It's not just mechanics. Most kids out of high school aren't interested in the trades like they used to be. Jobs like mechanics and welders used to be one of the better paying jobs. You can still make good money doing these jobs but you can make just as much and more sitting at a desk and basically doing the same thing we are here. Looking at a computer screen and punching a keyboard. It's inside work, you don't get dirty, and you don't have to buy anything to do the job. I don't where it is that first year apprentices only make $8 to $10/hr but that's really low. In Alberta, which has higher wages, some first years are getting better than $20/hr. At the shop I worked in, one of the guys just moved from Ontario. He said a second year welder in Alberta makes as much or more than a journeyman in Ontario. According to him, the cost of living is less in Ontario though. Dave
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