Is it easier to find a job as a Plumbing apprentice as opposed

>>1133474
The ibew is the biggest union in the us because there is a huge demand for electricians. Any trade is going to have a supply and demand problem as the boomers die off or retire and the fact that millenials don't want to get dirty to earn their money. Any trade will do but as a general rule Electrician>Plumber on the totem pole.

>>1133475
>Any trade is going to have a supply and demand problem as the boomers die off or retire and the fact that millenials don't want to get dirty to earn their money

I'm in my mid 20's and I've been hearing this for 10 years, but I have yet to see any truth to it. You can be waitlisted for 2 years trying to get into a trade school pre-apprenticeship program, and there are far more graduates being churned out than there are apprentice positions, the majority of them end up working at hardware stores for minimum wage.

>>1133475
More like there's demand problems *until* boomers start dropping.
when I got into IBEW I was one of 75 applicants. Only 3 of us actually landed the apprenticeship. I got in thru nepotism but the others had re-applied for several years before finally getting in.

Everyone is screaming that the sky is falling but they are not in a hurry to get people in the trade while simultaneously not realizing that millenials want to get their career off the ground !today! and not when the JATC gives the go-ahead.

Here in the KC/Overland Park/Leawood/Lenxa area, most people are too fuckin lazy for anything besides for the simple work. Fuck these people shop at walmart and brag about how much they make or what they do but cant read a fuckin label or take something off the shelf.

So there is going to be a demand for plumbers and electricians because these people are too stupid or lazy to do anything simple.

But I also see a lot of these franchise type of businesses but they dont want to hire people with background in plumbing or electrical but have some type of training or school that they work with to train you.

>>1133595
I'm a first year IBEW apprentice and I got in on my first try. Around 40 were accepted as part of my class. That might be because I'm in a relatively large local (481, Indianapolis).
It seems to me that if you are serious about having a career and you are not a complete retard, there is a place for you in the building trades making decent wage.

>>1133476

Two years is nothing bruh.