
stamaster21
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im a construction laborer and i went to trade school for electrical 3000 took the test only 700 passed i was ranked 469, ill be starting in one of their 8 divisions by the end of the summer.
The robb sommerfield guy is on some bs, he thinks its stigma about construction that is holding the industry back, and he says some hvac guy at hes house made 6 figuires with over-time. Trades is back breaking work for most of the trades , some are easier then others. This is the reason people don't want to do it, they rather do IT or be para-legal making 70k as para legal not having your body cry out in pain, or go into IT and sit and write pc code, or programs and make 90-130k a year and keep your body healthy.
Notice these folks talking don't spend 20-30 years doing the physical work, they work 5-7 years get promoted and try to work in the office in a nice chair for 35 hours a week and for 5 hours they just leave the office to check on projects.
The patrica daniels said its like any job you have to be educated, which is cope, we have the internet and cell phones, they need to increase the wages and cut the hours from 40-30 hours a week and give the workers friday off.
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The robb sommerfield guy is on some bs, he thinks its stigma about construction that is holding the industry back, and he says some hvac guy at hes house made 6 figuires with over-time. Trades is back breaking work for most of the trades , some are easier then others. This is the reason people don't want to do it, they rather do IT or be para-legal making 70k as para legal not having your body cry out in pain, or go into IT and sit and write pc code, or programs and make 90-130k a year and keep your body healthy.
Notice these folks talking don't spend 20-30 years doing the physical work, they work 5-7 years get promoted and try to work in the office in a nice chair for 35 hours a week and for 5 hours they just leave the office to check on projects.
The patrica daniels said its like any job you have to be educated, which is cope, we have the internet and cell phones, they need to increase the wages and cut the hours from 40-30 hours a week and give the workers friday off.

Do people not want to work (in construction) anymore?
Construction Dive spoke to many insiders about the notion that young people don’t want to work hard in careers like the trades.