Posted on 05/10/2023 4:46:31 AM PDT by CFW
North Carolina GOP Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says there are other avenues to successful careers besides a four-year college degree, including vocational apprenticeship programs.
"We're not against four-year university degrees, but we also want to let our students and our children know that there are a number of other venues that you can go through to make not just a living, but a great career," Robinson told the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show Tuesday. "And the skilled trades of those opportunities definitely exist."
Robinson, who recently announced his candidacy for North Carolina governor, said that his state is prioritizing opportunities for students to pursue a career path in the trades.
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For instance this is what he is promoting:
"The apprenticeship programs the state Legislature approved will offer certification and training for careers such as electricians and plumbers and will largely impact rural parts of the state."
Programs such as this will increase the productivity of their citizens, raise the average wage, reduce crime, and do so much more for the voters of North Carolina.
I’m pretty proud of working in trades.
Aviation maintenance took care of me pretty well and I was even able to retire before 60.
I’ve always known college isn’t for everyone.
I have a cousin that got his degree way back......it was such a mess trying to compete for a position he said heck with it, went to trucking school, drove until retirement and never regretted it.
Mike Rowe has only been pushing this for what? A decade?
Glad to see a GOP pol catching on. He should hire Mike to be a spokesman for the NC DOL.
Sounds like a great plan! We need more tradespeople in this country. For years- no, GENERATIONS, it seems, the emphasis has been on college degrees. Not necessarily a bad thing, but we do know how liberals have corrupted the academic system, don’t we?
The need for tradespeople has gotten greater, we need plumbers, electricians, welders, mechanics, you name it.
My only problem is that the unions have a hold on these professions and driven up the prices of so many things, as well as overwhelmingly voting democrat.
But we do need more people in the trades, no argument there!
“I’m pretty proud of working in trades.”
Everyone employed in that business should be proud. They are the people that keeps everything else in our nation operating. And, trades require the willingness to work hard, read technical information, do math calculations, etc. All this can be learned by a reasonably intelligent person who is willing to start at the bottom and work their way up in a field. It’s a good way to work your way solidly into a middle-class lifestyle all without going into debt to the tune of over $100,000.
Somebody has to fix your your plumbing!
In seriousness, my youngest tried college and it didn’t take. After me convincing Mom that not everyone needs to go to college he got in to a shipyard apprenticeship program and hasn’t looked back.
We are forcing a lot of kids in to education tracks they are not suited for or attracted to because “COLLEGE! EXCELSIOR!”
It’s far better for society to turn out more electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians, etc. than indoctrinated women’s studies or minorities studies majors.
This politician is simply suggesting something his grandfather lived thru; Back in the 50s and 60s, vocational/trade schools co-existed alongside of college preparatory schools.
It's a great way to pay one's way through college if that's the goal.
Even though I didn't work at a trade, I did night school numerous times during my career. And, once you get used to the schedule, it's very manageable.
As an aside, when I started I thought I would find my schedule stressful and it would leave me with no free time. But that was not the case. What I discovered was that, before night school, I was wasting a lot of time.
It's kind of like running a marathon. You settle into a pace that you can maintain for a long distance and everything becomes easy--just one foot in front of the other.
He’s My Man. Read his book: We are the Majority.
His star rose when he attended Greensboro City Council meeting to express his disfavor of the town impulsively cancelling a gunshow just after the the Parkland Fla. massacre. look it up.
We have a few PhDs in the family. Every tradesman I know makes more than they do. Salary-wise, anyway.
There are a lot of non-union trades as well.
Machinists are sorely needed. I worked in machine shops my entire adult life. I operated mostly grinders in tool and die shops. It was a living. While I didn’t make union wages, I didn’t have to put up with union bs, either.
ONE TIME, I was actually a Teamster for a little over a year. I was part time at UPS working a second job, loading airplane containers, or “cans” as they called them. And that was during the big UPS strike in the ‘90s.
I was in my 40s, and realized working full time and doing the UPS thing was too much. The part time job I had at Radio Shack a few years earlier was a LOT less strenuous.
I was thrilled to vote for him for Lt. Governor and will happily vote for him for Governor next time.
As a college grad, I was disappointed when my son chose to pursue a career in metal fabrication. I was dead wrong and have told him so.
At 33, he’s “retired” from NHRA engine component machining and now manages a large machining operation making planetary components for Caterpillar.
Since, I’ve refined my viewpoint. If asked, I offer this to kids: “Go to school to learn how to do something. Don’t go to school to learn about something.” In retrospect, I went to college - where I learned how to build electronic devices and write code.
I’m certainly not knocking college education....like I said it’s just not for everyone.
I have however run across my share of college grads that think their education makes them somehow superior to people that aren’t college educated.......most of them probably couldn’t change the oil in their own cars.....common sense seems to escape them.
BTW, he is right about this. We need more tradesmen and those with such skills can do quite well for themselves.
I’ve read about numerous examples in which for example a guy gets his certification as a plumber. Then gets a certification as a welder. etc. He is at first able to buy his own truck and all the tools. Then with multiple certifications, he’s able to work as a subcontractor. Then he’s able to hire a few people and maybe buy another truck and viola! he’s now a thriving small business owner.
Its not necessarily easy but plenty have taken this path and worked their way into the upper middle class after starting with nothing.
After graduation, virtually every resume' he sent out resulted in a job offer. He now has lifetime guaranteed employment.
The ones that worked up from journeymen to contractors are the guys that have the big boats around here on the lake, nice houses, and trophy wives. AKA "the millionaire next door."
“Since, I’ve refined my viewpoint. If asked, I offer this to kids: “Go to school to learn how to do something. Don’t go to school to learn about something.” In retrospect, I went to college - where I learned how to build electronic devices and write code.”
You are correct. You went to college at a time and in a field that taught “how”. Now most colleges only teach students “about”, and most of that teaching is incorrect.
NC can elect him on the coattails of Trump, if he gets the nomination.
FYI, he has a documented track record of being very anti-LGBTxyz...
However, this may endear him to the black church ladies that pushed BHO over the top in 2012.
The libs will go apoplectic if a conservative is the first black governor.
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