[quote=FlyerInHi]I was recently advising a Central American asylee to become a truck driver, a plumber or electrician. Maybe truck driver is a bad idea unless he has the inclination to retrain later to become a virtual truck driver.
He should become a union plumber or electrician, or maybe a cop or fireman.[/quote]
Fireman(muni, not forest service) – good benefits, good wage, less than 1 fire a day to go to, very rarely get shot at. There are brief periods of crazy work (ie Witch Creek Fire) but all in all – not very busy.
The minus, you need to be (must be) physically fit (which is not necessarily a bad thing).
Plumbers and Electricians used to be good options, but with reduction in manufacturing within the U.S. and using cheap labor in housing construction — not so good anymore.
