maintenance crises
kcollins | August 22, 2011What is your impression of these jobs?
--Mechanic
--Welder
--Electrician
--Air Conditioning Technician
Despite the consummate skill and training that these and similar maintenance professions require today, they often still bear the unfortunate stigma in the public's eye of being menial "grease monkey" jobs -- occupations that (unlike many white collar four-year college professions) require workers to fix things and get their hands dirty.
Therein lies both the challenge and mission of Joel Leonard, a Skill TV producer and host and self-proclaimed maintenance evangelist, as he warns America of…