15 Needed Trade Skills For SHTF: Survival Career Change 

@joseph stallings Extra points for the Caddyshack reference. 👍

Labor is always needed

True, unless they go Jeff Bezos and replace u with a robot

@@sambo314 1 month and all robots would be out, current machines require way too much maintenance, specialized people to work on them and a working supply chain to source spare parts, nobody would be using a robot to dig a hole or chop wood

It seems to me that most 'preppers' are preparing for some 'grid down' or 'nuke exchange' event. To my mind, they are looking in the wrong direction and are not seeing what has snuck up behind them. I'm talking about 'agenda 21,' and the covid vaccine. I believe, that if you are a 'prepper,' and you've had the covid vax....then all the prepping you've done is a waste of time.

Cobbler is delicious. That was my takeaway from your comment! 😁

Amazing answer from your grandfather.

That is awesome! You are well set up.

What mountains?

I would generally agree with that statement, however, I'm an electrician by trade..although I continue to learn everyday, I consider myself an expert at that craft...I can weld using every form..not necessarily at expert level, but they won't fail you either..I can food that won't kill you...I think the point he's making is to make urself into a renaissance man..you don't need to achieve expert level at everything even though you may be an expert at some things...a person can be expert at several different fields, and still have knowledge at more.

I am a jack of all trades master of three. Mostly around the plumbing and heating trade are my masters. I dabble in the canning, black smithing, building, electrical, processing meat, firefighter/first responder and I’m dam good with a firearm.

I do agree and I think he is stating master of ONE meaning people need to know a little about everything because most people now a days don't know anything about anything lol Jack of all trades here farm boy/country boy

I am a diesel truck mechanic what else should i invest my time in?

@@Cordo.Z67 everything!!! Spend a few hours learning different things a few hours of knowledge on different stuff is a lot better than 1000 hours of one thing.. I am younger but I have a couple years experience in tree service, painting, construction, landscaping, irrigation, warehouse, delivery driver, flatbed and been farming all my life, running equipment, auto mechanic, junkyard, setting up houses and trailers doing plumbing and electrical, maintenance on 14 rollbacks including motor swaps trans ECT.... And I'm only 24 I was raised and learned from working... I know a LOT about a LOT.. Not everything but more than most twice my age... Just spend time learning different stuff and before u know it u can do just about anything

I must be special.... I don't know anyone who can't walk 20+ miles in a single day

@@SeamusMacMattain you must not live in america

Seamus RBNW you haven’t meet me hehe

Seamus RBNW you need a scout or someone who can climb ich bein euer Mann

Seamus RBNW mapping and setting routes I can do

It seems to me that most 'preppers' are preparing for some 'grid down' or 'nuke exchange' event. To my mind, they are looking in the wrong direction and are not seeing what has snuck up behind them. I'm talking about 'agenda 21,' and the covid vaccine. I believe, that if you are a 'prepper,' and you've had the covid vax....then all the prepping you've done is a waste of time.

My grandpa was a blacksmith, so I am thinking to go through the same steps. Any stove to recommend for SHTF situations?

What if most, almost all people, cannot be trusted?

Excellent skill set! What part of Appalachia are you in?

@@applemarkwantsvids southeastern Kentucky

Dang. Wanna get hitched? 😂

Awesome skills. My brother is an ACE mechanic. He thinks he's "at the bottom of the totem pole". I keep telling him it's not something everyone can do. People are having trouble finding good mechanics these days. He's also a ham radio operator.

Can I join your group?

Argentina? How is it going over there?

@@stijn2472 we could be worse ;-)

@@santiagocresci3539 Glad to hear that. I do hope it will get better.

Trust No one ...

Don't be discouraged... Work with whatever you have, that's the core of prepping... Come up with a good "bug out" plan... Stock up on food, water, guns and ammo... Look into getting a good water filter like LifeStraw or Katadyn makes a military grade portable filter... Carrying gallons water can be heavy or stolen... Hiding a good filter is much easier easier... Have a good four-wheel drive bug out vehicle... In an emergency you may have to go to your local dealer or rent a car place, and "BORROW" one.. If you don't already own one... Amazon sells a boy scout handbook, it teaches you how to light a fire, make a fishing pole, makeshift tents, tie tourniquets, ECT.... Buy a good field knife and/or hatchet.. You don't have to buy a super expensive tactical hatchet for $300... The hammer company East wing, make a excellent hatchet for about $45... Work on your preps a little at a time... Learn as much as you can from these kind of channels...

If you've read some of Selco's stories from Bosnia, he said music was really good for morale.

Every group needs a bard. Don't mind the old fuds.

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Tom M That's what I think when somebody says that I must be a team player, that he is the team leader ad I must play by his rules. Well no thanks.

