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re: What is your advice to this manufacturing worker?
Posted on 11/24/14 at 1:52 pm to Big Scrub TX
Posted on 11/24/14 at 1:52 pm to Big Scrub TX
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evidence is growing that the pay of many blue-collar jobs is shrinking to the point where they can no longer support a middle-class life.
I think their is a significant difference between blu collar labor and SKILLED blue collar labor. Sounds like this guy was essentially a laborer.
How long does trade school take? Pipefitter, welder, electrician, instrumentation tech, plumber, HVAC, etc...
None of them are making $10.50.
This post was edited on 11/24/14 at 1:54 pm
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Posted on 11/24/14 at 2:31 pm to MSMHater
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How long does trade school take? Pipefitter, welder, electrician, instrumentation tech, plumber, HVAC, etc...
4-5 years... Pipefitter/plumber here in BR would start at $14-15/HR + health insurance.... thats a first year apprentice.... over $26/hr + pension and health insurance after 5 years....
This post was edited on 11/24/14 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 11/24/14 at 2:56 pm to MSMHater
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I think their is a significant difference between blu collar labor and SKILLED blue collar labor. Sounds like this guy was essentially a laborer. How long does trade school take? Pipefitter, welder, electrician, instrumentation tech, plumber, HVAC, etc... None of them are making $10.50.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 4:39 pm to MSMHater
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Sounds like this guy was essentially a laborer.
How long does trade school take? Pipefitter, welder, electrician, instrumentation tech, plumber, HVAC, etc...
None of them are making $10.50.
Right. The guy's situation is tough because of his age, but I'd advise him to complete the Associates he says he went to school for, after making sure it's a useful skill. Honestly, I wonder what he was even learning, considering what it looks like he's actually doing.
If he's not far along in the training he might consider switching to something like welding. But if he's where he is after working for so long, odds are he's not ever going to work himself into the upper-middle class.
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