Taking a pass on college? California apprenticeships offer another path

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Taking a pass on college? California apprenticeships offer another path
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What should I do if college isn’t for me? We tackle that question in this installment of our ‘Ask CJN’ column.

A Pacific Gas & Electric lineman works to repair a power line in fire-ravaged Paradise in 2018. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP PhotoWhat should I do if college isn’t for me? We tackle that question in this installment of our ‘Ask CJN’ column, in which student journalists answer readers’ questions about California higher education. One option for those eschewing college: apprenticeships, which often offer a living wage and a guaranteed job upon completion.

One path California’s high school graduates can consider is an apprenticeship. Registered apprenticeships provide options for Californians to get paid while learning a trade — like carpentry or plumbing — from skilled industry professionals, and usually get a job afterward.

“A lot of these union jobs, you can be making $150,000 a year pretty quickly if you work your way through,” Henderson said. “So within six to eight years, you can be making six figures a year — you make good money.”

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