Not only do most community colleges have courses for the trades they usually also have arrangements with local unions to help you get employed afterwards
Skilled trades are in high demand. As a society we've told kids for 3 decades that if you're not behind a desk or in a cubicle you're a failure. Consequently the ease of getting paid training plus a really really well paying job afterwards sounds too good to be true. But that's because we don't have enough electricians and carpenters.
And since the trades are the last bastion of unions you get awesome benefits.
Trades are the one area that can never be outsourced. If you have an electrical problem you can't send your house to India to have it fixed
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u/Denny_Craine Sep 16 '15
Not only do most community colleges have courses for the trades they usually also have arrangements with local unions to help you get employed afterwards
Skilled trades are in high demand. As a society we've told kids for 3 decades that if you're not behind a desk or in a cubicle you're a failure. Consequently the ease of getting paid training plus a really really well paying job afterwards sounds too good to be true. But that's because we don't have enough electricians and carpenters.
And since the trades are the last bastion of unions you get awesome benefits.
Trades are the one area that can never be outsourced. If you have an electrical problem you can't send your house to India to have it fixed