I asked a few of your questions and got these:
He would prefer to work inside and at the same location (though in my opinion that limits him severely). He's okay with some travel though. He doesn't think he would enjoy interfacing directly with the customer, but again I am not sure on this.
He thinks nursing could work, though he doesn't know anything about medicine today.
Thoughts?
Umm. Nursing is very much "interfacing directly with the customer". I can't think of a trade that deals MORE with people.
Draftsman maybe? Inside all the time, almost no interaction with customers.
Plant / Facility management or maintenance.
ShawnG said:Draftsman maybe? Inside all the time, almost no interaction with customers.
Draftsman only exist in the large shop.. Nowadays it's mostly done poorly by the engineer who designed the thing. Then you can pass the poorly documented part file over to the programmer who has to interpret it :)
By the way, a +1 on the difference between a machinist and an operator!
An old work acquatance of mine runs an aerospace machining company. Her dad started it and she took it over when he retired.
They can't hire enough good trained machinists. They will pay you and train you.
https://acutecprecision.com/careers/new-machinist-program/
got to be other shops doing the same where this guy lives.
That's brilliant.
Pet peeve alert!
My previous employer was shorthanded in the shop the entire 10 years that I was there. When I suggested to the Maintenance manager that he offer an apprenticeship for each shift his response was, no way, apprenticeships never work out.
Oh? Then where did the 24 tradesmen we currently have come from?
That guy hated me.
Same location forever? Or just for some periods at a time?
Water treatment maybe? There's a career to be had there, not sure about wages. No people either.
Maybe large commercial construction? That's SVRex field there, ive done very little commercial work, but there's inside jobs that last for awhile and you'd get zero customers
In reply to Antihero (Forum Supporter) :
You got a point. My cousin works for a water department at a town/city in New Jersey. The pay is ok but the benefits are insanely good. It cost him $14 to have a child in a hospital. Stable. Never go any where.
I got another friend who works for a parks snd rec department for a city in New York. Dosent have to move gets good benefits.
tuna. Have your friend look here. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/greenvillesc/
AFAIK 1 is the entry level job so it seems to be at least similar to start up.
I had a friend that did water treatment and there is some schooling and such involved but it wasn't a huge amount. I think to be a grade 3 he had 40 hours of school and a few tests.
The wages are highly different from place to place too
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