Unsure in life.

cork2

Hi there, I'm a 24 year old qualified carpenter and my problem is that I'm in need of change. I am working for a family business and having been working every single day throughout the recession for which I am very grateful. I hate to complain because so many would love to be my position but I'm so sick of working for family, there is no escaping it. I've been to Australia and it wasn't my kind of place at all, also I'm a home bird. I love Cork and have no desire to leave but as I see it I only have 2 solutions either apply for a Canadian visa next year and escape it for 12 months, which isn't very easy to get or go out on my own as a self employed carpenter here which again is very risky. I have a lot of good contacts having been in the trade since I was 16 and even before that growing up with it but there are a lot of people out there fighting for work once the winter comes work could be fairly scarce. So basically I'm just hoping for a few opinions. Thanks.

Queen-Mise

How about something completely different?

Do you have any money saved and can go travelling? Backpacking for 3 or 6 months?

How about keep doing carpentry, but looking at getting into the teaching of the class aspects of the training & doing part/full time work in an institution?

Or how doing the Niall ????? building houses thingy in South Africa next (this) year?

Or more general charity work abroad?

Night-classes, hobbies, taking up something new in your evenings and weekends might make the day job easier to cope with.

These are all just ideas. None of them might suit you at all.

Is going to Canada for work or to get away from Ireland for a year?

cork2

Thanks for your reply. Tbh I don't have the money for backpacking and I'm not really interested in teaching as I actually like what I do, it's more the environment I'm doing it in that's getting to me. Building houses in Africa is a something I will look into though as a kind of a life experience, I like that idea! I'm considering occupational first aid and a building energy raters course for September. The Canada for a year idea wouldn't be to escape Ireland it would be to escape the family!

AnonMouse

Check out helpx.net - it is a website where people offer work in exchange for bed and board. There is always carpentry/construction work jobs appearing on it, and it is a great way of making travelling a lot cheaper.

Best of luck

cork2

Very interesting site with lot's of possibilities

irishguy1983

cork2 wrote: »

Thanks for your reply. Tbh I don't have the money for backpacking and I'm not really interested in teaching as I actually like what I do, it's more the environment I'm doing it in that's getting to me. Building houses in Africa is a something I will look into though as a kind of a life experience, I like that idea! I'm considering occupational first aid and a building energy raters course for September. The Canada for a year idea wouldn't be to escape Ireland it would be to escape the family!

Spent a year in Canada and I don't know jack sh*t about carpentry - I do know that Irish carpenters are far more skilled than the Canadian lads and held in high esteem - I worked on a few sites just moving crap basically before I could move back into warm office and from chatting to Canadian folk the Irish carpenters are far superior.

I was in Vancouver for a year.

You could probably make a fortune in Alberta.