For anyone looking to gain a great trade and make a good living, here is an opportunity with Metro, WMATA to get paid to learn a trade. For some time they have been actively recruiting people with basic mechanical aptitude combined with some technical abilities to participate in a paid 4 year apprentice program. They pay you $25 an hour and train you to become licensed as an elevator/escalator mechanic. This is a good field to get into to which pays very well (70-100K).
Here is the link for the latest round of hiring:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/jobs/...entID=&xfeed=1&wpmk=MK0000005&GCID=C17812x034
Here is the link for the latest round of hiring:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/jobs/...entID=&xfeed=1&wpmk=MK0000005&GCID=C17812x034