The Brick is right. Apprenticeships are not easy to get into unless you are 19 or under due to funding restrictions and the higher minimum wage paid to over 20’s. The reality is most employers won’t touch an older apprentice when they can get a cheap young boy to abuse! Which many relish with fervent enthusiasm, it’s almost a sport in the industry as is job protection! Getting in if you don’t know anybody and are a green grass trainee is tough as there’s no shortage of out-of-work young lads/labourers prepared to work for next to nothing.
Plumbing is best for fast money if you want to work locally/domestic as boilers are always breaking down.
Electrician is the best trade but only on the commercial/industrial side if employed and you will be chasing contracts up and down the country like a yoyo. Domestic generally only pays well self employed, as most pisspot companies unsurprisingly don’t pay the going rate to their PAYE employees.
Had a mate who worked (I think he paid them for the privilege) for BSM, used and abused is an understatement. He jacked it in to work for minimum wage in a supermarket, so he wasn’t working all hours for peanuts, just set shifts for peanuts!