Building Your Future: Construction & Trade Internships
Gain real-world experience, build high-demand skills, and earn income through hands-on internships across Northern Virginia. Whether you are in high school, college, or newly graduated, an internship connects your interests directly to top regional employers.
Why Start with a Construction Internship?
- Earn While You Learn: Gain paid, practical experience on active job sites and in corporate offices across Virginia.
- Explore Diverse Pathways: Experience roles across project management, 3D digital modeling (BIM/VDC), safety compliance, estimating, and specialized skilled trades.
- Build Industry Connections: Work alongside experienced mentors and site managers who hire directly from their intern pool.
- Fast-Track Your Career: Bridge the gap between school and full-time employment without taking on student loan debt.
Find the Right Internship Pathway
Workbased Learning Coordinators/Specialists are an essential resource facilitating partnerships between school divisions in the Commonwealth of Virginia and local companies. Through consistent engagement and communication the Workbased Learning teams support high quality work based learning experiences for students and guidance for industry to maximize resource investment in growing talent.
- High School Students (Work-Based Learning): Participating Virginia high schools offer structured job shadowing, youth apprenticeships, and part-time internships through Work-Based Learning Coordinators.
- College Students & Recent Grads: Multi-month seasonal or summer internships focusing on project management, engineering, estimating, and virtual design.
For Employers & Industry Partners
Looking to develop your future talent pipeline? Construction internships offer early access to motivated emerging talent across Virginia.
- Grants & Incentives: Eligible businesses can access a 50% matching grant for intern wages through InternshipsVA (led by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership).
- School Partnerships: Connect directly with local Work-Based Learning Coordinators to recruit high school and post-secondary talent.