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velma@sh.itjust.works 1 hour agoI agree with you overall - the paper is important and it holds a lot of weight.
There’s also a lot of hiring in smaller companies that overlooks certificates. On the job experience is weighted pretty heavily as well in the trades. If you can’t handle it, you’ll get fired eventually, but companies are happy to employ mediocre trade workers without certs.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Unfortunately not every trade is “regulated” the same either. Technically you can work my trade without a ticket, carpentry. But getting the ticket shows initiative as well as a bunch of other stuff to prospective employers or clients.
Theres also parents pushing their kids through their companies, but the schooling is also still a hurdle to get through. Got to pass the school work and the shop work and final test each year.
Fourth year school you had to make a desk in 32 hours. Every hour over that to 40 costs you points. It’s interesting because it forces you to decide if it’s worth time fixing something for the extra points for a few lost to time. So there’s lots of little hidden information in that trade ticket.
velma@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
I’ve worked in various blue collar/trade jobs and this is true almost all the way across the board. You can get hired on experience, but the certs make you invaluable.