I've family members who are tradesmen, this issue has been coming down the pipe forever.
What's killed em is apprentice wages haven't kept up with inflation for fucking years, and as for the treatment of apprentices and helpers? Garbage.
Basically decades of absolute pisstaking and abuse of newcomers ("hey, everyone goes through it, its fine!") has predictably resulted in a shortage of newcomers.
Are they willing to up the apprentice (and journeyman...) wages? Fuck off, of course not.
Almost every tradie ends up telling their kids to go to college and whatever the fuck they do, stay out of the trades.
I've family members who are tradesmen, this issue has been coming down the pipe forever.
What's killed em is apprentice wages haven't kept up with inflation for fucking years, and as for the treatment of apprentices and helpers? Garbage.
Basically decades of absolute pisstaking and abuse of newcomers ("hey, everyone goes through it, its fine!") has predictably resulted in a shortage of newcomers.
Are they willing to up the apprentice (and journeyman...) wages? Fuck off, of course not.
Almost every tradie ends up telling their kids to go to college and whatever the fuck they do, stay out of the trades.