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minus-squareRandAlThor@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoYou can make good money in skilled trades which would require some training. Could be weeks, months of training.
minus-squareSrh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down2·2 days agoMy friend just became a locksmith. It has opened a lot of doors for him.
minus-squareSidewaysHighways@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agomy brother is a plumber. he’s rolling in it now.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 hours agoConsider being an electrician: you’d be shocked
minus-squareMike D.@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoYou can make good money in skilled trades if you are in a union. Also the union trains you.
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 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
You can make good money in skilled trades which would require some training. Could be weeks, months of training.
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.
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