Re: Trades employed scale 1-10
If you took a look who stays employed the most in the trades who would you think.
Health care all aspects, employed I bet.
1) carpenter
2) plumber
3) electrician
4) computer tech
5) auto mechanic
5) cook
6) ? welder fabricator
7) Bartender (thats a trade EH??)
8) ?
9) ?
10) ?
Just my guesses, your take
my thoughts are the guys who stay employed the most are the guys who do what people can't or don't want to do. Electricain is very high, plumber is up there, auto tech on new cars,
the one I would place the highest would be medical though. tough schooling to go through but after that you write your own ticket through life.
IT is very volatile. I have seen companies take out whole IT teams because they wanted a change. Good money when you have a good gig but easy to get run out. Let the system fail for more then a few hours and you can bet the co is looking at you as expendable.
Carpenter is great when you're young and the econ is booming. if you don't plan properly to either be a lead or full blown contractor by 40 you'll be hurting. (physically)
cooks don't make a ton of money, and it's not a very stable field unless you are very exceptional.
fabrication guys now days are pretty stable. I did that for some years before going to school. it was a great job with lots if interesting challenges. once you get your name out there, jobs are usually available.
another one not on your list would be design work. electrical is harder to find but very stable, mech is easy to find and almost always in demand.
, the last famine started in 2006, the housing development i was staking out shut down phase 2 and i got layed off:facepalm:, after a couple years of temp jobs and periods of un employment, i went to school to get certified as an auto tech, so now i'm a gm tech, plenty of job security:facepalm: they break all the time, just wish they payed better
