Yeah, that’s a problem. I told him to check the *current* employment opportunities before he decides what skill is more useful.
Housing construction is up locally. Maybe HVAC installer would be a sure job.
HVAC people are always in demand, here. Tom could do worse for employment.
Don’t take that one in homes until you get a load of where the HVAC systems are normally put.
When we lived in Houston the HVAC systems were in the attics, which were little more than crawl-spaces. We had to have ours replaced. The guy spent a lot of time in a hot, cramped attic before it was done.
NOTE: Air Conditioners rarely need servicing when it’s cool.