What Is Your Skill/Trade?

[Revolutionary_Student]

I recently enrolled into a trade school where I am learing HVAC or heating, ventilation, and air conditioning/refrigeration. As I mentioned before, in another thread, I gave careful thought and consideration to what type of skills would be needed in nation building. My conclusion was "ALL skills", so I chose one. LOL!

I'm just curious to know what some of you do. What kinda skills do you have or are you taking up a trade?

Do tell...

[Mamazen]

I'm a small scale organic grower during the spring/summer/fall months.

I do consultations and grow organic herbs, fruit and vegetables for people.

I also make jams and jellies.

During the winter I crochet and make soap.

Even though I'm in a rural area I'm not able to have livestock being that I'm within city limits. Otherwise I would also have chickens and goats.

[Revolutionary_Student]

I'm a small scale organic grower during the spring/summer/fall months.

I do consultations and grow organic herbs, fruit and vegetables for people.

I also make jams and jellies.

During the winter I crochet and make soap.

Even though I'm in a rural area I'm not able to have livestock being that I'm within city limits. Otherwise I would also have chickens and goats.

That's great!, I knew you made jellies and jams but I didn't know about the soap! What kinda soap? I may want to buy some. Do you have an online catalog?

[Mamazen]

That's great!, I knew you made jellies and jams but I didn't know about the soap! What kinda soap? I may want to buy some. Do you have an online catalog?

As a matter of fact WombanAuset and I are working on my website (in fact just last week we worked on it!) We're going to have it up as soon as possible, most likely early-late fall after the growing season/harvest winds down, and she settles in her new home state. I should have inventory in and know for sure what I will have for sale.

[CutThaMusic]

My brother got a certificate (1.5 yr program) in heating/cooling this year. Good luck.

I have experience w/ social programs (for kids specifically, and for adults), event planning, etc. Degree in Economics, so statistic/econometrics, and economic/market theory. I intend to combine the two, c/o 2007, so I haven't had the chance. I had the opportunity to go to culinary vocational school, so there's that and the catering and food prep (for banquets, etc).

^^I also crochet, though I forgot how to knit.

[Revolutionary_Student]

My brother got a certificate (1.5 yr program) in heating/cooling this year. Good luck.

A year and a half?! Wow! My course is only 8 months and you get 6 different certificates! Asante for the well wishes, by the way.

I have experience w/ social programs (for kids specifically, and for adults), event planning, etc. Degree in Economics, so statistic/econometrics, and economic/market theory. I intend to combine the two, c/o 2007, so I haven't had the chance. I had the opportunity to go to culinary vocational school, so there's that and the catering and food prep (for banquets, etc).

^^I also crochet, though I forgot how to knit.

Sounds like you have a lot on your plate. Put it all to good use sista!

[Revolutionary_Student]

As a matter of fact WombanAuset and I are working on my website (in fact just last week we worked on it!) We're going to have it up as soon as possible, most likely early-late fall after the growing season/harvest winds down, and she settles in her new home state. I should have inventory in and know for sure what I will have for sale.

WombanAuset... she's cool. I like her a lot. Good sista there. Just make sure you let the comrades here on Assata know when the website is up and running. I will definately check out your soaps.

[DJ RBG]

Im a self employed electrical contractor among a few other things..

[CutThaMusic]

Yep, unfortunately they said they'd find them jobs afterwards. But at the end come to find out not many jobs in the area for it. He made a youthful mistake in not checking the job market first. Great trade, wrong place, I guess. Then again, he may have made another mistake in the follow through, so who knows. He just landed a great job at big company doing something else, and I bet just having that was what made the difference (shows follow through, and technical ability). And your welcome.

I'll try to.

[Im The Truth]

My trade is in analysis, databases, application and web programming, help desk technication and a various of other computer based skills. 95% of my skills are self-taught.

[Jalili]

A lot........Writer I thinking of going all in a really begin freelance writing as much as possible. I do a lot of youth out reach because some people have to talk to these kids these days (what many people always say). Public speaker/teacher I did my first program on (among other things) the "n" word giving a group of teens the history of the word letting them know "what they say". And presently getting a pay check from the library by putting books on shelves and what not.