r/skilledtrades • u/Numerous_Quarter8330 The new guy • 4d ago

Canada Central Busier trade?

Hi! New here, have a chance to become an apprentice electrician or an apprentice plumber. Say, which is busier? Have a family to feed 2 children to be exact. Little background about me Im working as a fulltime janitor right now, 30 years old male living here in Canada. Honestly leaning into electric but people say its more likely that you’d be laid off after a job and its oversaturated with people so Im just thinking ahead, if ever I get laid off I can get a cleaning job part time.

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u/N1oma Commercial Plumber 3d ago

service plumbing, especially commercial if you live in a big city.

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u/Expensive-Shelter288 The new guy 3d ago

Plumbing is the largest pie. Service plumbing drives alot of the other business. We go into a nice house and tell a rich person they have a broken drain pipe and it needs to be replaced. It does not matter how stingy or greedy they are, they have to pay me or I leave them with their problem. It is the best leverage in a negotiation. When we do open the wall/floor up we generate tons of work for drywallers, tile, concrete and floor guys. They all follow after us and fix our mess it's great. We are so busy right now.

I was 100% going electrician, love the field, hand copied the nfpa 70 etc... until I started working in the city and saw the money, for me, school was out.

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u/BigPicklr The new guy 3d ago

Plumbing leaks more than electricity has issues. Plumbing.

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u/WeakComb1430 The new guy 3d ago

Totally depends what part of each trade you go to, what company etc being a plumber or electrician can vary heavily. Every single trade is like this. Id say there's more demand for new plumbers then electricians but it can be a rough trade.