“Local security situations may be more complex…” Understatement….
Union Card… there is plenty of good work available for Boilermakers, Ironworkers, Pipefitters, Electricians, etc. Go to a good trade school, then start talking to construction companies and union halls about apprenticeship programs. But, you have to be willing and able to:
1) Go to where the work is (you may spend a lot of time living out of a hotel or trailer, far from home, this is called “booming” or being a “boomer”)
2) Show up on time
3) Show up ready to work (clean and sober)
4) Work when you get there.
Sounds easy, but suprisingly, there is a shortage of skilled craftsmen in this country (USA).