Here is a clip about the construction trades program in the Pasco, WA School District (my alma mater, class of 1969).  I'm not promoting the public school system, but it is good to see job skills training being provided to young men.  Vocational education is now sometimes called Career and Technical Education (CTE), and is slowly overcoming the misguided stigma that its for people not smart enough for university.
https://www.applevalleynewsnow.com/news/pasco-high-school-students-build-524-000-home-launch-construction-careers/article_32a91b8d-e254-49fd-9eef-0abc9c0fad06.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawKlhJhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFtdWlGTmpHcUU5WjdjUlVCAR46lJ58ZJwS9QEvIZleBEcGwAbV0bTu4kMh6oQ_CybXtw3gKFv_x_nyJ14t8Q_aem_MIrmNhQgOqOV_pdodOjL_Q

Last winter quarter I took a welding class at my local community college for a refresher.  I've not had that training since high school farm shop, and I hadn't picked up a stinger in over twenty-five years.  I wouldn't have known what amperage to set or what rod to use for a particular application.  The young man in the booth next to me was finishing the third year of a five year electricians apprentice program.  Welding wasn't part of being an electricians apprentice, but they are encouraged to broaden their skills set.  He had to pay his tuition and lab fees up front, but if he passes the welding classes his union will reimburse those.  He also said that in 2024 he made over $100,000 (at age 22 or 23), albeit a lot of overtime was involved.

The skilled crafts ... mechanics, welders, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, machinists, masons (as in stone work), etc. ... will always be needed, will always be in demand, the work can't be exported nor done online, and these jobs are typically better paying than occupations in the hospitality, retail, and service sectors.  They are also useful skills to enable one to work their way through university.  It would be great to have buildings designed by architects who had once worked construction, or to have a vehicle designed by an engineer who had once actually worked on cars.