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Originally Posted by KingObeat
I'd be willing to learn to be a plumber, carpenter, or a machinist. But I don't learn well in a classroom. So it would be great if someone could teach me on the job.
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It is an OJT thing, and while there are formal apprenticeships, many start out as just a laborer and get their nose in it, and once the boss sees this, you just get trained up and gain more skills.
I was on my way to being a plumber, and started out as just a laborer. Soon I was doing simple things on my own, then I started doing more major things (new construction). I did not go that route and went on to do other things in life, but it is an experience in which I still know and at times applied, the skills today.
New construction is often the place to start, easiest in hot markets. If you cannot get in there, get in with a backhoe crew as a laborer that lays sewer and water to/from the houses for new construction. From there you can make it into the plumbing world as those guys all know each other.
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