Posted on 06/24/2017 4:53:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Even if you disagree with President Donald Trump and his administration, there are some positive kernels out there. Trump has put an emphasis on jobs, for example, specifically jobs for the struggling middle and lower class. Although those promised jobs might not necessarily come to fruition, it’s good to hear somebody at least talk about blue-collar struggles.
One way the president is focusing on jobs is by attempting to bring back apprenticeships. Apprenticeships, of course, are on-the-job training programs that used to be quite popular but have fizzled out with time. There are still plenty of them out there, but most young people these days seem much more focused on a earning a college degree than completing an apprenticeship.
Trump and his plan for more apprenticeships
Trump recently signed an executive order to push for more apprenticeships in both the public and private sectors. The order will double the $200 million in taxpayer money that goes toward job-training programs. There are around 500,000 apprenticeship openings across the country, and many of them will lead to secure, high-paying careers.
We just need to persuade people to sign up. The issue, of course, is there are still millions of people who are out of work. Even though we have record-high job openings, people are still clinging to the economic edge. Trump’s plan is one way in which the government hopes to remedy that.
So what types of jobs could an apprenticeship get you? And how much money could you end up earning — even as you earn while you train? Here are some of the high paying careers Trump’s program could ultimately feed into.....
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Was there anything on the list that wasnt union democrats money laundering? There are a few union slavery states left.
Isn’t that what reading the article is for?
Just talking about careers that don’t require college educations in a positive way makes a huge difference. So many young people who would’ve been terrific candidates for vocational education get brainwashed into going to college and accrue impossible debt. When they’re done, many find that they’re not qualified for a good-paying job. Not only that. With that debt, they don’t have the time or resources to prepare for a job in the trades.
1. Engineering
2. Plumbers
3. Electricians
4. Elevator maintenance
5. Health Care
6. Green Energy
7. Carpentry
8. Derrickman
9. Iron and Steel work
10. Masons
You know, all those jobs “Americans won’t do”.
In High School, during the Summers, I was an apprentice carpenter. I made three or four times what my friends were making with their Summer jobs. And I loved the work. I’d come home tired and sweaty, and just looking forward to going back to work the next morning! What a feeling of accomplishment I had in building houses!
In the late 60s and early 70s, I worked at a small electronics company building stuff for nightclubs. We even built neon dancefloors! But if we were between orders, my boss had connections to hand drywall. We got paid by the sheet, and made fantastic money because we were good at it. I hated hanging sheet rock though. I was just to skinny to be able to handle it well. But the money was great! We still need people to do that work.
Wasn't San Fran Nan kvetching just this week that the President doesn't have a "jobs bill"? The Dems just can't recognize jobs creation and training if there is not some wasteful, big-gov program with federal funding and ineffective planning.
my son is somewhat of a brainiac. He was a year away from his major in accounting and a minor in economics.
when he took a summer job in a shop that fixes lift trucks\aerial equipment.
He started as a battery tech - fixing batteries and battery chargers.
He liked it so much, he never went back to school.
He’s been at it 14 or so years now. Is a union member (he’s not a liberal) and is a mechanic and loves every minute of it.
The company sent him to school for whatever skill set the company wanted him to be proficient in.
Why aren’t more employers going back to training their new hires ? Why have the government subsidize it ?
I’m guessing more employers will train or pay to have you trained, as they can’t get enough bodies - for hire signs all over the place around here....
Apprenticeships have fizzled out for several reasons.
Obviously, the speed at which skills become obsolete has increased. But there is something the government can do.
The IRS has many, many complex conditions that tell employers how to run their company and their employees. The IRS makes apprenticeships difficult in many cases. The IRS will accuse the employer of illegally dodging taxes. The employer just does not need or want to be hassled by the IRS.
Obviously a flat tax or fair tax is the solution. But waiting for Congress is not going to help the economy this year. Trump has the ability to influence the IRS to simplify and eliminate many of the regulations it creates without any input from Congress.
Of course, that means taking power away from the IRS. The swamp will resist giving up its power.
Only in the way your trash collector is a "sanitation engineer."
Engineering is an education-intensive field, the way doctoring (as opposed to "heath care") is. A good nurse's aide is a very valuable person, but she's not a doctor.
My husband is a digital network engineer (MS-EE). He programs all the widgets and beebers that make the internet work. He spends a lot of time covering for people who claim to be engineers but aren't.
Kodak paid for much of my Masters in computer engineering. Helping employees further their education is in the company’s interests.
He’s been at it 14 or so years now. Is a union member (he’s not a liberal) and is a mechanic and loves every minute of it.
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It’s the union bosses who are corrupt and in bed with the Democrats.
The kids now days don’t have those opportunities but we didn’t have 30 million illegals to compete against.
Oh, that kind of engineer. Honestly, I didn’t know we still had them.
We’re supposed to be getting on board with “self-driving” cars, but the Great Ones can’t even run trains? On tracks? On schedules?
You are right! The last building project I visited, none of the carpenters or sheet wallers spoke English. They had one guy who could translate, and the work was shoddy, out of square, etc., etc..
I want to be an electrician in my next career. Started studying.
I’m in health care now. Way too much government. Probably everywhere.
Mike Rowe talks about this a lot. Think he’s on the right track.
GE locomotive with a console style control stand. Possibly an AC4400CW, although the cab doesn’t look quite like what I’m used to seeing.
As far as engineering “apprenticeships” go, they probably meant operator-engineers like your picture shows. It can take up to 10 years to qualify as a locomotive engineer.
As far as professional engineers go, college teaches the basics. Your education really begins when you start work in your chosen field of interest.
Actually I don’t think they were talking about railroad engineers, though there might be programs for that too. If you follow the link in the article it lists the jobs that apprenticeships can “lead to”. Of course they could also be combined with taking classes as well.
Electrical Technician
· Electronics Engineering Technician
· Experimental Machining Technician
· Facilities Engineering Drafting Technician
· Facilities Maintenance Technician
· Instrumentation Technician
· Materials Engineering Technician
· Mechanical Engineering Technician
· Mechanical Engineering Drafting Technician
· Software Engineering Technician
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