Miami is a city with an ever changing skyline. And those who make it happen — the plumbers, electricians, brick masons and carpenters — earn far above the local median: $55,000-75,000 a year with full benefits and a pension.
But as the economy barrels toward full employment, local contractors are struggling to find enough skilled workers to fuel the construction boom.
“We’re seeing it across the board. There are shortages in every trade,” said Peter Dyga, president of the South Florida-based Florida East Coast Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, a non-profit trade organization comprised of several construction firms and contractors.
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Well if you 'pay' people to go to college, even if it is with loans, what else would you expect?
ReplyDeleteVocational schools were killed off years ago, not only leaving our ranks of many necessary skills depleted but also left far too many young men and women deeply burdened with unnecessary debt.
The major beneficiaries of these perverse incentives are banksters and other globalists who seek to destroy our national sovereignty with mass immigration.
Y'all have nice day.
I encourage all today to go to a trade school or OJT straight from HS.
DeleteOh but, Brock. They'll miss out on all that "progressive" indoctrination. --Ron W
DeleteDern, now that would be a crying shame......:)
DeleteBeen doing HVAC for 20 years, learned it on the job. Nowadays, it seems alot of businesses do not want to train someone they want experienced tech.
ReplyDeleteThanks and I guess they should start if they are short of workers.
DeleteHere in Alabama the Jr college system is gearing up for massive vocational trade classes for all of the new skilled workers to be hired in the next 5 yrs growth, Toyota needs 2000 alone for their new plant in Huntsville, and there are thousands of others for Mobile shipyard welders and pipefitters, and many, many more, thank God we dumb backwoods rednecks have leaders in this state looking ahead for skilled technicians to train, the jobs will be here, not a bunch of whinning, feel good SJW that do not know which bathroom to use.
ReplyDeleteGood deal.
DeleteOh! My company can't find tradesman for our project because we don't want to pay enough to attract great talent to us! $60K in Miami is not a good pay scale for an experienced craftsman in any of the trades. period. good people costs good money. the whiners are cheap bastards.
ReplyDeleteThe free market will prevail.
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