My son will be starting Heavy Equipment Mechanic training this fall. The only remaining question is whether he’ll get into a specialized program in association with the Caterpillar Corporation, or whether he’ll take the general diesel mechanic course.
Either way, in about a year and a half, he’ll have a great marketable skill, at a cost of about $2,500.
Sweet!!
A boy my daughter dated in high school went the Caterpillar route and now he is making real money and has rapidly worked his way up employed by them. He went through about 10 years ago though so no idea what it is like now.
That is a great trade. The thing about a trade like that is that the folks who are in need of getting their heavy gear back into service are losing thousands and thousands of dollars while it sits idle, broken. If they have to pay him a grand for a day of wrenching, it’s a bargain. Good move.
Diesel is a great skin conditioner. He’ll have soft baby hands.
As I’ve said on other threads, I get my girls involved in mechanical work like brake jobs. I don’t want them growing up to be like those young adults who don’t know how to use a screwdriver.
Most of the angry “forgive my student loan debt” crowd should have gone to vo-tech instead.