Yeah, I have the same reaction to that "team player" stuff. I'm decent at working in a group, but I've never been one of those cheerful mindless drone types and I don't like people who try to control me or order me around. I also don't particularly like leading because I don't like the power plays and politics involved. I can do it, and have from time to time when no one else could or would, but it's a bit stressful because it's not my comfort zone. I'm not good at the social stuff and I've never been popular, so I doubt I could be accepted as a leader for long even if I wanted it. I am good at planning, though, so I could help people get organized in an emergency. (I already have emergency plans made for some scenarios, though not ones that come on so slowly you don't realize it or ones where the destruction is either unavoidable or completely unpredictable. Also anything totally unsurvivable I just didn't bother.) I guess afterwards, once it was time to set up a more permanent thing for whatever the new normal was, someone else would take over. I'm not as skilled as you are- I can wish I was! But I can still try to learn a useful thing or two- I'm hoping to teach myself hand carpentry. But yeah, "you need to be a team player" isn't something I think I'd say. More like "you can choose to participate or not, but we're doing this to try to help everyone get through this as best they can and your help would be appreciated." I can't really tell people what to do, plus even in an emergency if they aren't really on board they probably won't be effective, so there's no point trying to force people.

I can tell you from my experience, working in the O.R. for 20+ yrs, that being a team is vital part of job and ensures best outcome for each patient. With that example- The surgeon, ult. has highest responsibility and skills to perform surgery- however, they cannot perform surgery without skilled team of nurses, surgical techs, anesthesia, and so on…. Even though surgeon is the “boss” so to speak- it takes a team of highly skilled people to ensure best outcome for patient. We all depend on one another. I was raised and taught that it is really important to learn as many skills as possible thru out life - like home repairs, vehicle maint. and how to fix normal problems with them, and also how to make the most out of limited supplies with food if you get into bind- so you dont have to depend on others everytime something happens. In emergency- many times the best help are from people who have a lot of basic skills across the board. Those to me, are team players.😊

@@kadydid31 Thanks for your reply. I worked in hands on medical field for 23+ years. Am now in retirement looking at this large stack of books on alternative medicine that I am trying to wade through. I understand the concept of working with a team though I do not care for submitting to the ego of a proclaimed leader. I do not care for manipulation by others. Oddly I had a similar discussion today when I suggested some improvements in group's approach to survival...gent who fancies himself lead dog layed down his law. I smiled and quietly held my ground. Gent became upset when he realized he had lost me and my decades of considerable skills, intelligence and education. I happily work with people not serve them. Good luck in the coming calamitous tumultuous hard times. Best

Training beforehand makes all the difference. Children can also learn fast. Stubborn fools, old or young, won't necessarily make it. Natural selection. Birthkeeping will be an important skillset as well.

My kiddo was trained from an early age that in certain situations she was to be QUIET. She is still super quiet when we are hiking and camping.

Bushcraft skills are badass, man. Good deal!

Great point! So important.

Most people know how to cook in addition to their more viable skills.

@@itzybitzyspyder Not most people I know 😂 I don’t know a single person (besides myself and 2 of my children whom I taught) who knows how to make bread using yeast.

Especially in America where everyone is used to instant gratification going through drive thrus. Going to teach myself how to bake bread using a solar generator.

We need you a lot more than Anderson Cooper or any of those freaking Kardashians... Remember GOD didn't Make No junk..💯🤔

Your statement made me laugh. Soy boys don't have the real makings of a man! They just whine. All that soy took their manhood!

King's your comment reminded me of a quote by Mark Twain: "I never let schooling interfere with my education." People like you are *very* valuable.

@@gregsharp8601 thank You

Better avoid fights... Bushcraft and medic are essential go for it.

A survivalist or bushcraft expert would pretty much be able to so all those skills.

It seems to me that most 'preppers' are preparing for some 'grid down' or 'nuke exchange' event. To my mind, they are looking in the wrong direction and are not seeing what has snuck up behind them. I'm talking about 'agenda 21,' and the covid vaccine. I believe, that if you are a 'prepper,' and you've had the covid vax....then all the prepping you've done is a waste of time.

It seems to me that most 'preppers' are preparing for some 'grid down' or 'nuke exchange' event. To my mind, they are looking in the wrong direction and are not seeing what has snuck up behind them. I'm talking about 'agenda 21,' and the covid vaccine. I believe, that if you are a 'prepper,' and you've had the covid vax....then all the prepping you've done is a waste of time.

I'm learning to distill this year. Sk far we have made 2 good batches of lager and 6 really not so good ones. We're practicing vodka next because I have way too many potatoes this year.

@GetThoseMasks OffThoseKids My barter item is worth 10x yours.

Gonna be making my own alcohol soon from plums. You know, I gotta say, alcohol is best kept for medicine unless you get a really good deal for it when you barter...

Donna, have a look at amaranth to add to your garden. Lots of seeds and the leaves are edible, as well. High nutrition to boot. BTW, those seeds would work for microgreens or sprouts during the winter months, if you want to garden year round.

@@williambianchi2006 I tried growing amaranth, but it didn’t produce anything.

@@donnabrown1518 Sorry to hear that. Must have been a bad batch of seeds.

Also soap. Candles were mentioned, but if soap was then I missed it.

And mediation. It's good to have someone who can help settle disputes relatively amicably before they can get out of hand.

TYFYS! More women on those teams than we ever realized at the time ;)

@@MarcillaSmith Robin is a transsexual, not a woman.

