The Michael Berry Show

So here is the article more young workers are going into trades as disenchantment with the college track continues

Long beset by a labor crunch, the skilled trades are newly appealing to the youngest cohort of American workers,

many of whom are choosing to leave the college path.

Rising pay and new technologies in fields from welding to machine tooling are giving trade professions a facelift,

helping them shed the image of being dirty low-end work.

Growing skepticism about the return on a college education,

the cost of which has soared in recent decades is adding to their shine.

Enrollment in vocational programs is surging as overall enrollment in community colleges and four-year institutions has fallen.

The number of students enrolled in vocational-focused community colleges rose 16% last year to its highest level since the National Student Clearing House

began tracking such data back in 2018. The ranks of student study studying construction trades rose 23% during that time, while those in programs covering H-back,

H-back and vehicle maintenance and repair increased 7%. It's a really smart route for kids

who want to find something in aren't gung-ho on going to college.

Tanner Burgess, 20, who graduated from an

nine-month welding program last fall, said.

Though he had originally figured he'd go to college,

the route began to feel less appealing during the pandemic when he watched his parents, both tech workers,

gaze at their computers all day and realized he didn't like the idea of spending his life seated

before a screen.

After reading up on the skilled trades, he settled on welding.

I thought it was cool because it had a lot of fire, he said.

He's now helping install pipes for a new hospital in San Diego. A secure job track

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