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Stephen,
I started laboring on my uncles rough crew when I was 15. I think it was a good age to learn about how to work, and consider your career path of the future.I have no regrets about starting to late or early,and I learned a ton just observing all the trades.
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Stephen,
I started laboring on my uncles rough crew when I was 15. I think it was a good age to learn about how to work, and consider your career path of the future.I have no regrets about starting to late or early,and I learned a ton just observing all the trades.
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Wait till they get to be about 17 and start acting up and want to drop out of school. Then get 'em a job with the local low-end framers/ sub-developement or else a hvac crew with a penchant for tunneling in crawlspaces-- it'll give them that magnum cum laude spirit all the way through undergrad.
*How about a least 25 years of age after they graduated college and have had several years of work expierience. That way they know that they made the right career choice.
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I am just wondering how old your kids were when you first started getting some "real" work out of them on the job.(I am NOT talking about DIY stuff here). I read an article this week about a crew that has a good sized OSHA fine now because a crew members 13 year old realative(son or nephew) was injured on the job.He was stapling insulation on a wall section that was laying flat on the deck before stand-up,stepped through a window opening that happened to line up with a open stair well and fell into the basement.
So the question remains how soon do you start teaching the trade to your sons ON SITE?
Good Luck,Stephen
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I just worked with a crew from BC that had a 15 yr. old on the crew (the logcrafters son) that had quit school 2 years ago and was just one of the boys. It was pretty sad actually as I got the sense when I talked to the kid some that he wanted more out of life but was accepting his lot as his only choice.
My son worked with me last summer when he was 15 and after some hard work and time on the road he actually did better in school last year and is orienting himself towards College. This summer he is working again and is really a good worker and I pay him well ($140/day). I feel that at this age a lesson in hard work will benefit young people if they are brought along somewhat gently and not made out to be the lowest man on the totem pole.
However I do not let him do any of the dangerous aspects of our trade and will let him make the moves for his future on his own with our support.
Let's face it, it is an expensive world we live in and is it better to just give your kids everything they want or let them make some money to be able to budget their own expenses which will benefit them throughout their entire life.