1) So if you are away from home and doing your trade job somewhere else, does that mean you have to pay rent at 2 places (paying rent at home and paying rent near the work place you are temporary staying at)?
2) If job does come and go, then does that mean you will be working at many different company thru-out your lifetime, but with the same union all the time, or does that mean you have to start all over again with the union deal since you switch company?
3) Does this mean you have to consistently look for jobs once it's over?
4) What type of construction/trade career doesn't have you move around a lot?
5) Who picks up on the tab for your temporary move away from home? Is it the company, employer, the union, or neither? If it is neither, then what's the point of being away from home temporary when you have to do all the travel and lodging expenses?
6) I don't know anything about what's a typical life of a trade worker/construction worker, so feel free to tell me anything.
2007-01-08 08:48:00 · 2 answers · asked by Smile Everyday 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Well, I'm not a tradesman but I do have some experience as both of my ex's were tradesman. My first husband was/is a Sparky (electrician) and my second was/is a Tin Knock (Sheet Metal Worker) both here in Las Vegas.
Some things I can tell you is that yes, if you're traveling and you choose to keep a residence in your home town then you will be paying for two homes. When I first met my first hubby he was working down in Laughlin which is about an hour and a half from Las Vegas. He would share a hotel with a few other guys during the week and come home on the weekend. So it wasn't too bad but his best friend's wife lived in Texas and he traveled and lived in Vegas for about a year at which time he moved her and their child here as well. When he did that he had to petition the union hall here for a ticket as he was still working as a "traveler" out of his union hall in Dallas. But, my ex- husband has been working here in Vegas since 1990 and never been laid off, my next one has been a Tin Knock since 1988 and also has never been laid off. They're both in upper level management now. I can say that here in Vegas there has been an abundance of work for the past 20 years and people tend to travel to work here more than the opposite.
Why would you do that if you have to pay your travel and lodging ect? Simply because there is NO work in your home town and you need to work.
All in all I can say this, college is not for everyone! And those people would be smart to gravitate towards a trade. There are many great benefits if you live in the right geographical area.
Great education and training (plus PAID on the job training!), great benefits and insurance, great retirement and many other things.
I can't complain....even though I am divorced, my daughter has wonderful health insurance and if, God forbid, anything happened to her Dad, she would be taken care of!
2007-01-08 09:04:23 · answer #1 · answered by fastlanejiggy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Jobs end and you have to follow the work. Most companies have several jobs going so you can stay with a company for a long time but you still have to follow the work (job sites) As long as you stay union and get hired on by a union shop your retirement and union seniority stay with you and continue to grow. Company seniority starts over. There is at out of work list at the union hall that union comanies use to hire from (first by classification then by seniority). Yes you may have to take work so far from home that you have to stay near the job site. Some guy's rent apts. and some guys own thier own R.V.'s they stay in. If you like working outdoors with your hands, it's hard to beat a good union company to work for. Nobody pays your bills
2007-01-08 09:23:40 · answer #2 · answered by C W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