Steve Payne
“I taught all my four children in the trades… at a very young age…”
Canadian ContractorPeter G. Vohr was proud to see all four of his kids go into the trades. He started showing them the ropes starting in Grade 7.
Another post about getting kids into the grades…
“I taught all my children (two sons, two daughters) in the trades just like my father trained me at a very young age (12-15). My children are now mainly in the electrical trades but also in the building trades as well. They all have a good basic knowledge of how to swing a hammer and turn a screwdriver – this has not hurt them in any way. Having my own company, I have hired young people on a RAP program as well as young apprentices at the age of 16. It’s scary: a lot of these kids don’t have practical knowledge or construction common sense so I ask myself how can we change this? I don’t think changes come from over-legislating by governments by disallowing young people from trying or by being taught at a young age. Schools use to teach shop and woodworking at a grade 7-9 level, ages from 12-15. I think we should be putting more money in the budget for these kind of programs rather than buying more computers for computer labs…”
Peter G. Vohr
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