~s~:Thanks for the link!Fact is quite a few people entering the job market are looking for jobs where they don't get 'dirty'. I see enrolement at the Vo Tech I teach (PT) at diminishing, year by year. Some entering think that in 12 weeks they will be 'lectricians'. Nice one, I explain what the trade entails as to conditions, advancement, financial, and what is expected of the 'employee' by the employer.A statement from one of the journeymen I work with is 'eight for eight'. That may be a good slogan to put on the wall.tbc

- Denver's Best Heating And Ac Repair (Wauconda (township), IL), 03/25/2017

I agree. They talk about "shovel ready" jobs but I am not sure most of the "millennials" are "shovel ready" or any other job that isn't "air conditioned". They all seem to want to be hedge fund managers.I think we are trying to get everyone in a 4 year college, loaded up with over $100,000 in debt and then they find out the only jobs that are available require some kind of trade training. Maybe we should be diverting these kids in high school and start their apprenticeship then. If we don't get our kids in these jobs, there is a Latino, waiting to hop the fence and take them.

- Terry Nguyen (Clay, OH), 03/25/2017

Originally Posted by HotLine1 ~s~:Thanks for the link!Fact is quite a few people entering the job market are looking for jobs where they don't get 'dirty'. I see enrolement at the Vo Tech I teach (PT) at diminishing, year by year. Some entering think that in 12 weeks they will be 'lectricians'. Nite one, I explain what the trade entails as to conditions, advancement, financial, and what is expected of the 'employee' by the employer.A ststement from one of the journeymen I work with is 'eight for eight'. That may be a good slogan to put on the wall.tbc HotOne, i tell anyone interested that it's at least a 8 yr investment, and that's if everything falls into place. When it's cold, you'll be cold, Hot, you'll be hot, and you'll be eating that pound of dirt way before your timetalking to some of the local apprenticeship teachers, i'm understanding enrollment is down, and they need a minimum of 8 per class, so they've opted for interactive TV around the state for 1st yr herei mean, they used to have a waiting listcan you imagine the backburn from all this a decade from now? ~S~

- Ernest M (Beaumont, MS), 03/25/2017