As an electrician I would like to point out we don't turn to alcohol because the work is to hard, but rather people we do work for are so stupid in 2019 that common sense is now a super power
Ya? How's the situation with the trades down there lately? I haven't been paying to much attention. All I can say for up here is whenever our old pros (45 Y/O and up) retire we are going to be in a interesting situation, like $20 starting wages because these guys are what's keeping the industry from eating the shit.
OOOHHH don't get me started on my soap box about apprenticeships. 25 years ago, the Australian government in their infinite wisdom scrapped the apprenticeship scheme, which had made it law that if you were of a particular size business, you were required to have at least one apprentice. Everyone said, give it 20 years, there will be no qualified tradies. Guess what - they were right, shocking I know. We now have a huge skills gap in pretty much every trade with experienced qualified people hitting retirement age and no one with the qualifications to teach the next intake. So now the government is offering subsidies and incentives for small to medium size businesses to take on apprentices, including adult apprentices. It's a mess.
Plus, my son the apprentice, has university grade high school marks, but wanted to do a trade because I have a university degree and I'm working as an admin clerk, so he says he'd rather work in a trade and get actual money.
Plus, my son the apprentice, has university grade high school marks, but wanted to do a trade because I have a university degree and I'm working as an admin clerk, so he says he'd rather work in a trade and get actual money.