by #EmilyPontecorvo in @grist:

"Several contractors and labor experts, when asked why electricians are so hard to find, pointed to the widespread belief that the main path to adulthood runs through a four-year university, and the related decline of vocational education in high schools. According to Pew Research, 39 percent of millennials earned a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared with 29 percent of Gen Xers and 24 to 25 percent of boomers.

"Even for those drawn to a career in the trades, there’s another obstacle: The technical schools built to train them are short of money and people, too."

https://grist.org/energy/electrician-shortage-electrify-everything-climate-infrastructure-labor/

#electricians #infrastructure #labor #ElectrifyEverything #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #climate