Is basic DIY skills enough to get you a job in facilities maintenance?I am currently a degenerate NEET, but I do enjoy working with my hands but I have absolutely zero education past high school or any job experience. Not sure how competitive the market is for this field, should I try to do a two year community college degree/cert first in some relevant discipline?
>>2993096No. Skills do not get you jobs unless a company is desperate. Connections get you jobs. You need to know someone that works to get a job.
>>2993099>You need to know someone that works to get a jobBeing a NEET doesn't really help build connections.
>>2993096go to school for HVACmake 6 digits
>>2993096Can you glue PVC pipe together and neglect the primer? Then yes, you can work in facilities maintenace.
>>2993096go do an engineering school, its like six months in the east coast and you can get very well paying jobs, just need connections.
>>2993096Buddy I got a job as maintenance at a hotel, and I can tell you the other people who worked there were fucking retarded and had zero skills at all. You can do it.
>>2993096Community Colleges got a rep for lying to students about value of programs they offer, plus look up "course articulation". Not saying its not better than nuthin', but VERIFY with 3rd parties that matter, and FORMER STUDENTS.>>2993099I tell everyone to consider first becoming Security Guard, for a couple few reasons. With own car you will likely be a "floater" and cover shifts, and see inside 1/2 dozen diff businesses a month, and since Security only answers to top management, and The Boss is often first to arrive and last to leave, you might get connection.Security would also be a way to start getting into "facilities maintenance". Start by picking up odd trash during patrols (let boss or someone see you do it in such a way "looks much better") and make a good written report of any issues like janky door locks, leaking gutters, etc.98% of hiring is "do they personally like you". Don't worry about those they don't, just be ready for the one that does.At least doing Security will give you SOME exp in different types of operations, just from seeing beyond the receptionist's desk, and SOME is a lot better than none.Plus most Security is just hanging out and you can be a NEET but paid.9/10 Security will sit on ass shit posting in office at night or sitting on company car and make same money as Janitor who has to clean toilets all night.
>>2993195>go do an engineering school, its like six months in the east coastYou mean technical school?
>>2993096Apply to be a maintenance man for a section 8 complex. You WILL get hired if you have even half a brain cell (probably optional), and it will help you gain experience fast with how run down those places are.
>>2993309>section 8 complex>You WILL get hiredI wonder if there might just be some reason for why no one wants those jobs and how it's so easy for someone to get hired at them...
>>2993309this. My interview was assembling a doorknob, assembling a sink drain and wiring a lightswitch. Ironically one of my coworkers couldnt do any of those correctly but he got hired because his brother already worked there. So yes, you can get hired with basic skills but you always have a better chance based on who you know
>>2993432>>2993133I managed to get a job like this.Written test was stuff I shouldn’t know except I’m an autist, like “what is a VFD?” and “What is cavitation?”Bench test was using calipers, a torque wrench, testing fuses with a meter, gluing some PVC, and wiring up a 120V motor (can you see colors and follow directions?).
>>2993309>section 8 complexI live in the south, every complex is a section 8 complex.
