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Janie Grace
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What do you mean by broadcaster?

A broadcaster s sometimes called a streamer although a broadcaster is technically more professional and does more. It is someone who plays games online in real time. People pay to play with them online. A broadcaster has to be good at the game, able to emcee and commentary while playing, and keep up with all the comments by all the viewers happening at once. Start up costs run about $1000, but, can quickly build if one wants to gain more viewers. And there is the lag time between starting and building viewers. But, if one starts as a teen, it is fairly doable to be making a good living within a few years.

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This is depressing. There isn't a single job on that list that my Aspie ds21 could or would do.

I don’t put too much stock in those lists. Much of the information is incomplete and some is just plain inaccurate. The last one on the military struck me as absurd in a lot of ways. Don’t let these two lists get you down!

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My ds21 is currently in counseling for career help. He's been taking quizzes on values and interests. I don't know how much longer this will take but he's determined to find a career that doesn't require college, isn't physical labor, and has night shifts. We'll see what they find.

 

In other words, it might be worth the money to find a career counselor. 

If he's interested in medicine, isn't averse to a short training program, there are a lot of tech positions that would fit his criteria, like phlebotomy or medical assistant. 

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My dh makes crowns and bridges and doesn’t have a degree. He learned on the job and then after 5 years he took the certification exams based on experience. So if you have a dental laboratory near by that maybe an option. Dh was trained by his cousin that own the lab dh is employed at.

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This is exactly what I was thinking.

 

He will have to take a class to get his license and do CE. Another option might be home inspections but that isnt very people oriented.

 

Yes, but I'd think maybe one class, specific to the job, might be more "doable" than a degree. And if he's good with people he'd probably enjoy it, and be good at it! Depending on the area and motivation there are some good jobs doing it. 

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Ds just says he wants a career "with people" because he likes talking with people. He's extremely emotionally intelligent and caring. Connects with children phenomenally well. He's about a C student. Not great with his hands (he has dysgraphia and fine motor skills aren't his strong suit). Interested in science and sports.

Has he done any volunteer work with Children’s Museum or State/Federal Parks? Here they have many outreach programs and the volunteers would be engage in science related activities with school groups as well as other kids. The volunteers also helped out with hikes for children with two or three park rangers around. Might be a way to see if he would be interested in a park ranger position that is assigned to the outreach department.

 

My kids participated in a “teach people how to fish†program by a federal refuge and there were a few docents (volunteers) who are really great with teaching young kids to fish. My kids enjoyed the experience even though they aren’t keen to fish. One of the park rangers involved is a lady my age and she enjoys her job. Relaxing enough, decent pay and she doesn’t mind working weekends now and then.

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Ds just says he wants a career "with people" because he likes talking with people. He's extremely emotionally intelligent and caring. Connects with children phenomenally well. He's about a C student. Not great with his hands (he has dysgraphia and fine motor skills aren't his strong suit). Interested in science and sports. 

 

Add dyslexia and that's my son.  He is going to be a taekwondo instructor.  He already works almost 30 hours a week doing it at 16 and is paid very well for what he does.  He loves it.  It takes training (obviously) before getting to the point where he is, but my son never did martial arts until age 12, so starting "late" isn't a problem.

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Has he done any volunteer work with Children’s Museum or State/Federal Parks? Here they have many outreach programs and the volunteers would be engage in science related activities with school groups as well as other kids. The volunteers also helped out with hikes for children with two or three park rangers around. Might be a way to see if he would be interested in a park ranger position that is assigned to the outreach department.

 

My kids participated in a “teach people how to fish†program by a federal refuge and there were a few docents (volunteers) who are really great with teaching young kids to fish. My kids enjoyed the experience even though they aren’t keen to fish. One of the park rangers involved is a lady my age and she enjoys her job. Relaxing enough, decent pay and she doesn’t mind working weekends now and then.

 

I don't know how much it varies by states, but our park ranger positions are competitive and expect (not necessarily require) 15 credits in environmental science and police academy training.

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Even though this would require college, has he thought of work as a Child Life Specialist? They do some amazing things at children's hospitals - the emotional intelligence would be a great asset. He would be explaining medical procedures to children, accompanying them as they undergo procedures and providing distracting activities. There are a few different majors that can lead to this - child life being one of them, child development being another.

This is going to start requiring a master’s degree in the near future (2019?)

 

 

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I was thinking of food services. I found a position that handles storage and checks in shipments as they arrive and other such paperwork as that. I didn't talk to him about it yet though.

 

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I realized that transporters worked with patients. I meant good idea to think of looking at available jobs in a hospital. That's one area we never even considered.

 

I also looked at their security which is something he's expressed an interest in and he would need hospital experience or other emergency type experience but they'll also accept one year of college in lieu of that. We would need to know exactly how many college credits that is, 24 or 30. He only has 12 so far.

Factories and UPS also usually have overnight shifts.

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What about an assistant for special needs children in the public schools? Here it requires minimal education. An lpn or care aid would be another thought. Does he have mechanical aptitude?

 

That's the same thing as the "para" that people suggested above.  In the U.S., in a school that receives Title 1 funding, which i the majority of U.S. schools, a para needs either 2 years of college, or to pass a specific assessment.  The assessment is actually quite challenging.  It's the same assessment regardless of what kind of students you're supporting.  When I used to supervise paras, I spent many hours helping people whose job is working with 3 year olds, learn about concepts like gerund phrases, and factoring polynomials.  

 

Despite the fact that it's a position that requires a fair amount of education, and a fair amount of skills, paras are incredibly underpaid in our country.  To give you a sense, in the high COL area where I work, a nanny might make $15-$20 an hour to care for 1 child without special needs.  In contrast, a para who might work with 1 very high needs child, or might work with a class full of children, makes about $10 an hour.

 

I have enormous respect for paras and the work they do.  I'll always be grateful for some of the amazing paras I've worked with.  But there's no way I'd suggest the job to anyone who needed an income.  

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Bill collector? It sounds like he'd be good at it. No degree usually required and great opportunity for advancement. Anecdotally, my friend started collecting at $9/hr and now makes $75k/year with 20 yrs experience. My friend is successful partly because she is kind and polite.

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That's the same thing as the "para" that people suggested above.  In the U.S., in a school that receives Title 1 funding, which i the majority of U.S. schools, a para needs either 2 years of college, or to pass a specific assessment.  The assessment is actually quite challenging.  It's the same assessment regardless of what kind of students you're supporting.  When I used to supervise paras, I spent many hours helping people whose job is working with 3 year olds, learn about concepts like gerund phrases, and factoring polynomials.  

 

Despite the fact that it's a position that requires a fair amount of education, and a fair amount of skills, paras are incredibly underpaid in our country.  To give you a sense, in the high COL area where I work, a nanny might make $15-$20 an hour to care for 1 child without special needs.  In contrast, a para who might work with 1 very high needs child, or might work with a class full of children, makes about $10 an hour.

 

I have enormous respect for paras and the work they do.  I'll always be grateful for some of the amazing paras I've worked with.  But there's no way I'd suggest the job to anyone who needed an income.  

Interesting. I didn't know that there was a name difference. I thought that the people up thread were talking about paramedics. I think that it pays better up here in Canada but I'm not sure about that.

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Paras make minimum wage or only slightly more than that in our area.

 

Paras start at around $13,000 per school year here, but they have health insurance. Many that I know are working second jobs in evenings and weekends if it's their only source of income. 

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