This is just so true. In the past 4 years as a construction manager, we have been BOOMING with the economy and we just COULD NOT find enough qualified people to install and test out hvac equipment and such. No mechanical experience, no electrical, no IT...the ones that DID come in with good experience came from competitors who were using a booming market to shift around to get better salaries/hourly rates. Everyone was gobbling the workers up.
I have had better luck hiring straight out of high school guys are $20/hr and benefits with no experience. 3 month probationary period. 6 months of on the job training and then the wheels off, its sink or swim in a busy market. The ones who make it have a TRADE, the ones who dont are the ones who just lack work ethic...nothing my trade does is HARD individually its just a lot of work and with commisioning agencies you gotta actually do a good job at it.
We need and explosion in trade schools in HVAC, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical...we need them BAD.
This is just so true. In the past 4 years as a construction manager, we have been BOOMING with the economy and we just COULD NOT find enough qualified people to install and test out hvac equipment and such. No mechanical experience, no electrical, no IT...the ones that DID come in with good experience came from competitors who were using a booming market to shift around to get better salaries/hourly rates. Everyone was gobbling the workers up.
I have had better luck hiring straight out of high school guys are $20/hr and benefits with no experience. 3 month probationary period. 6 months of on the job training and then the wheels off, its sink or swim in a busy market. The ones who make it have a TRADE, the ones who dont are the ones who just lack work ethic...nothing my trade does is HARD individually its just a lot of work and with commisioning agencies you gotta actually do a good job at it.
We need and explosion in trade schools in HVAC, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical...we need them BAD.