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You want big money? Become an electrician and work your way to an oil rig job. My cousin is a chief electrician (in charge of a crew) on some big refining operation down in Bolivia. He's there 28 days on, 28 off, and he makes around $250k a year. It took him about a decade to get to that level and he needed to make some friends to get the job (it's who you know with oil jobs) but he's making bank now.
Thats correct I had a neighbor who was an electrican he worked on the Alaska pipe line the company he signed on with paid for everything. He was making over $200,000 a year. Could not spend it there because he was in the middle of nowhere. He told me you don't know cold until you have lived in Alaska in the winter. So being an electrician and a plumber are great professions. Carpenter is getting easier because of prefab buildings.
Yes, and no an electrician can flip flop between both. Electric is electric just using bigger power supplys in a factory setting.
Wrong! Please don't pretend to know what you are talking about.
Electrical Construction involves the wiring and installation of electrical systems before they are made live and the building is built.
Maintenance Electricians (AKA factory) are there to troubleshoot and maintain factory equipment and general electrical issues in a factory. This is AFTER the building is built and it is running. They almost always call in electrical contractors for any bigger jobs and additions to the factory.
Most job postings for factory electricians will not consider electricians from a construction background because it is so different.
And again, how can you "flip flop between both" if there are only a fraction of the plant electrician jobs as construction. My point was that almost all the electrical jobs are in construction.
Electrician People always need electricity.
Carpenter
Painter
So how does people always need electricity translate into needing more electricians? My house always needs more electricity, yet since the original construction 20 years ago, I have not hired an electrician ever. After the building is built, there is no need for an electrician anymore in most cases.
Wrong! Please don't pretend to know what you are talking about.
Electrical Construction involves the wiring and installation of electrical systems before they are made live and the building is built.
Maintenance Electricians (AKA factory) are there to troubleshoot and maintain factory equipment and general electrical issues in a factory. This is AFTER the building is built and it is running. They almost always call in electrical contractors for any bigger jobs and additions to the factory.
Most job postings for factory electricians will not consider electricians from a construction background because it is so different.
And again, how can you "flip flop between both" if there are only a fraction of the plant electrician jobs as construction. My point was that almost all the electrical jobs are in construction.
I have seen companies hire electricians who have only worked construction. Had a older man I know was a electrican that irked in the construction field then went to Chrysler corp.,as a skilled trade electrican. He retired from there, and he also did side jobs for my grandfather who was a general contractor.
All three jobs can be hard on your body if you go into the construction industry. Lots of people seem to work in the trade for 10-20 years, then start their own businesses, hiring younger people to do the hard physical labor.
This. My ex has been painting for a good while, he hires a crew to do the basic work.
Get a good rep with the contractors, most decent paying jobs seems to come by word of mouth. It's still stressful and demanding work and you really have to learn to save when you're flush to cover for when the frequent lean periods.
And if you go into painting learn specialty work. My ex can do faux finishes like nobody's business and he's done work for restaurants and office buildings, famous people, rich people, etc. Somebody even flew him out to do their house last summer.
Which careers would you recommend for a young adult?
The one crucial thing you've missed on your possible reasons for wanting to take on one profession over another is your desire to do any of them. You seem more concerned with what physical energy you have to expend at each and the financial rewards. I've known hundreds of dedicated master painters, carpenters and electricians - most of whom have little interest in being anything other than what they are. First decide which trade (if any of them) inspires you to excel at it.
The only one listed I would even consider a real profession is electrician. Get some training from a community college, find an entry level job where you can get some hands on training, hopefully with a good mentor and you will have a valuable career.
You should also consider HVAC. After you get some experience you can go out on your own and make some real money. Everyone needs heat and air and they will keep you busy year round.
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