HVAC is in heavy demand. Also welders.

Any trade is never a bad idea. I recommend electrical of the industrial nature. Tool and die , welding, pipe fitting hvac. Medical trades like X-ray tech and such are great too.

It is truly an employee's market right now in the maintenance field.

The boomers are retiring and due to the constant push for everyone to go to college there are not nearly enough skilled workers to replace them.

The ideal situation for a young man would be to find a company who will hire you and give you on the job training while paying you to go to school. I know that may be far fetched but it does happen. The only thing is you have to sign a no compete for 5 years or so.

As a young 19 year old I had that very opportunity but I pissed it away.

Lot of jobs like that paying for tech school as well

If I could do it over, I would try to be a machinist. I'm an electrician, and it's good work, and it takes a smart guy, but it's not so technical that the nogs can't do it.

@Deleted User Don't go to trade school.

I'm not.

Don't recommend it to people

If you're in a union state, talk to the union first.

If you're non-union, just get a job and they'll pay for your education

Usually

Know what's actually in pretty high demand in my area and pays well? Arborist tree-climber.

^^^

30K - 50K to start and doesn't require a ton of training

People don't understand that trees are living things, and they'll hire anyone with a saw to show up and ruin the aesthetic of their yard.

The big work in my area is clearing the tops around power lines, houses, etc

Power line workers

AC repair

Diesel mechanics

Line work is dangerous as hell. I think it's 1/100 mortality or something like that.

The wage is awesome, and you get all the overtime you could ever want, though

35 per 100,000

Not that bad

I have a friend who does it and loves it. Only took 6 months of training too

It's a lot of traveling though

All the trades need people. I run into people everyday looking for young guys to pick up the trades.
The problem is young guys don't want to work hard.

I went to school for machining. Worked at a machine shop writing programs doing set ups and tool changes on cnc machines for production use. Started out at 40k and loved it. Would probably still be there but I was stuck on 3rdshift with no sign of seeing first within 15 years. So I quit and became and automotive technician. Was very successful and was making over 60k after a couple years. I got to where I hated my job and spent my time off dreading going back in. So I quit and now I work on heavy equipment and like it for the most part because I travel all over the state and never do the same thing at the same place day to day

My dad was the superintendent of maintenance at Ford LAP for over 20 years and he always complained there weren't enough good tradesmen left.

Hey is anyone @here aware of any job leads. I have no experience other than basic electrical, plumbing and carpentry stuff from redoing some houses. In desperate need of a higher paying job.

I don't think it's just young people. Everyone now days want to be millionaires that party all the time and don't want to have to earn anything.

I did work in a restaurant for 3 years cooking and managed it for a year

Master a trade, become a leadman. Bullshit your way into something better. @JohnStrasser

Also a year at a bank and a year managing a grocery store Front End

@JohnStrasser Where are you located

@RevStench how do into that?

Nc but I am willing to go anywhere

Your managerial experience would almost garuntee you a job if you learned a skill

Let me ask around. I live in LI so if you ware willing to come here I may be able to help