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Horse shit. I work for one of the biggest electrical contractors in Australia, and plenty of our apprentices are mature age, and being in big construction the pay is far greater than what it is in domestic. Without actually counting, I can think of at least 10 mature age apprentices in my company, including myself.After I got the job, after a year of applying and not so much as a single interview mind you, the head of my division told me that when they interviewed me they had already finished hiring, and only interviewed me as a courtesy as it was booked in weeks before. Obviously I presented myself in the interview as someone they had to have in their company even though they had already filled all the positions at the time.
Mature age apprentices cost more, therefore the company makes less. The two bosses in my interview made that very clear to me. I agreed with them, then told them that unlike an 18 year old fresh out of school, I'd been working for the past 8 years full time... I had a mortgage, so I couldn't afford not to show up. I'd partied, I'd travelled the world... I was there to work. They asked me how I'd cope getting up at 5:30 every morning... I said it'd be nice to get that extra hour sleep... They called me the next day to tell me I had the job.
To be quite honest, that is some of the stupidest shit I've read in this discussion. Not a career? What is it? You are aware that not all careers mean you wear a suit or work in an office aren't you.. Plumbers/electricians are licenced trades. That means you cannot do what we do, even if you know how, legally.
Licensed trade aside, how is any trade not a career?