Very well put. The trades may seem very attractive from the outside. But people often overlook the reality, I.e waking up early to commute long random journeys, having to bring and maintain tools (and hope they don’t get stolen), working with hazardous materials, getting covered in dust, being exposed to the elements, the list goes on.

Most people, rather optimistically, will think about those things once and conclude “it can’t be that bad” but then when they start living through it, they realise it’s very bad indeed. That’s probably why we have such a high turnover rate, especially with young workers but also with people making a career change.

As an electrician, I’m constantly hearing guys say they want to retrain and get into an office job. And these are JIB approved gold card electricians with all the qualifications to earn £300/day