If someone were to ask you, “Who holds more lives in their hands — a doctor or a plumber?” who would you pick? It’s possible the correct answer is the plumber.
Besides fixing annoying drips, skilled plumbers are responsible for providing the clean water we drink. Throughout the past century, human health has taken a dramatic leap forward, thanks in part to plumbers and sanitary engineers who built the infrastructure protecting our drinking water from contamination. So, if plumbers are essential to society, why aren’t millennials interested in the trades?