How do I get into construction as a 22 year old guy with no experience? I'm in Toronto. I'm physically strong.
How do I get into construction as a 22 year old guy with no experience? I'm in Toronto. I'm physically strong.
How do I get into construction as a 22 year old guy with no experience? I'm in Toronto. I'm physically strong.
Union hall.
Go to a nearby construction site, meet the boss. Look him in the eye when giving a firm handhake and ask for the job.
>Look him in the eye when giving a firm handhake and ask for the job
You won't believe how many young guys I got into the sack doing this. I've never worked construction a day in my life but I bought a Halloween costume and stood next to a couple trailers on construction sites and holy shit did it pay off.really if you have blue jeans and a white t shirt just buy a reflective vest and a hard hat.
Come again?
Act like you're In charge and ask them how much they want the job.
He is making a gay sex joke. The implication is that a construction worker in his Grindr profile pic will attract young twinks who want to have gay sex with construction workers.
Im sad that you didnt realize "come again" was also a sex joke 🙁
become Mexican and don't sign any paperwork.
First you go to a powerlifting gym and learn the proper techniques behind squatting and deadlifting
You can thank me when you don't have a hernia from lifting shit the wrong way
Go on indeed or some shit and look for trade jobs hiring apprentices.
Join a union if you want to be in a brotherhood and start calling everyone brother and also like being a homosexual.
Go to the local parole office and ask the guys coming out for their boss' contact info.
>find joblisting online or however you do it these days
>email or call the boss
>show up to work everyday and on time
you get bonus points if you're not hungover and/or incompetent
do some light research for a general contractor that pays and has some decent benefits in the area, try and get your foot in the door as an intern or super low-level project coordinator if you want to go construction mgmt. if you're going laborer or a trade, weigh your local union options. whatever way you go, have a hunger to learn and be curious, get really good at customer service with difficult clientele, and try to respect other trades' work preceding yours. good luck anon
you're too old; it's over
Yeah I figured my age would be a deterrent. Oh well. Might have to look elsewhere.
22 is prime age to start this type of work.
you can do anything you want.
this. I'm 21 and places are wary to hire me because they know I'll be retiring soon.
Why would you want to get into one of the worst trades that exist?
Go into residential HVAC instead of construction, find a small company run by someone competent and become his tool fetcher / freon carrier.
Downsides:
>hot attics (you will be pouring sweat)
>cuts all over your hands from metal tape (which will not stick because you are sweating all over it)
>freon burns if you don't unscrew the hoses quickly enough on the high pressure port
>crawling under filthy trailers in the dirt and mud
>balancing on wooden joists and beams for hours while sweating to death
>occasional moron work like "hold this copper lineset while I bend it", blowing out your arms for 30+ minutes
Upsides:
>decent pay
>less strenuous than roofing or construction
>some intellectual engagement
>depending on location, you can work on very nice houses (I work on the beach so the majority of my houses are $500k+ gorgeous vacation homes)
>system changeouts cost at minimum $4,000, so your customers have above average intelligence and are genuinely thankful when you fix their system
>genuinely feels good to help people get their A/C working
It's not the best trade but it's better than roofing
>he doesn't use antiblowback fittings in the year of our lord 2023
>implying any kind of special fitting will prevent the sheer power of a Goodman high pressure line from bursting forth
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Become an apprentice in a skilled trade, don't just "get into construction"
Pick one you like. Electrical is probably easiest on your body and is one of the higher-paying trades, plumbing and hvac also pay very similar but they are physically harder systems to install.and the shit is heavier, which is fine if you're strong, but you'll be wishing you were an electrician in a 2 foot crawlspace.
Any of those 3 trades are your absolute best bet for residential construction, unless you want to get into general contracting through framing and starting your own framing and subsequently general contracting outfit, but that takes longer than an apprenticeship and pays less initially.
You don't need experience, just apply at an outfit and say "I have no experience," they will likely hire you. If they don't, go to the next one. Do you know people in residential construction? If so, ask about electrical outfits, plumbing, hvac, see what people have to say about those outfits, go with a small one so that you learn EVERYTHING and not just rough-in OR trim, you'll be more useful and have a wider skillset which will benefit you in a long career.
Slightly related question. What would you recommend if i wanted to do dive welding. Where should i start?
Commercial diving?
Welding?
Salvage?
Welding school because you don't know if you've the eyesight or coordination for all-position welding of high quality yet.
>eyesight
Oh shit oh frick its already over for me isnt it.
start by not being canadian