I am 50 now. Been a aircraft mechanic in the service. Worked as a auto mechanic. Jumped fields again working in IT. But that industry is all young workers and I am not young any more. I did take a pre-apprentice refrigeration 3 month class a few years back and applied to 50 companies. never once got a call for a job interview. Perhaps the per-apprentice program was to "pre" mature? I am a us citizen resizing in Canada but about to leave and return into the Seattle Region. I met two refrigeration mechanic who said you can earn up to 55 dollars a hour as a journeymen. That is a good wage even for hyper expensive Vancouver BC.

I will be residing in my home town of Tacoma / Gig Harbor. I want to know should I pursue refrigeration at my age? I met two refrigeration mechanics and they said "yea you can earn 100k a year...buts hard!" was not sure if he was refering to the trade to the job in general

Waiting your feed back.