plumber: apprentice for 2-3 yrs. and take the test to get your license, another 5-6 probably to get masters license. work commercial plumbing to get the best pay/experience

electrician: apprentice 3-4 yrs. and test for license, another 8-10 for masters, dangerous job and you can get killed, better be serious about this one. great pay and not that hard on commercial work, usually work in teams. pulling wire and installing rough in is hard work, fixtures and such are gravy work.

trade school for plumber or electrician, maybe, if he is not college material he may not do well there.

those 2 trades will never be out of work, there is always repair and new install going on with commercial and residential both, if you can do commercial you have residential whipped.

hvac, yeah, maybe, can pay well or be a total chit job. way too much competition unless you find a niche that no one else is in (probably a good reason for it).

auto tech, pays well, work will always be there and learning about electric vehicles would be a huge plus right now. have to work at a dealer to get the steady pay benefits I imagine but most I have seen lately have extremely clean shop areas.

diesel tech, huge demand in trucking businesses, only work for a major carrier though or risk being screwed bad by the smaller ones. trade school to learn that one and get a certificate and probably job placement.

he needs to figure out what he likes to do and then just do it, offer a list or just ask him but don't try to make up his mind as to what it should be or he probably won't stick it out long enough to make the big bucks. I did pretty well as a carpenter but no way would I recommend that one these days.

He always wanted to be a soldier and that would be perfect for him right now, but he has a mild heart condition that disqualifies him.

Gigolo. That's my next adventure...

Sprinkler systems and pool builder

Tired of paying them.......

Do you think his condition disqualify him for becoming a policeman? If he was interested in the military, he might like that one.

Buy a lawnmower or two, a good weed eater and get to work tomorrow. Run a few ads, make some business cards and take it as far as he wants too. Instant success and cash flow, low overhead.

Buy a lawnmower or two, a good weed eater and get to work tomorrow. Run a few ads, make some business cards and take it as far as he wants too. Instant success and cash flow, low overhead.

He could call IEC that stands for Independent electrical contractors they are a school out of Irving they will help him get placed the contractor that he goes to work for will pay for his school with IEC and in four years he can be a journeyman making twenty-five bucks an hour give or take with the market does between now and then top end on those guys right now is mid thirties.
I did it for a long time is good work but you better like to work and I mean a lot the commercial industry in Dallas runs 60 hours a week on the low-end high-end 80s I've worked plenty of 100-hour weeks there's decent money in it but once you become a family man gets old. little while you get all those certifications and that experience under your belt you can kind of bounce around and get other jobs making a little bit less money with a lot less stress so it's not a bad trade
plumbers make more than electricians even though electricians don't like to admit that. HVAC guys make about the same as electricians I believe.