@@danielbrian7317 I thought you were bullshitting. It's literally the only videos on the channel.

@@danielbrian7317 Robin is a woman now

James Paul no, he isn’t. He doesn’t have ovaries, a womb, a vagina, etc... If you want to facilitate the mental illness of others by playing pretend along with the people that have them then that is your business. In case you haven’t noticed the worsening conditions that such attitudes are creating then I advise you have a look around at your crumbling society and world.

Truck drivers should be able to change and repair tires with hand tools. Well I'm not talking about changing the spare wheel.

IgorD SHTF barista? 😂

@@professorlayabout4878 I guess I'll have to learn how to press a button on a coffee machine

Perfect! That's all you need.

What about my PhD in Paleolinguistics Anthropology? Can't decide between becoming a "Clever Orator" or a "Cunning Linguist".

IgorD There’s more to it than pressing a button. You also have to pour the grounds in the machine, pour the coffee into the cup and put the lid on.

Our local militia leader and prepper group organizer is a deputy.

Come across the Tennessee boarder. Less population in the southern part of the state.

We don't have a place to go to. We have everything else but that's where we were thinking

Both are important and either can be discounted. Because let's be honest if they need someone who can preform surgery an emt is cutting it. They are two very different roles and that's not even talking about all the specialized doctors.

It seems to me that most 'preppers' are preparing for some 'grid down' or 'nuke exchange' event. To my mind, they are looking in the wrong direction and are not seeing what has snuck up behind them. I'm talking about 'agenda 21,' and the covid vaccine. I believe, that if you are a 'prepper,' and you've had the covid vax....then all the prepping you've done is a waste of time.

@The Inquisitor Thanks for thinking of me. I have tried to get my cardiologist to write my script for 90 days, will not for some reason. Asked my GP, she said to check with my Cardiologist. Maybe now with all the turmoil going on, the Cardio will release more meds to me. I have thought about halfing my meds and do that- say, every four days until I get a couple of weeks ahead. Maybe tell the cardio that and see if she will break down. Thanks and stay safe.

Bless you!

@@joeyhardin1288 Altering your own dose on these kind of meds can be extremely dangerous. Please be careful. Don't let the cure (more meds in storage) be worse than the disease (possibly getting sick and die.)

@@stijn2472 Thank you

@@joeyhardin1288 Your welcome and take care.

There are electricity generators that can be used to power specific things as long as you have fuel at hand.

@@CC-ed7jr Yes, but if the grid is down how is the fuel resupply getting there? If the grid is down then much of the supply chain will also collapse, including fuel, so sooner or later you'll run out unless you've filled an entire jet airplane hanger with jugs of fuel or something. And it can't be gas-powered because untreated gas goes flat in about 6 months, you can extend that to about a year- I think, don't quote me on these numbers- by adding a stabilizer. So generators are likely a short-term solution, like a couple of weeks or months for even the best-prepared people. Not something to count on long-term.

Handy but useless, ok

As a farmer, we still can't go to the store to get everything, or we would go broke. I live almost 45 minutes from town so it is usually quicker if I just fix it myself.

@@rshayne123 I hear you. We still repair our own equipment. We make just about everything ourselves. As a matter of fact I just came in from cutting wood and brush clean up. So much fun at 69 and 74 respectively! Hope you have a great day!

Fermenting will make you a very popular one in the territory!

What do u mean you can teach mathematics right? That's the essential of knowledge and yes knowledge is very important its the foundation of a civilization

This video is focused on a very narrow scope. A lot of professions like teaching and accounting go back centuries and would still be needed even if society crumbled. It just might take a while for the demand to arise. Sootch is focused on the immediate aftermath of a broad economic collapse.

@@knottheory79220 Thank you. )

May I suggest a backup pair of glasses?

@@stijn2472 - That's not something in the cards right now. Otherwise, it would be a non-issue.

@The Inquisitor That might also be an option. But tobacco seems to pretty much grown in any climate if you time it right. Pot probably needs a more specific (and warmer) climate.

@The Inquisitor Yeah I know there are (big) tobacco farms in Canada and some people are able to grow it in places like Scandinavia. Good to here you quit. Probably way easier in normal times (not sure what counts as normal these days) than during shtf with all the added stress.

Yeah, those "lone wolf" types annoy me. They either think they can survive on their own in the woods like a wild man until the rest of us have figured things out or died, or they plan to survive by actually preying on people. My ex, and I swear this is true, plans to survive by WALKING to another state to a farm owned by a friend of his brother. How does he intend to eat during this walk? Why, he's going to use throwing darts, knives, and axes to hunt. Has he ever TRIED to hunt that way? No, but he's CERTAIN it'll work! Does he have a backup plan, even the slightest hint of a backup plan? No, of course not, his plan is foolproof so he doesn't need one! He's gonna get himself killed if he tries it, and there's nothing I can do about it. I probably couldn't survive a real disaster either, but I'd probably live longer than he would.

That's a good plan if you have food handled.

@@amberkat8147 yeah we've got seeds and ive got food stored. she has 11 acres so we have space.

You need to be able to make these things without modern tools that take electricity.

Or you just scavenge them. There'll be laying around