Which of the following trades would you consider most desireable? Decent job environment, good pay, etc?

Question

CAD
Auto Technician
Electronics
HVAC
Electrician
Medical Assisting
Computer Networking

Also, what field exactly do electronic techs work in? Do they just work in factories?

Answer 1

Cads are a great salary based job if yuo can land the job. It's very competative and you have ot be a natural for best result. ;look for 20 grand to about 60.

Auto technicians can make 50 to 100 grand a year all according to your employment dealer or self employed. It's a gold mine, one of the easiest to get into with the least amount of start up funds, and once you open a business you have cash flow every time a customer walks into your shop. But If you are successsful in this field chose your school well. Most tech schools have either teachers with little to no field work, or they have teachers who did not train on the newer models of cars and are now qualified ot teach. You also need to be without sconscious to work for an auto dealer. They are notorious crooks, and expect you to be able to charge several people (2 to 4) for service at the same itme when most of them have their cars parked waiting for service. You will not find many people who can give a car dealer a good recommadation unless it's a foreign model dealer. That's the main reason for the trouble our domestic companies in America faces.

Electronics depend on your employer. If you can land a federal job work your way up in grades and considering the benefits such as time off, sick leave, vacation, 20/30 year retirement , large matched 401-k and job protection you can start for less pay, this averages about 25 to 60 grand depending on location and employer and the type you hande (repair, new work, industrail, commercial or residential(the lowest paying).


Heating and air(hvac) rewards good if yuo wish to start your onw company later in ife. but there is lettle chance ot make big bucks here as an employee unles you liv ein alarg ecity where the expenses eat it up. It's dirty, dangerious, and hard work often in unhealthy environments such as plants,(lots of insulation) or huge mall jobs. most of these average about 30 grand for the average worker.

Electricians earn (according to location, union or not, type ; plant electrician, industrial, commercial, residentiol Lowest paid) expect to earn 20,000 a year to 90 wwith over time. This is also a great field to eventually og into your own business.

Medical Assisting is the least paying of all of those you list.
Unless you are a liscenesed Doctor's assistant you will be no more than a low paid secretary .
Working for Doctors are the worst profession to work in unless you are in a degree field. Doctors just do not on the average pay well and do not give much respect to their employees. expect about 8 to 10 an hour in most areas and up to 14/16 in others.Some doctors value good employees and will pay wel to keep them but on the average no.

Computer networking pays wel if you can land the right job (epecially with the state or feds) Most computer networking consists of runing cables in plants or office building and requires a lot of hard, dust and sometimes dangerious work.
If you are lucky enough to get the experience need to apply for advanced positions you will do ok. You need to gain the expereince and than would usually have to move on from company to company often moving to gain a decent salary. Starting on the ground floor and staying with a company seldom gains you any large salaries. It works the same with engineers.I've known net working specialist to move on an average 5 times in 10 years to get even a decent salary and thna land a heafty 70 grand a year in the same company which thought he wasn;t worth a raise. expect about 32 to 90 grand a year.

Most graduates in technical schools never get a job in their fields or do so only to move on to something else after getting tired of low salaries. Most computer networking graduates are already behind in the trade in training before they graduate.
Our education system sucks and ranks very low in education, and technical training.

As an employee I would rank those jobs as follows with #1 best.
1-cad
2-auto technician
3-computer networking
4-electronics
5-electrician
6-hvac
7-medical assistant.

Answer 2

Well I have alot of training in a couple of these trades.I have been an electrician for almost 20 years doing anything from residential to industrial installation and trouble shooting.A good electrician with a diverse background is hard to come by and when you do find a good one he gets paid well.It can be a tough job sometimes but you can make a very good living doing it.I also know a little about CAD.The company I work with has allways needed more cad operaters than it can find.Good advice here is to know something about the product or field you are going to be designing for.I have seen some of the best cad operaters a tech school has to offer but they didn't have any back ground in the field they chose to design in(example) mechanical design No mechanical background.Also electronic techs are very sought after this would be a very desireable field to be in.Hope this helps in some way.

Answer 3

Well you havent said WHAT ASPECT of medicine you are involved in. That would be key to any recommendations. Doctors and pharmacists make good money here. The salary will be probably at LEAST 50% less than what you woudl get in the USA, but in most respects you will still live comfortably.

Answer 4

Medical assistant would have more opportunities to meet different kiinds of people, esp. womeni f you're interested in that. And you'd be exposed to lots of career possibilities if you decided to go back for more education.

No matter what else happens, as long as there are people we will want medical professionals, so lots of job security.

Answer 5

Automotive

Answer 6

medical assistant - it's indoors!