The Expertise Project, founded by Mike Baron, develops an online platform featuring immersive videos of real professionals at work. It addresses the disconnect between academic learning and job-ready skills, helping students and recent graduates understand careers in engineering, construction, and manufacturing while preserving outgoing workforce knowledge through digital storytelling.

Virtual reality headsets are transforming education and job training by offering immersive experiences in trades careers without college. New York’s Expertise Project provides virtual tours of real work sites and apprenticeships in welding, painting, and machining. Companies use the VR programs for training and recruiting at career fairs, highlighting strong pay using high school math.

The article below details how Albany's Green Tech High School students collaborate with the city and Expertise Project on the new Lincoln Park Pool's construction using VR, site visits, interviews, blueprints, and videos They learn about careers, pool mechanics, and resolving leaks/safety issues, culminating in conference presentations, the July 2025 opening, and lesson plans for other schools.