Dad of 3
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It would be great if some of the highly skilled guys here worked with the Dept of labor which condinates all recongnized apprenticeships in the US. Here is a link http://www.dol.gov/apprenticeship/find-opportunities.htm
I think this is a great way to bring the industry into mainstream. Students can earn a salary while learning a trade in a controlled environment. I would guess it would be a large task to get going but it would change this trade forever here in the Us.
One of the hard things to get around is folks with just a small amount of skill and knowledge seem to earn higher than a good share of the highly skilled. This trade is something you have to love doing it for the sake of doing it. Paying the students well while they are learning would help keep them on the path but if it is just about money they will leave the program and carve out quick and easy money items I would guess.
I think this is a great way to bring the industry into mainstream. Students can earn a salary while learning a trade in a controlled environment. I would guess it would be a large task to get going but it would change this trade forever here in the Us.
One of the hard things to get around is folks with just a small amount of skill and knowledge seem to earn higher than a good share of the highly skilled. This trade is something you have to love doing it for the sake of doing it. Paying the students well while they are learning would help keep them on the path but if it is just about money they will leave the program and carve out quick and easy money items I would guess.