Make $30 an Hour Without a Four-Year Degree

Tell him to look specifically for apprenticeship programs. They can be found in almost every skilled technical job, and if he can get it, it's on the job training. Get paid to learn.

thanks - i will do that

Not elevator repair/installer. But that is highly technical and somewhat dangerous job. I've worked around those guys before. The technical proficiency level is high for that job.

But yeah, most of them do require some college, just not a 4 year degree.

College is needed for many jobs nowadays, for right or wrong. I'm taking college right now in order to switch positions in my company; but in the job I was was doing, I rose up pretty far for someone without a sheepskin on their wall. But there is a misconception in business right now about college degrees, for in some jobs it is needed. For others, it should be optional since no matter how much schooling you had, you still may not be able to do the job. Someone told me (or I read it somewhere, I can't remember) is that 10% of your job you learn in school and the other 90% comes from hands on.

Apprenticeships are the purview of Unions. Try to get into one without having a relative sponsor you.

Apprenticeship programs are the way to go, and some of those jobs are the best pay as well. Places to check out, local utility companies, power, phone, cable, natural gas divisions. Some of these jobs pay top wages, without a degree.

And, persistence pays. Sometimes in some of these professions (like plumbing) you have to be "invited in/or nominated in". So it pays to hob nob.....