I'm a fitter/Welder, same as my dad. I didn't have the money to go to uni, so it's what I do until I figure out something else. I've been working for 5 years in the industry now. I'm making $27.85hr, might get up to $30 (CAD) this year when I finish my red seal. My dad has made around $30 an hour since the early 2000s. The company he works for has been trying to get him to take a supervisor position for the past ten years. There offer is a $1.20 raise. It's just become draining. My only other options atm are to go work out west, in shitty weather outside for 12 hours a day 7 days a week on whatever rotation is available, or do the same up in the canadian Arctic. I love the work I do, but it's already hard enough on my body at 25, and I'm only working 48 hr weeks(most people in the industry around here are convinced you're not a real welder if you're not sucking up all the overtime you can find) . I don't know how long I can do this for nickle and dime raises each year “to match inflation”. Just a little rant I guess, long shifts make me loopy lol.