Empowering the Youth of Trinity County to forge their own pathways into the future.
Job Opening: Youth Conservation Crew (YCC)Lead
The YCC Lead will lead and mentor the Hayfork YCC, overseeing day-to-day operations while ensuring crew safety and function. The YCC Lead will also demonstrate employable qualities including dependability, attendance, work ethic, stewardship, and respect. Click HERE for the job description and HERE to view the position flier.
Paid Internship in Natural Resources
This year, in collaboration with Trinity Together, Shasta College and Reach Higher Shasta, Career Quest has created 5 paid work experience positions available at the Watershed Research and Training Center to Trinity County youth (Sophomores and Juniors) interested in Natural Resources.
These youth will experience a work readiness bootcamp, receive 2 units of Shasta College work experience credit, and work with experts in the field at the Watershed Research & Training Center. Youth will be placed in Forestry or Watershed Stewardship Program teams for their field work.
Interested high schoolers can apply using the Google Form Career Quest Application before April 14th.
2025 Accomplishments
Medical Career Exploration: Students interested in medicine were able to job shadow ultrasound technicians, physical therapists, and visit the Shasta College Nursing School campus in Redding.
Career Readiness - Following Instructions: Seventy-two (72) young learners across Trinity County built their very own birdhouses to better understand the feathered friends living in their backyards! This activity was made possible by the Bigfoot Trail Alliance.
Career Exploration and Exposure: The 2025 College and Career Expo consisted of 43 vendor booths and was staged in the Shasta College Trinity Campus parking lot, catering to 150 students from 8th through 12th grade and 28 adult job-seekers. Shasta College, Trinity County Health and Human Services, and the SMART Workforce Center made this year's event possible.
Job Readiness and Employability: Mock interviews were held for 63 Hayfork High and Trinity High seniors to hone their employability skills.
Utilities Career Exploration: Fifteen (15) students interested in lineman and utilities work attended a demonstration with local Public Utilities Department employees to get their hands on the gear and equipment used in the trade.
Local Employment Exposure: The Trinity Lumber Company graciously hosted a cadre of students so that they could tour the lumber yard and mill in Weaverville.
Science Labs: Students conducted hands-on science learning by dissecting frogs, bovine hearts, and extracting DNA from onions, bolstering confidence in medical fields. Twenty (20) school visits have thus far been completed.
Law Enforcement Career Exploration: Interested juniors and seniors learned about law enforcement careers from a CHP officer and a USFS game warden.
Science Labs: Fifty (50) GSK Science in the Summer students repaired "broken bone" foam rods to learn about orthopedic medicine. Other activities included measuring Vitamin C concentrations and learning how epidemiologists follow the spread of germs.
We build relationships between schools, student-led groups, and nonprofit organizations to cultivate the next generation of workers in all fields.
Trinity Together is fiscally sponsored by the Watershed Research and Training Center, which helps us serve Trinity County youth!
