In fact,it’s better if you have a Higher National Certificate or a twoyear diploma in construction.And after that there’s always the possibility of going to university to study for a degree in construction engineering.
Bankers in London have been known to give up their careers in the city to retrain as plumbers.A good plumber can charge 40 pounds(400 yuan) an hour or more,while an IT technician makes around 9.50 pounds per hour.
The popularity of manual work has also been boosted by a changed perception of the skilled traders.
Perhaps whitecollar workers in banks,insurance companies,dotcom firms and local government have realized that in times of recession,no job is safe.
Thousands of people are being laid off from what they thought were “jobs for life”.It has dawned on many whitecollar workers that skilled tradesmen are always in demand.
Then there’s the celebrity chef factor:working as a chef now seems a glamorous and rewarding career to many young people in the UK.
This may be called the “Jamie Oliver effect”.
Jamie Oliver,27,began work at a café in London at 16 years of age.Three years later,he gained fame for producing TV cookery programs.Now he is a multimillionaire chef and social campaigner.
When Oliver was invited to 10 Downing Street to prepare a lunch for prime ministers,he proved to people that manual work like cooking is in demand,even from the British government.
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