On Sept. 20, Celebrate Tradesmen and All They Do
Imagine if your HVAC went out on the hottest day of the year and no one was trained to fix it.
Or your plumbing sprung a leak, and you had to live with the drip.
If it weren’t for the skilled tradesmen and women who service our heating and air conditioning units, our pipes or the electricity we rely on in the modern era, we’d be living like the Flintstones.
That’s why we celebrate National Tradesman Day on the third Friday in September. It’s a time when we reflect on just how critical it is that we have people to build our homes, repair our cars, fix our air conditioning, and maintain our water systems and power grids.
In fact, if it weren’t for these skilled workers, the United States would not have progressed.
Famous Tradesmen
Many people who went on to become famous in other roles actually got their start as tradesmen.
For example, President George Washington was a journeyman surveyor before becoming a military tactician and founding father. After his father died when Washington was only 11 years old, he took up surveying and ended up helping master surveyors George William Fairfax and James Genn survey land across the Blue Ridge Mountains when he was only 16.
Other famous tradesmen include:
- Henry Ford: Ford got his start as an apprentice machinist in Detroit. This prepared him in his quest to invent the mass-produced automobile.
- Elvis Presley: Presley was an apprentice electrician at his day job, and music was his hobby before his soulful crooning got the attention of Sun Records founder Sam Phillips.
- Harrison Ford: Before he was fighting the Galactic Empire or hunting for the Lost Ark, Ford was a carpenter by trade.
- Sean Connery: The first James Bond was a bricklayer.
- Matt LeBlanc: Imagine if Joey Tribbiani was a carpenter in “Friends” instead of an actor. That’s what LeBlanc was before becoming an actor in real life.
Importance in Today’s World
When we think of the early years of the United States, we often think of the tradesmen who built this country. From blacksmiths to carpenters to textile workers, the United States was built by tradesmen and women.
But their contribution is still important today.
For many years, educators and parents placed a higher value on college degrees, which made many young people overlook the skilled trades as a career.
Now, we have a shortage of these individuals. But many skilled tradesmen earn a good living and are paid at rates at or above those who have earned a college degree.
And, with new technologies in home comfort systems, manufacturing and automobile care, the sky is the limit for the latest crop of tradesmen.
At C & C Heating & Air Conditioning, we love our skilled HVAC technicians. Our heating and cooling experts keep Detroit warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
So, let’s celebrate the trades and the people who make careers in them. And, if one of our tradesmen can help you with your HVAC system, give us a call at (586) 439-3319 or contact us online.
