Your forgetting the training the tradesman have to do.
I know my apprenticeship was specialist engineering in aircraft but it was a 5 year apprenticeship followed years studying to become licensed then to get approval ratings on aircraft types. Far more qualified than many that trot off to...
My latest creation. I made it for a member of my son-in-law's family.
This afternoon though I have a permanently damaged shoulder I cut down four trees. They even fell in the right direction which makes a huge change for me.
Years ago the CAA used to send out a monthly magazine to licensed engineers called Human Factors. The idea was it highlighted aircraft incidents worldwide that could be explained as human error. Also they would inform of trends, they wanted to clamp down on unsuitable entries into the captain...
Oh did I mention cooking haha. I paid out good money for chefs over the years but love cooking and baking so I used them to teach me. I'm used to cooking for large amounts of people as well. My late wife, bless her, was ok doing basic stuff like take out of wrapper put in oven but I did all the...
Yes it's odd but I suppose firstly it's your exposure to practical things, my dad was a mechanic, panel beater, paint sprayer.
I was an Aircraft Engineer, ran my own pubs and then owned small holdings. Part owned an Antiques shop then went right back to engineering as a beer installation...