| If you were going to become a professional, such | | | | paralegal profession. They work with attorneys, |
| as an attorney, or physician, then college would be | | | | like assistants. Training for this is very specialized, |
| the right choice. It would even be the right choice | | | | and usually requires attending a two or three year |
| if you did not really know what you wanted to | | | | program. |
| do. At the very least you would learn enough | | | | Becoming a licensed electrician is a little more |
| through a general studies program to be able to | | | | complicated. It requires formal education in an |
| obtain a good job when you were done. Along | | | | electrical program, and then also an apprenticeship |
| the way you just might find something that will | | | | after that. That means that you would have to |
| peak your interest. | | | | work with another more experienced electrician |
| Other professions actually require mainly on the | | | | first before being able to work on your own. |
| job training. Lines of work such as construction, | | | | People that work with refrigerant are very similar. |
| do require an amazing amount of skill, yet do not | | | | Some of them attend heating and air conditioning |
| require a college degree. Instead, this is something | | | | schools in order to master the necessary skills to |
| that many in the field get into when they are | | | | work in the field. Others are hired in at entry level |
| young and learn as they go. | | | | in some companies and learn on the job. It is just |
| There are some paraprofessional programs out | | | | one of the many fields that requires some |
| there that train people to work with other | | | | education beyond high school. |
| professionals, like aids. And example of this is the | | | | |