What is the best tradie job that you know of?

[CptClean]

If you guys count fisherman as tradies then 100% fisherman and it's not even close.

[scooterbrah]

i saw some dudes doing demo with a sledgehammer today and thought it looked like a good way to relieve stress while fun at the same time

[DimTriad]

By strict definition, you could say pilots and surgeons are tradies, but not really. Not enough alcoholism and domestic violence.

That’s a stretch lmao. Maybe in 1950 when physicians weren’t paid astronomical salaries but no shot these days

[ChrisLS8]

I'm going to school to become a machinist. I like it over the other trades offered at the college because it should be easy if you have good understanding with operating computers. You are pretty much creating the same part most of the day so it can get boring but depending who you're working with you can chat all day with your coworkers... The salary $60,000 a year and you're inside a building, operating a machine, & pushing buttons for a living.

obsessed with CNC. I'm picking up a small mill to play with hopefully this year. There's so much to it than people realize.

I watch videos of cnc machining crankshafts and wheels and gears all the time. I've designed a few parts in CAD with help from a friend for some one off parts for my build as well

[ChrisLS8]

i saw some dudes doing demo with a sledgehammer today and thought it looked like a good way to relieve stress while fun at the same time

But did you lol at them srs

[scooterbrah]

But did you lol at them srs

but no ded fkn srs. i'm pro tradie.

[ErnieMccracken]

That’s a stretch lmao. Maybe in 1950 when physicians weren’t paid astronomical salaries but no shot these days

Many still have no autonomy and are hacking people up on an assembly line 80 hrs/week to extract maximum profit for Mr. Noseberg. And the second they aren't able to physically perform, their income goes to $0.

[ChrisLS8]

but no ded fkn srs. i'm pro tradie.

Doing demos for a change order are my favorite parts.

Brb slinging a 8lb sledge through 2 layers of sheetrock while ripping out a wall. Just call me Kyle

[mycorona]

Buddys dad growing up was an underwater welder, dude was most alpha man ive ever met. He was also in the military in some special forces role and routinely to jobs guarding ships from ****li pirates. The underwater welding paid pretty damn well

[JoshLV]

Mechanic here not sure if tradie classification but I really like it and pays well. If you’re good at your job you can make good money on flat rate. The master mechanic I apprenticed under routinely made $100k+. Also lots of opportunities for side work.

[H00J]

Mechanic here not sure if tradie classification but I really like it and pays well. If you’re good at your job you can make good money on flat rate. The master mechanic I apprenticed under routinely made $100k+. Also lots of opportunities for side work.

I quit my ndt job

Saw an ad that says they will teach a shop helper (mechanic shop) quick and fast


Did you go this route or by school?

[Nonsense916]

I'm going to school to become a machinist. I like it over the other trades offered at the college because it should be easy if you have good understanding with operating computers. You are pretty much creating the same part most of the day so it can get boring but depending who you're working with you can chat all day with your coworkers... The salary $60,000 a year and you're inside a building, operating a machine, & pushing buttons for a living.

Inside a building that doesn’t have A/C*

[JoshLV]

I quit my ndt job

Saw an ad that says they will teach a shop helper (mechanic shop) quick and fast


Did you go this route or by school?

Worked part time at my shop while I was in a tech school mechanic program. This is ideal IMO. You learn how **** works in school and learn how to be efficient at work. By the time I got out of school and started working full time I started off with about 120% efficiency on jobs whereas others had to work hourly instead of flat rate because they were under 100% and therefore working for free. I’d recommend this. Tuition is cheap too. $290 a month for me. The painful part is getting your tools. But I had it worked out so that my tools stayed at school and the guy I was working under let me use his when I was at work.

[Fang2]

Computer programmer

[Tornach]

Lineman. Srs

[x420SwagScopex]

Buddys dad growing up was an underwater welder, dude was most alpha man ive ever met. He was also in the military in some special forces role and routinely to jobs guarding ships from ****li pirates. The underwater welding paid pretty damn well

Yeah but that **** absolutely destroys your body. Those guys drop dead at 60.

[H00J]

Worked part time at my shop while I was in a tech school mechanic program. This is ideal IMO. You learn how **** works in school and learn how to be efficient at work. By the time I got out of school and started working full time I started off with about 120% efficiency on jobs whereas others had to work hourly instead of flat rate because they were under 100% and therefore working for free. I’d recommend this. Tuition is cheap too. $290 a month for me. The painful part is getting your tools. But I had it worked out so that my tools stayed at school and the guy I was working under let me use his when I was at work.

im 28(almost 29)


How long is the program brah?

Is uti worth it? Or some local ****

[iloveus]

Trades make a ton of money

The problem is every tradie I've met complains about having so much surgery

[YUL]

Disability

[xeron]

If I had to guess, new build plumber

What I know isn’t... anything offshore or onshore oil/maritime related. A slew of mental problems inbound despite the good money at face value

[JoshLV]

im 28(almost 29)


How long is the program brah?

Is uti worth it? Or some local ****

I started at 28. There is a misconception that mechanics will be hurting in the future for jobs considering everything going the electric route. True and not true. It’s true for the “shade tree” type mechanics that can’t diagnose and just throw parts at a problem. It’s also true for those that don’t know electrical. It is not true for those proficient in diagnosis and electrical. The shade tree mechanics won’t be able to fix the cars so the diag guys will be in much higher demand. More complex cars require smarter dudes and you can’t just throw parts at a problem when all the parts are thousands of dollars. This is why I think going to a school is essential.

As far as UTI/Wyotech/etc, I’ve heard it both ways. I have heard that they use a lot of props and fake stuff. In local schools like mine, we used real cars (often our own) and even customer cars. We would have real cars with real problems come in which made transition into an actual job seamless. It was extremely hands on. I’ve also heard that UTI etc are good schools and have good job placement. But the job placement thing doesn’t say much because our instructors would get calls weekly essentially begging for them to send graduates their way. Probably less douche bags at a local school tbh. My program was a year. Not sure what UTI is. Some universities offer a 4 year program but there’s fluff like having to take english classes and ****

[AfricanBrah]

tow trucking / organized crime...if u know u know

[HaiMeesk]

Swinging a wrecking ball. Just sit in a giant cherry picker and smash stuff. Most people would pay money to do that all day.