Best apprenticeship to do

Friend of mine was a QS. He packed it in. Said your either trying to fcuk someone, or else they are trying to fcuk you

You've also got to remember what trade is going to be recession proof? Well, none of them really, but some trades are a little more protected than others.

CAD technician, QS, shuttering carpentry, block layers, 1st fix carpentry, welding etc will always be the first to feel a recession.

Youre either made for it or you arent but i have met some people like that and they tend to not stick around in jobs too long.

I think someone mentioned it already on this thread, but fencing would be a big earner, lad I know making a fortune, plenty of gear available these times to take the real hardship away from jobs. Start small with Agri type fencing jobs...from there diversify into the lucrative domestic/commercial fencing area 😉

If you enjoy what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.

That last line Fintan about not working beside the guy that pays your wages is great advice.

The last two years have shown the way for the work from home culture.

Which is now here to stay. Choose a job that allow that, but also needs an on-site presence.

Must engineering jobs for this bill. Well paid and work from home a few days a week.

Any job you can do 100 percent from home……well……it won’t be long until the bean counter decides that can be done by some low cost country consultancy company or similar.

I'd hazard a bet that FDI companies employ multiple times more than indigenous companies in Ireland.

If your looking for a well paid job that offers pension, health care, decent sick pay allowance, WFH opportunities etc, I can assure you it will rule out working for nearly all indigenous Irish companies

Estwing hammer

Electric Stapling gun or nail gun

All true but just to balance that there is higher demands from MNC's with regards targets and performance. Good pay but you will earn it also

No the saying is never work for a man that pays your wages, whether he is near you or not is immaterial.

The meaning of it is to always try to work for a big company ( there are some exceptions) or a public body or in that sector.

OP stay away from the real physical trades plastering, blocklayer. One problem with trades can be travelling time to and from work. In general your day is 8-5 with anything from30-90 minutes travelling each way to work. That means a lot of the time you are gone from 7-6.each day.

Tiler may be a good choice. Recently met a lad that is a qualified electrician but has gone into general maintenance. He will do a bit of plumbing, cleans chimneys, gutters, general house repairs. He is in demand by lads that rent houses as he can do virtually any job in a rented house. His big things is he can do the electrical house certs for rentals.

Of you want to work from your own farmyard then car mechanic is a good one. Stay away from heavy machinery. 50-70% of car work is servicing, brakes or other basic work. I know a lad getting 40 cash for a basic oil and filters service and the person arriving supplies the parts. This stops him having to vat register. You service a car in 60-80 minutes. You can buy second hand car lifts for 2k ish.

we have being tortured to death here trying to install a second hand milking parlour, we had the guys booked since may 21 and have being using them for the guts of 35 years and they let us down like a tonne of bricks, so may i suggest a milking parlour fitter as an apprenticeship.

If you want something to work with a farm a mechanic is as good as any. Your work comes to you. You will never earn money without some effort. Nobody ever hands you money for nothing.

Anybody that gave you the sob story "it was OK until it was serviced"! Never gets back into your yard again. It's too hard to get a decent independent mechanic to have to put up with that.

More like 30-40/ hour than 20.