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Massive skilled labor shortage sparks nationwide refocus on technical education
Campus Reform ^ | March 10, 2023 | Jared Gould

Posted on 03/11/2023 7:08:39 AM PST by Skwor

Awareness of the nation's massive labor shortage problem is increasing.

The problem is encapsulated by the latest news out of Kentucky, where one carpenter’s skills are in high demand.

Charles Breedlove’s job “takes him everywhere ... even [to] the water," where he is building a boat deck in the small town of Paducah, according to Kentucky news station WPSD Local 6.

He says that demand for his services is growing, but he’s among the few left who knows how to do the job.

As reported by Industrial Skilled Trades, “[f]ewer workers are entering the trades, especially among the younger population.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Society
KEYWORDS: trades
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To bad I am in the twilight of my years teaching industrial trades. I have been ringing this bell for years, maybe someone is finally listening! Students I have taught now make upwards of 190k a year with overtime(that is a lot of overtime mind you), the average is easily over 100k and the best part, no college debt!
1 posted on 03/11/2023 7:08:39 AM PST by Skwor
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To: Skwor

My nephew is a one-man highly-skilled construction company. His rate is $125 an hour. He is fully booked through the first quarter of 2024.


2 posted on 03/11/2023 7:11:31 AM PST by proxy_user
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“Massive skilled labor shortage sparks nationwide refocus on technical education”

Take that, Putin!!! We have the BEST Queer Studies program in the world, and all you have are military factories, brimming with skilled workers.


3 posted on 03/11/2023 7:12:04 AM PST by BobL
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To: Skwor

Learn to wood. Make $$$.


4 posted on 03/11/2023 7:12:10 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: Skwor

HuH. This goes against everything taught in he skollz - that “all children must to go to college.”

No, they don’t.

Called a plumber lately? I had to call three before I could find one to repair my broken toilet (lots of family arriving the next day)- they were all booked solid for months.

When I finally did manage to find someone - he charged me over $200 to replace a broken part - a part he had in his truck. Took him less than 10 minutes.

We had a master carpenter living in one of our rentals - always paid six months in advance, in cash - drove a new Porsche - worked in Malibu and Beverly Hills and said he was always booked.


5 posted on 03/11/2023 7:13:33 AM PST by Bon of Babble (What did Socialists use before Candles?..... Electricity)
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To: Skwor

Wasted effort if they don’t eliminate H1B. And there is no current shortage, but they should give more focus, yes. I’ve been doing job search over the past couple of months and every job post has 200+ applicants some hundreds more. There are workers out there, companies just want to pay low India-level wages, thus, claim no Americans, put the H1B in the job. Best thing we could do for current and future workers is end H1B immediately and send all Indian workers home within 60-days as the law sets out.


6 posted on 03/11/2023 7:13:40 AM PST by Reno89519 (DeSantis or Sanders, Anyone But Trump in 2024. Time for Trump to Stand Aside and Retire.)
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To: BobL

In Gynocentric society, men are worthless.


7 posted on 03/11/2023 7:14:18 AM PST by JJBookman (Democrats = Party of LGBT+)
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To: Skwor

It is all about supply and demand, historically most people didn’t go to college and anyone who wanted a decent life went into trades. The massive number of people who were interested in doing these trades drove down wages.

But everything has changed, now nearly everyone wants to go to college and very few want to work trade type jobs. This has caused a shortage and thus driven up wages for those type jobs.


8 posted on 03/11/2023 7:14:26 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Skwor

No, nothing has sparked. Us intelligent people with a working knowledge of how a proper civilization works have always said skilled labor is needed and should not be looked down upon. These idiots who write these articles and so far behind the curve that they make us suffer with their stupidity and woke.


9 posted on 03/11/2023 7:15:10 AM PST by New Perspective (As Leonard Cohen said once in an interview, “You won’t like what comes after America”)
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To: JJBookman

...their skills however, are negotiable.


10 posted on 03/11/2023 7:15:33 AM PST by JJBookman (Democrats = Party of LGBT+)
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To: Skwor

It’s easier to get a college degree than an actual skill. The market will compensate those who make a more valuable contribution. That’s why tradesmen are earning more than college graduates. It’s as it should be.


11 posted on 03/11/2023 7:16:04 AM PST by Spok
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I am in a skilled trade, own my own business and make about $300K a year, my one employee made $125K last year. I literally have too much work, and am in great demand. I also happen to be the only person that does what I do in all of SoCal. Here in California, the norm is Land of the Stupid and home of the lazy, oh and where’s my check and whens my break.


12 posted on 03/11/2023 7:16:50 AM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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A decent handyman can easily earn 100k a year for a 40hour week schedule. That gives you time to enjoy life with your family.


13 posted on 03/11/2023 7:17:29 AM PST by 5inch38gunner
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To: eyeamok

Shortage of unskilled grunts as well-at least those willing to work.


14 posted on 03/11/2023 7:17:49 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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More than some college graduates, but not others. There are some highly skilled professionals who are making high salaries. If you are a top programmer, or a top CPA, you will always be employed and making a lot of money.


15 posted on 03/11/2023 7:18:53 AM PST by proxy_user
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To: Skwor

Mike Rowe should be named Secretary of Education. After heun-does all the crap and puts shop classes back in every school, give him gas and matches so he can burn the Dep’t of Education to the ground.


16 posted on 03/11/2023 7:19:04 AM PST by bigbob
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To: Skwor

Most of this “skilled labor” requires some degree of math skill. Public schools around the country are teaching inclusion, tolerance, diversity and CRT. Not much math though


17 posted on 03/11/2023 7:20:02 AM PST by albie
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“ We have the BEST Queer Studies program in the world, and all you have are military factories, brimming with skilled workers.”

Russia produces very little.
Lots of brilliant people there, but they are trapped in a rotted system.


18 posted on 03/11/2023 7:20:40 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: Skwor

Easy fix...just require a work requirement, for ANY and ALL welfare checks/deposits...and, an immediate cut off, without proof.

Offer a one month extension for those submitting certification confirmation to a skilled trade, along with pending job acceptance.

This could also help provide the *diversity* goal, that so many woketards are requiring.

Win, win, win. 🙃


19 posted on 03/11/2023 7:21:11 AM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: DIRTYSECRET

None of them want to work and very few yutes I have come across the last 30 years could have or would have been able to do what we did in the 70’s when we went and worked on oil rigs for a year. We worked 80-100 hours per week and it was hard work working on a rig, but at 19 yrs old we handled it just fine. Not todays yutes though


20 posted on 03/11/2023 7:22:25 AM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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