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Old 11-21-2018, 04:59 AM   #1
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I have a good friend that’s son is 17 and very mechanical minded. Very smart home schooled and hard worker. He has no interest in college and I mentioned RV tech to him. Problem is where would he get the formal training to become a certified RV tech?
There are 2 rv dealers near by but I figured as young as he is they’re just going to blow him off doing flunky stuff.
I do have alternative motives here, personal rv tech someday 😋
 
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Old 11-21-2018, 06:27 AM   #2
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here are a couple of ideas. https://www.google.com/search?q=rv+t...firefox-b-1-ab


but at 17 I'd encourage him to get into a engine repair program at a community college and go from there.
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Old 11-21-2018, 06:42 AM   #3
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Where in western Va. an occupation that is in critical short supply is someone that can program and setup CNC machine tools. They almost don’t exist. The local community college offers a course but nobody is interested in getting their hands dirty. Every thing made from a sheet of paper to your truck hast to have a machine shop so it’s not like they are going out of style.
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Old 11-21-2018, 07:47 AM   #4
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The opportunities for him are actually endless and he will make more than it he went to college and racked up big debt. Here in NM they are critically short of diesel mechanics. The Dodge dealer only has one (two week wait at least) and even some of the oil field service companies don't have any.
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Old 11-21-2018, 08:51 AM   #5
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The opportunities for him are actually endless and he will make more than it he went to college and racked up big debt. Here in NM they are critically short of diesel mechanics. The Dodge dealer only has one (two week wait at least) and even some of the oil field service companies don't have any.
DQDick is spot on. If he is mechanically inclined he can write his own check in the Permian basin!
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I know nothing about any of them, but if you google trade school rv, you will get a lot of hits on the subject.

https://www.google.com/search?source...31.OUC58rUiNAE
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Old 11-21-2018, 11:47 AM   #7
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My son spent all 4 years of high school in welding classes. Graduated high school got a job right away. He is in the Iron Workers Union & works on all commercial & industrial buildings.
Now my daughter went to college spent 4 years at UC Davis got a degree in Biomedical Engineering & can’t find a job. Oh she works at Staples for $12 an hour & owes $35,000 in student loans.
College in my eyes is over rated unless your a doctor or lawyer
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Old 11-21-2018, 12:12 PM   #8
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I had no prospects when i was young. I got into sheet metal because of my buddy wanted to. i retired at 52. Made a great living. Now traveling the country. Never spending savings just the money I get every month in retirement.

I wanted my daughter to go to collage but that wasn't for her. Now she is in the trade and wants to be a air balancer. She will make $80,000 a year when she becomes a journeyman.
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Old 11-21-2018, 02:18 PM   #9
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Got a question, what’s new!
I have a good friend that’s son is 17 and very mechanical minded. Very smart home schooled and hard worker. He has no interest in college and I mentioned RV tech to him. Problem is where would he get the formal training to become a certified RV tech?
There are 2 rv dealers near by but I figured as young as he is they’re just going to blow him off doing flunky stuff.
I do have alternative motives here, personal rv tech someday ��

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Old 11-21-2018, 02:33 PM   #10
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Wow! I live 25 minutes from there and I did not know it even existed. I travel 175 frequently but I don't normally travel on the stretch of 175 between Kemp and Athens.
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Old 11-21-2018, 02:43 PM   #11
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Got a question, what’s new!
I have a good friend that’s son is 17 and very mechanical minded. Very smart home schooled and hard worker. He has no interest in college and I mentioned RV tech to him. Problem is where would he get the formal training to become a certified RV tech?
There are 2 rv dealers near by but I figured as young as he is they’re just going to blow him off doing flunky stuff.
I do have alternative motives here, personal rv tech someday 😋
Nothing wrong with doing flunky stuff for a 17 YO. Would be good for him to get his hands dirty before signing up for formal training.
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Old 11-21-2018, 02:50 PM   #12
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Thanks for all the information. I myself didn’t finish college after the “last job you’ll ever have” US steel industry threw craps and in ‘82 I was out looking.
Ended up self employed doing millwright work and miscellaneous plant maintenance for 1 very large package delivery company.
I firmly believe that those of us who earn/earned our living with our hands and backs are Dinosaurs. However those that choose to do this will be well paid in the future. I have encouraged several nephews and friends kids to look into the trades.
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Old 11-21-2018, 04:54 PM   #13
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If their brains are in their hands get them into a trade. They will be making a good living in a very short time and no student loans.
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Old 11-21-2018, 05:45 PM   #14
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Quote by MidMO "I firmly believe that those of us who earn/earned our living with our hands and backs are Dinosaurs."
One thing I've been reading in this thread as well as other threads on differnt RV sites is that us ole dinosaurs are in high demand. Things will always fail mechanically, hydraulically, electrically, or structurally. You may have to diagnose it via a laptop, but someone will have to get their hands dirty to fix it. No many want to be those somebody's in today's work force ... most want to be a Chief ... few the Indian. And ... as discussed here ... we are paying for that disappearing skillset.
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We all need to be ready to adjust as our world changes. Many of us are retired and are past the job changes - but there are plenty of other things we need to keep up with or the world will run over us. A 17 YO today will probably change jobs and potentially professions many times in their life.
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I well agree with your thought on adjust or be run over ... what I'm adamant about doesn't waver no matter the years that pass. The basics will remain ... mechanically, hydraulically, electrically, and structurally ... there will be tons of new technology hooked to the basics that require constant training updates ... but with few younger ones absorbing the basics from those of us or instructors that are willing to pass it on ... new technology will never see it's full potential. Dick's example of diesel mechanics is a prime example. So what if you have a fancy new diesel hauler with 3 times the HP and torque of what I drive ... if it's broke and nobody has the background or time to fix it ... what good is all that tech making that HP and torque?
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Schools teach the skills to get a good job weather it’s high school trade school or college. What they don’t teach is how to be in business and run your own business. I’m amazed at how many of the kids I went to high school with eventually started their own businesses. Some failed and some succeeded, sometimes after several attempts. I think if schools had taught us what it really took to run a business some of us wouldn’t have tried and some that failed wouldn’t have failed.
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Old 11-22-2018, 05:04 AM   #18
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Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would run a business. Granted small by most standards but got wife and I here enjoying retirement.
I’ll agree Lynwood, schools need to be more real world and hands on. Not sure but I think the days of Shop, Home Economics and PE need to be back in the required Curriculum.
Small rant here but everyone can’t be a winner sometimes you gotta get your butt kicked so you’ll realize where you want to be!
I think that’s what drove me after being laid off permanently from the steel industry.
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Wayne I think you touched on something. Most people in business got in business not because they wonted to but because they were hungry, they needed some way to make a living. I was out of work and was offered $5 an hour on third shift. I said no thanks and the guy interviewing me ask what are you going to do and I said start my own shop. I went home and told my wife we went in business for our self today. That was 37 years ago.
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Linwood, my story is somewhat like yours except I was not looking for a job. The company I worked for increased my sales territory to include South America. As it was, my travel was from Monday morning to Friday almost every week. So the added territory would mean being gone from home for 2 to 3 weeks at a time.

As I was working partime (weekends) for H&R Block during the tax seasons and had a nice client following I with two other prepares decided to open our own practice. That gave me the abiity to leave that job and not take to big a hit on my income. Twenty seven years later I am still in the tax prep business although now have mostly corporate clients. I make more now that ever and only work about 100 days a year.
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