apprenticeshipsall-metros

195 sponsors

195 sponsor records across 15 metros (IBEW/UA JATCs, IEC and ABC chapters, PHCC chapters, community and technical colleges). apprenticeship.gov Partner Finder is a JavaScript app (captured 2026-08-28) — the headless two-hop scrape that fills application windows and test dates is founder-gated, so every window is "not published — call".

Permalink #2026-08-28-apprenticeships-seededBackfilled at launch

Aug 28, 2026licensesAZ,NV,GA,NC,TN,FL,CO

94 rows

Entry-path rows for the other seven launch states seeded from the research reports; every row is labeled research-seeded on the page until the two-agent board re-verification runs. Arizona ROC returned 403 to our fetch.

Permalink #2026-08-28-licenses-seededBackfilled at launch

Aug 28, 2026licensesTX/electrical,hvac

tier structureverified

Texas electrician (11 individual + 3 business types, collapsed to 4 tiers) and ACR (registered technician / certified technician / contractor) tier structures verified against TDLR pages fetched 2026-08-28. Hours and fees on 8 Texas rows remain research-seeded until the TDLR subpages are re-verified.

Permalink #2026-08-28-licenses-tx-tdlrBackfilled at launch

Aug 28, 2026payoews/may-2025

420 cells

Loaded BLS OEWS May-2025: 420 cells pulled live from the BLS API (HVAC 49-9021 complete: 15 metros, 8 states, national; electricians 47-2111 for 4 Texas metros) and 0 cells from O*NET's mirror of the same vintage (electricians and plumbers in TX/FL/AZ/NC/GA/CO). Las Vegas and Nashville electrician/plumber cells are pending a registered BLS key.

Permalink #2026-08-28-pay-oews-may-2025Backfilled at launch