Traveling skilled tradesmen
While many workers on the RV road do not need to support themselves, some do. If you have a skilled trade, you can combine RV travel and work and make a good living.
I saw an ad in The Employment Guide, a free employment newsletter, while in Tucson for a company that provides contractors with skilled tradespeople. They have a division for traveling skilled tradespeople that provides a variety of contractors with the tradespeople they need to handle plant shutdowns, turn-arounds and outages or complete new commercial construction or industrial projects. They hire tradespeople in the following areas:
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I saw an ad in The Employment Guide, a free employment newsletter, while in Tucson for a company that provides contractors with skilled tradespeople. They have a division for traveling skilled tradespeople that provides a variety of contractors with the tradespeople they need to handle plant shutdowns, turn-arounds and outages or complete new commercial construction or industrial projects. They hire tradespeople in the following areas:
- Electricians
- Welders
- Pipefitters
- Carpenters
- Millwights
- Scaffold Builders
- Boilermakers
- Painters
- Blasters
- Plumbers
The company provides a number of benefits. As a traveling tradesperson, you may be able to deduct your travel. You can learn more at the CLP Traveling Tradespeople Web site.
The lesson here is many opportunities for the worker on the RV road abound - if you keep your eyes open and are open to less tradtional RV jobs. Jaimie
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posted by Jaimie Hall at
7:37 AM
2 Comments:
As a licensed electrician, who is working on the road - Thank you for bringing this up. I am awaitiing delivery of my first RV and will be full-timing while working a J-O-B! Another good source for thesetype positions is: industrialtradesman.com
Most full-timers seem to be retired; when I can, I will - until then I work full-time and RV!
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Anonymous, at February 25, 2008 3:50 PM
Good for you! Too many dream of traveling after they retire and they either don't make it or have little time before health problems interfere. My late husband and i began full-time RVing and working at 47. He passed away at age 59. We had 12 years of travel. Had we waited, it never would have happened.
Thanks for sharing that resource. Happy travels! Jaimie Hall-Bruzenak
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Jaimie Hall, at February 25, 2008 6:18 PM
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