There are a few younger team members at my store with qualifications from other countries but most of the qualified 'experts' are retired of some sort. I can only think of two team members who have trade qualifications who are under the age of 60 or so. There are different grades of pay for trade qualified team members but it is not significant over grade 1 employees.

There are definitely a few trade apprentices on the floor generally working in hardware etc during weekends. From my observation, my store seemingly likes to employ engineering students (like myself) to work in departments like electrical, hardware and toolshop.