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Posted: 11/13/2015 10:13:33 AM EDT
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There is a shift in our national economy...businesses that are not leaving the country are leaving heavily unionized areas and moving to right to work locations...which is why Tennesee and Texas economies are booming and manufacturing is moving to the mid-south. The last 5 automotive plants built have all been built in the South. Toyota, Hyundai, BMW, mercedes Benz, and Volkswagen. Manufacturers are leaving the east coast and upper Midwest and moving to right to work states down south. In addition to those jobs...refinery work is a never ending project in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. I kid you not.llwhen I was in Austin last week...I stopped counting tower cranes when I hit 25. Houston is ridiculous. Yes apprenticeships are 4 or 5 years and you've got to go to night school...but you'll earn a good living, have health insurance, and you will graduate with ZERO college debt. Skilled trades apprenticeship is the best deal in post high school education in the universe. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Learn a skill or trade in demand in or out of college ----->profit Get a degree that helps you get a job in a career that is high in demand and income ----->profit Waste time and money getting a degree in MOST of the various social science degrees (especially from private colleges) with little demand for higher income or employment --------> poor life decision = staying poor with lots of debt. Not anyone's fault except the individual. What trades or skills? Plumber? Sorry new construction is all but dead. Plus Mexicans took over most of the work. Electrical? Sorry new construction is all but dead. Plus Mexicans took over most of the work. Framing/Drywall? Sorry new construction is all but dead. Plus Mexicans took over most of the work. Mechanic? Cool you get to spend the same as you would going to college to go through a good mech school. Miner? Great until commodity prices drop back down and you lose everything. Enjoy that $80K lifted brodozer before the bank repos it. Oil & Gas? Great until commodity prices drop back down and you lose everything. Enjoy that $80K lifted brodozer before the bank repos it. Stripper? Now were on to something. One of the coveted Union trades (Pipefitter/elevator/electrical) ? Hope you know or are related to someone, otherwise you have a snowballs chance in hell. Truck Driver? NAFTA Killed a bunch of the decent paying jobs while high fuel costs squeezed out many operations. Not what it used to be. If it was so easy, everyone would be doing it. I deal with electrical contractors and unions and apprenticeship for a living and have been for going on 20 years. Plumbers, welders, electricians, fitters, steel workers are in short supply in My AO, and it is getting worse. As for "new construction" being dead...I defy you to drive through Houston, Beaumont, Austin, DFW, San Antonio, or any major city in Texas and count less than 25 tower cranes over new buildings, as well as refineries that are being retrofitted, and LNG export terminals being built. Hell, in my home town of Corpus Christi, we have a new steel mill, a new plastics mill, a port expansion, a new hospital, and a MASSIVE expansion at our refinery. We are short about 1100 electricians in Corpus Christi...that's just THIS pissant town. I deal with 11 different electrical apprenticeship programs in Texas and the Southern USA, they are STARVING for quality applicants...and the kicker is that people either don't want to get their hands dirty, or cannot/will not pass a drug test, or they will not go where the work is. Opportunity in the skilled trades IS there...and it is not being overrun by Mexicans. People just don't want it. Not on the east coast. Construction is dead unless you are Clark or one of the large national/international firms (who then bring in foreign labor). I grew up around new residential and commercial construction. The economy is fucked.... there are tens of millions of sqft of vacant commercial space....so new construction is all but dead unless you are building apartments in the city (which are the big boys). It takes 4 years to become a journeyman, including night school for most of the trades. Problem is, outside of union work there is not alot out there. Good luck getting a union gig out here. You are right though about the quality of apprentices. Schools , councilors and parents need to make it known as an option to college. The last 5 automotive plants built have all been built in the South. Toyota, Hyundai, BMW, mercedes Benz, and Volkswagen. Manufacturers are leaving the east coast and upper Midwest and moving to right to work states down south. In addition to those jobs...refinery work is a never ending project in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. I kid you not.llwhen I was in Austin last week...I stopped counting tower cranes when I hit 25. Houston is ridiculous. Yes apprenticeships are 4 or 5 years and you've got to go to night school...but you'll earn a good living, have health insurance, and you will graduate with ZERO college debt. Skilled trades apprenticeship is the best deal in post high school education in the universe. Sounds like the east coast is on the wrong track them. You guys need to fix your states. or move to follow the work. BTW what you state is the reason I left that area over what now....25 years ago. So what you speak of is not new and is not due to Mexicans. |
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