THANK YOU ssbn727 for your comments, I was to upset about this question to answer it as mild mannered as you did, let just add a few more comments to help this person see the light ,,,,,,,,,, I served my welding apprinticeship back in 1973, ( 4 full years ), I taught Adjunct for 15 years at Indiana Vocational Tecnical College ( South Bend Campus ) and never stopped studying ever since, ( degreed in Metallurgy )........... it is apparant that education is being confused with learning a trade ,,,,,,,, education is what makes learning a trade easier and hopefully faster than with out. We all learn at different speeds and in different manors. An education takes place in a learning institution, a trade takes place ON THE JOB, you don't learn a trade in school, that's the big misunderstanding. SKILL TAKES TIME, some more than others, you can't teach the skill portion of skilled-trades. I've told hundreds of my students "I'll teach you ABOUT welding and show you how, what you do with that information is up to you". The biggest problem I see is very few companies know any thing about welding so howw can they promote the skilled trade of welding and I'm sad to say, at these state run trade schools, the level of the welding professional that call himself " welding instructor " is rapidly declining, they are getting younger and younger. Us old farts are on the out side looking in, we can't even donate our time, I believe it's because someone might feel " uncomfortable". I was very fortunate, I ( for the most part ) had great instructors..... it's a shame these schools don't value SKILL and EXPERIENCE ....
Bravo, Henry. It was a "different" question. I never really thought of that model of tuition reimbursment. But it would be a cluster **** from everybody's perspective. With wages dropping like flies, at least in the Kansas City area, and the price of everything on the rise, it would be a nightmare from every party involved. I've seen some welding schools charge $10K or more for a welding diploma.
Lets see, a guy starting off making $12/hr. That's $480/week gross. At 1% payback, for example, that would be $249 a year. If you had 30 graduates every year that would be $7470 reimbursed to the school the first year after graduation. Damn, that wouldn't even pay instructor salary, let alone any power bills, consumbles, etc. Not too mention all the paperwork and monitoring of former student incomes.
Its would be a ridiculous endevour.
Thanks for bursting the bubble.