Colorado companies use high tech training as young adults turn to trade schools instead of college

Name: Colorado companies use high tech training as young adults turn to trade schools instead of college
Uploaded: 2025-10-25T22:18:00-0600
Duration: 2 min 13 s
Description: Gen Z, the youngest generation in Colorado's workforce, is swapping textbooks for tools. More and more young people across the state, and nationwide, are choosing a career in skilled trades, leading to the nickname the "toolbelt generation." CBS Colorado stopped by High 5 Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric, where one of their apprentices was training using virtual reality.

Gen Z, the youngest generation in Colorado's workforce, is swapping textbooks for tools. More and more young people across the state, and nationwide, are choosing a career in skilled trades, leading to the nickname the "toolbelt generation." CBS Colorado stopped by High 5 Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric, where one of their apprentices was training using virtual reality.