A big part of the reason... there is a predisposed idea in the world today that you need a college education, followed by the notion that any dummy can be a mechanic... so the highly educated who operate our education system will never recomend that anyone take a trade... I had the oppertunity to take heavy duty when I was in high school and got 2 of the 4 blocks of that trade... and I can remember being chastized by a great number of people (teachers) for doing so... because I could do 'more'... the implication always having been that it was just the rubberheads that took a trade. This attitude was and remains ingrained in the education system and for the most part, the population in general. The reality is... most of the people that took a trade when I did were there as a means to an end... a way to get through school without working too hard... not because they had any intention of learning anything or actually working in the trade when they got out. If 10% of the class took any real interest... I think the teachers were somewhat amazed. The irony today though... if someone is to be successfull in most trades... and I use heavy duty as an example... you need a very strong background in reading comprehension, math and just applying logical thought to problem solving. A person that can do well in this trade could also do well in law... or medical school... or a thousand other things. The problem in the trade today is that a lot of the systems that people are being expected to diagnose and repair range somewhere between somewhat and waaayyyy over the heads of the people working on them. The education system needs to get an understanding of that fact itself... then they can start preparing people so that they can get to that level. The people who are there today... at least around here... make BIG money turning wrenches. For the simple reason that they can do what other can't do and the companies have to pay if they want the head that can solve the problem. I know guys probably not licensed journeymen more than 5 years who are making ~25-30 plus per hour with Cat and no shortage of hours. That's not bad money on a 50-60 hour week with time and a half after 40... Even pretty basic licensed guys are getting 20/hour around here.
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