Future

[helpsy]

How do you see the future in this trade? It seems from what I hear that most young people don't want to get their hands dirty? Can you envisage a GENUINE shortage of SKILLED plumbers?

 

[village idiot]

The Polish will take over, Simples

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

How do you see the future in this trade? It seems from what I hear that most young people don't want to get their hands dirty? Can you envisage a GENUINE shortage of SKILLED plumbers?

i got the brains and the brawn and youth on my side,bring it on world theres not a boiler invented i cant fix,experience wins every time,i see a good future

 

[REDSAW]

talking to a spread today and he recons there is not enough youth going into plastering either

 

[SimonG]

There will come a time that anything that involves working with your hands will be in much greater demand. Think of a price and multiply by ten?

 

[bigads28]

Good blokes are hard to find and are in demand to make good on all the carp that's fitted on the cheap.

Though finding decent youth to enter the trade is hard. Only 25% of the apprentices that we get would be trusted with a screw driver.

 

[lame plumber]

if the likes of homebase keep closing down, it can only be good for the trades

 

[snowhead]

Market forces will always win.

This applies to every trade, and commodity;

As Skilled manpower decreases;
Charges increase,
Wages increase,
More people are attracted to the jobs,
Prices reduce,
Wages reduce,
People stop entering the trade
The cycle starts again.

Re Plumbing and Electrics,

Systems will continue to get more complex, due to Energy costs.
They'll need a high skill level to install and an even higher level to maintain.

 

[wetdrip]

Short:
BBC News - Fossil fuels should be phased out by 2100 says IPCC

 

[snowhead]

Short:
BBC News - Fossil fuels should be phased out by 2100 says IPCC

Should and WILL are miles or years apart.
Everyone on this forum will be dead by then.

The surviving population will still need water and ??? in pipes.

 

[zzzjim]

Market forces will always win.

......and an even higher level to maintain.

Unless manufactures do a Microsoft ... So complex they are remotely managed ...

Less training to repairs .. But a Controled subscription ...

or throw away society 5 yr warranty -- re-cycled parts ..to expensive to maintain - so in the bin.

Look how car maintanance is going ( - training and equipment --are just a TAX really ? )
Why would I want my main dealer with an old car ...

( Re doing away with fossil fuel --- Hydrogen is more problematic - but ultimate in clean )

 

[wetdrip]

Everyone on this forum will be dead by then.

You mean in the FUTURE?
Last I looked, that was the thread title;-)

 

[zzzjim]

You mean in the FUTURE?
Last I looked, that was the thread title;-)

Best buy my self a Delorian and pipe up a flux capacitor ( then pop to the (DARK) other side )

 

[oz-plumber]

I've ditched my sunglasses lenses for mig / arc welding lenses.

 

[Ermintrude]

I've ditched my sunglasses lenses for mig / arc welding lenses.

Arc yay mig nay nay

 

[Jay Jay]

Short:
BBC News - Fossil fuels should be phased out by 2100 says IPCC

I worked for myself and had enough of bad customers,losing out on jobs for a small amount as I did price correctly.paperwork etc and thought enough is enough got a job doing breakdowns with a boiler manufacture and never looked back,I would never go back on the tools!