Plumbers, electricians et. al---please move here!!!! (new construction, high school, community college)

[mainegrl2011]

Here is a list of Career and Technical Education (CTE) schools in Maine. Not 100%sure, but I believe they are all part of the high school curriculum so part of public school system funded by tax dollars as opposed to post secondary education.

http://www.maine.gov/doe/learning/cte/cteschools

[mainegrl2011]

[quote=SulfurDog;63252285]

Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133

You want someone to move up to Maine to fix one problem, and thats it? If no one to fix is because most people will buy new once something is broken. How many years you have refrigerator?



Hi NJ Brazen (appropriate name btw!) . Kind of a bizarre response don't you think??. I mean if my blow dryer stops working one morning, I'm going to chuck it---a fridge I'm going to have checked out first--it wasn't an old Alice and Ralph Kramden icebox. (We moved in several years ago and aren't exactly sure of its age---owner just left a manual) Actually in my subject line I was bemoaning the lack of ALL the trades up here and used my fridge experience to illustrate a point that my longterm neighbors have been hammering home for years.

I remember the movie Marty with Ernest Borgnine. He was a butcher and he described it as"not an elegant profession." I think all blue-collar jobs are to be admired and encouraged and was hoping that the Midcoast Technical College was going to roll out various vocational workers, but looking at the courses offered, I see that that hasn't been the case.

If you are unhappy with the programs offered at Midcoast School of Technology, maybe you should take this on as a project. Here is a list of high school programs. https://mcst8.org/cte-programs/

They also offer adult education courses.

[SulfurDog]

Super helpful. I'll get on it. Thanks.

[Submariner]

In my experience, the most highly paid tradespeople have been the pipefitters. Fire suppression systems are expensive and there exists a very tiny group of professionals who can work on them.

The corporation that we have been using is Johnson Controls [which is a huge multi-national corporation]. The last pipefitter I spoke with told me that in the state of Maine there are no pipefitters under the age of 50yo. He gets calls routinely from other companies trying to poach him, by offering higher wages. There are exactly zero apprentices in the system, coming up to replace the old guys in their 60s.

Johnson Controls does their own apprenticeship program. It does not cost you anything. You work and learn as they pay you union wages. Until you can eventually pass the licensing requirements. At which time your wages go up significantly.

[mainegrl2011]

I just read an article on the WABI TV website stating that Maine's supplemental budget will allow Maine high school graduates (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) to attend full-time up to two years community college in Maine for free. Free meaning paid for by tax dollars.

https://www.wabi.tv/2022/04/15/maine...relief-checks/

[roadrat]

The problem is only going to get worst, My advice is to learn how to do your own repairs, YouTube is very helpful with this.
Many things are relatively easy to fix if you are willing to learn.

[mainegrl2011]

Originally Posted by roadrat

The problem is only going to get worst, My advice is to learn how to do your own repairs, YouTube is very helpful with this.
Many things are relatively easy to fix if you are willing to learn.

I've tried to rep you on another post, gotta spread it around I guess. I think learning to do repairs can work for some people. Over the years we have heard about brain drain associated with young people leaving Maine for jobs elsewhere. As I posted previously, encouraging young Mainers to obtain a skill in the trades and work in Maine benefits everyone involved. Some older Mainers have shared with me that they learned to do their own repairs because that was what people did... self-reliant and independent.

[mainegrl2011]

A few days ago I saw an ad for an apprentice (Brewer) on the Dead River web site in case you know anyone who is interested.

[CARas2020]

Doesn't the state of Maine have any kind of apprentice programs for the trades? Here in Oregon we have The Bureau of Labor and Industry. Each trade has a registered apprentice program. I'm not sure how it is now but in the past there were waiting lists for almost all of the programs.

[mainegrl2011]

Originally Posted by CARas2020

Doesn't the state of Maine have any kind of apprentice programs for the trades? Here in Oregon we have The Bureau of Labor and Industry. Each trade has a registered apprentice program. I'm not sure how it is now but in the past there were waiting lists for almost all of the programs.

https://www.maine.gov/labor/jobs_tra...pprenticeship/

http://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/...ies-2022-01-25

http://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/...hts-importance