Careers In Trade Professions

Groundskeeper: Adventures in Groundskeeping
You should like to get your hands dirty and spend time with other people who do.

Farmer: Potato Farming
I don’t really know how one becomes a farmer. My folks owned a farm, I helped farm it. They died, gave me the farm, and I still farm it. I mean, I hire some guys sometimes, we got a couple of dudes who come in in the summertime to bail hay, but they ain’t farmers, and don’t consider themselves such. Well, if you want to be a farmer, I think you got to go buy a farm.

Carpenter: It was Good Enough for Jesus
Go to a construction company and tell them you want to learn how to be a carpenter. You'll start off as a laborer, but the foreman, and the other workers, will start showing you how to do all sorts of things, and they will start letting you do some of the simpler aspects of the job, like putting up drywall and measuring and cutting stuff. After a little while you’ll be taking care of all the little jobs, and then they will start showing you some of the tougher stuff, which in time you will also ...

Electrician: The Life of an Electrician
Think back. Recall when you were two-years-old and your mother sternly warned you against sticking anything into the electrical outlets of your home. Did you listen? If you did, then stop reading right now for the life of an electrician is not for you. However, if you stared into your mother’s adoring eyes before plunging your finger into the wall, then congratulations. You have already taken your first step toward becoming a real-life electrician. The next steps come roughly fifteen years later...