IMinute, I think the trades are having trouble, because employers don't want to spend the money on apprintices. I worked as a maintenance supervisor, for the largest hardwood manufacturer in North america. Around 2008 when things got tight, I had to rif all apprentices. Three years later with retiring millwrights and electricians there is no one to fill the jobs. Just now they have come around and started the apprenticeships again. Now they are having trouble finding instructors and out trainers.
