1,200 — Learning a Skilled Trade

Want a new job? Good with your hands? Learn about different trades in this episode.
Slow dialog: 1:24
Explanations: 3:35
Fast dialog: 16:39
Jeannine: What are you going to do now that you’ve graduated from high school?
Orlando: I’m going to trade school. My father was a stone and brick mason and my brother is a mechanic, but I think I’m going to try something different.
Jeannine: Like what?
Orlando: Maybe I’ll study to become an electrician or plumber. Those are skills that are always in demand.
Jeannine: Don’t they have long apprenticeships?
Orlando: Yes, but it’s better than training to be a machinist or technician. It’s easier to open your own shop as an electrician or plumber.
Jeannine: With your skills, you can always get a job as a carpenter.
Orlando: I think carpentry is a dying art. Most people don’t get furniture or other things custom-made anymore.
Jeannine: You know, you could always take a completely different path, learning a completely different skilled trade.
Orlando: Like what?
Jeannine: You could become a medical or dental technician or even get a cosmetology degree.
Orlando: Are you serious?! Would you want these hands cutting your hair?
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse