Q&A: Does anybody know about careers in construction? Is it a competitve job market?
- September 19th, 2010
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Question by Peter R: Does anybody know about careers in construction? Is it a competitve job market?
I will have a 2 year degree by the beginning of summer
Is there a lot of competition to get hired?
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Answer by 4thtennenbaum
Right now, yes.
Builders arent building, since people aren’t buying.
They also have homes built (provided we are talking about home construction) and have money in materials, so they can’t drop prices and are going bankrupt as a result.
If you look at the news today, housing prices dropped 11% over the past quarter, and that is the first drop in prices during this whole housing mess.
This is the time of year people like to buy, and with ‘recession’ on peoples lips, houses are still not going to move.
Prices will drop again at the beginning of summer, to hopefully stimulate some buying, but I’d imagine most people will have set plans for ’09 by then and it wont do any good.
Fall, when people are going back to school, they may drop again and that is when we might see something pickup or something really, really tank.
If you can intern, do it. Otherwise I think next Spring might be a better window.
If you are just getting out of school, and its the field you want to get in to, screw what I’d said and just accept you might work for peanuts or free. You’re priority now is to eat and learn the trade, so don’t put big $ on your mind.
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In answer to your question My husband and I work in the construction trade and we have never had any trouble finding work. we often work 7 days a week and have multiple jobs going at the same time. We live in N.Vancouver and construction here is above average for the rest of Canada. You would not have too much trouble getting hired BUT even with your degree you would probably start at a low wage and probably as a labourer unless you have actual work experience. The degree is a good idea because it teaches you the building codes, structural requirements, and other building guidelines. Many carpenters know HOW to build a house BUT they don’t know WHY you must use specific sizes of wood etc they also don’t know what the building code specifies . Where I live there are people who call themselves contractors that don’t have a clue what they are doing and get work because the contractors that are qualified are too busy. You can find work easily the hard part is finding a company or contractor that will actually teach you while you work. and teach you the right way to do things. Why don’t you see if you can get a part time job now many construction jobs work saturdays and even sundays. it would give you some experience and give you an idea of what goes on at a construction site. You will need to be familiar with many types of tools, how to use them, maintain them, and repair them… like changing the blade etc. Reading blueprints is an asset but not a requirement. as for competition the person with the most experience and knowledge will be hired first then experienced people then people like yourself. just remember the bigger the company the less likely anyone will take the time to teach you. they can easily replace you