An ADHD Handyman

 So many times, homeowners and even businesses will hire a handyman with the expectation of getting a person to do plumbing or electrical work done less expensively than a licensed plumber or electrician.  This is absolutely incorrect in multiple ways. The most important reason is that most handyman operators are not licensed plumbers or electricians. The vast majority are not. The occasional odd one out there might actually have such a license.   But for the most part, no. The reason that is important is because most cities,  towns, even counties and states have laws and ordinances that limit what work in those areas that can be done without a license.   Those tasks are specifically and legally referred to as "minor" and there are major problems for ignoring them. When someone hires a professional handyman to do any of those tasks that normally require a licensed tradesperson,  they are asking us to break laws. Just so they can save money. Ethics...

 Is a professional handyman a trade?  There are those who might say no.  There are those who will say yes.  But, why say no? The biggest issue, in my thinking, is the vague definition of what a professional handyman is.  Where do they fit in in the spectrum of skilled trades? For anyone who thinks that it isn't a skilled trade, I think they are confusing an amateur to a professional.   What is sometimes referred to as a "Chuck in a Truck".  This is the person who has learned how to do a few things and is basically looking to make a buck with no risk as a professional.  So then, what is a "Professional" handyman?   What separates the two? The big three definers of a professional,  in anything really, are; training, ethics, and "professionalism." Training.  This is a combination of education and guided experience.    This is not just being self taught.   While being self taught in anything isn't necessari...

 In the construction trades and related fields, people have been complaining about the quality and capabilities of apprentices since the very beginning.  Every generation of people at journeyman and equivalent or higher experience levels complains about the lack of willingness, attention, and capabilities of new apprentices. In fact, being an apprentice isn't easy.  It takes a special young person to find the drive, endurance,  and aptitude to stick with it.  Definitely not for everyone.  On the other other hand, not every journeyman is meant to be a trainer.  More than half completely suck at it because they don't want to do it.  Many lack the confidence and natural ability to teach and work at the same time.  Many are resentful at being forced to train an apprentice, and take it out on the apprentice the entire time.  A recipe for failure if there ever was one. More importantly,  being a high quality and successful trainer require...