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minus-squareRandAlThor@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoYou can make good money in skilled trades which would require some training. Could be weeks, months of training.
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoYou pay a lot for that training, and typically the trades guys at a factory only make about 10-20% more than the line workers. The only money to be made in trades is owning your own firm
minus-squareSrh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoMy friend just became a locksmith. It has opened a lot of doors for him.
minus-squareSidewaysHighways@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agomy brother is a plumber. he’s rolling in it now.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoConsider being an electrician: you’d be shocked
minus-squareMike D.@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoYou can make good money in skilled trades if you are in a union. Also the union trains you.
You can make good money in skilled trades which would require some training. Could be weeks, months of training.
You pay a lot for that training, and typically the trades guys at a factory only make about 10-20% more than the line workers. The only money to be made in trades is owning your own firm
My friend just became a locksmith. It has opened a lot of doors for him.
my brother is a plumber. he’s rolling in it now.
Consider being an electrician: you’d be shocked
You can make good money in skilled trades if you are in a union. Also the union trains you.