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There are tons of trade jobs that can't be filled due to lack of skilled people.U.S. Department of Labor forecasts healthy growth in the neighborhood of 8 to 9 percent over the next decade. Jobs associated with building and rebuilding roads, bridges, water, and the power grid are expected to grow by double-digit percentages—faster than the overall economy. Jobs for plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters are projected to grow 16 percent during this same time period. And projected employment growth across all occupations is 7.4 percent. Construction, the mechanical trades, and industrial occupations like welding are in-demand trades that could mean either a stable career or a launching pad. You might start out swinging a hammer but it could lead to project management, environmental analysis, sales, education, or engineering. I met a bunch of these people in the course of writing this article. And, by the way, that’s how I found my way here. This story is going to tell you how you can do it, too. (Check out our companion article, The State of American Trade Schools, for more info.)The postwar era in America was one of unparalleled white-collar growth. Thus both public and private high schools were deemed most successful if they graduated students to college. But college costs have risen sharply and continue to rise. Forbes concluded a year ago that college tuition is rising nearly eight times faster than wages. A four-year degree is still deemed valuable, but you’ve got to be able to afford it with a minimum of debt and it has to be the basis of a well-paying job when you exit. If not, you’re stuck.“The trades are not merely an alternative to college. A trade is equal to college."
And cannot pass a drug test!A lot of them can't be filled because today's younger people have no work ethic.They are lazy and unmotivated.
A lot of them can't be filled because today's younger people have no work ethic.They are lazy and unmotivated.
about 400 BC“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.”
― Socrates
When I was working at a University, I went looking for local high schools, with low levels ofSkilled Trades | How To Get a Skilled Trades Job
There are tons of trade jobs that can't be filled due to lack of skilled people.
A lot of them can't be filled because today's younger people have no work ethic.They are lazy and unmotivated.
When I was working at a University, I went looking for local high schools, with low levels of
students moving on to college. (At that point we had a combination BS degree, that would cost less than about $6K, ~1992)
One local high school stood out with only 40% of the students going on to college, but it turned out they were not going to college
because with a trade school certification from the local community college, they could go to work in the refineries,
with better pay, better career path and better benefits, than a university degree.
I have know several people who retired from the refineries in their 50's as millionaires.
That's possible, but we need to give them realistic expectations. If you get certified and licensed in a real trade, and pursue excellence; you can make a very good living.
Skilled Trades | How To Get a Skilled Trades Job
There are tons of trade jobs that can't be filled due to lack of skilled people.
Years ago companies would hire people and train them as apprentices so they can work their way up to a journeyman. If there is a lack of trained people, the companies can go back to the old methods of training new employees,
That's not apprenticeships, that's just OTJ training. Not the same thing at all.
That's not apprenticeships, that's just OTJ training. Not the same thing at all.
Learning a skill at the side of a master at that skill used to be called apprenticeship. There is the plus that the “apprentice” can find out early if the chosen skill is really what he/she wants. Other than class-room and study, what do you make the differences to be?
Apprenticeships involve working on a job site with a fully journeyman. The apprentice at least in Canada also is required to go to classes and pass tests over the 4 year time frame to move up to being a ticketed Journeyman.
So yes, on the job training is a vital part of becoming a ticketed journeyman at least in Canada
Really apprenticeships include classroom training, not just OTJ.
And cannot pass a drug test!
That's possible, but we need to give them realistic expectations. If you get certified and licensed in a real trade, and pursue excellence; you can make a very good living.
A doctor can practice medicine
A lawyer can practice law
The doctor and lawyer can lose and still get paid.
I can't have a heating and a/c practice.If I put it in and it doesn't work I don't get paid and maybe sued.
Lawyers and doctors are paid for effort, you're paid for results because you have no excuse to fail.
Try tearing out a gravity furnace and put in all new ductwork.Talk about an effort.
Yes, that’s a big one. Which equates to, grow the Phoc up! They say young kids can’t buy a house, or afford to move out from the parents home, I call bull****! I had three jobs and moved out at 19...pick ya up a trade and earn great money! Blue collar keeps America going.And cannot pass a drug test!
A lot of them can't be filled because today's younger people have no work ethic.They are lazy and unmotivated.
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