After the collapse, those of us who are writers, bloggers, and marketers, for example, may struggle with finding work and making it through.
This same situation may be true for people who have other careers in an office, or their job relies on the Internet. After all, our society depends on the Internet to maintain and create jobs and continue to develop more jobs (such as roles in social media) in the future.
However, when SHTF and we're unable to access the Internet, many of us will no longer have skills that'll get us through a survival situation. Trades that will help you survive will enable you to barter when the going gets tough and be able to dwell successfully in a world after a societal or economic collapse.
So what are some of the trades that can help you succeed after a collapse?
After the break, learn more about the trades and skills you should begin studying now to get ready for when SHTF.
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Medicine is the essence, to know how to manufacture medicine, especially out of natures products without industrial process capabilities.
Another big one would be sewing.
Seriously? Electrical and plumbing didn’t make the list!!?
Lol. No plumbing,pipefitting, or steamfitters. That’s ok. Have fun pouring$#%&!@*and piss out of the windows. And speaking medieval disease. Smh
Air conditioning?
Occasionally I find one of these click-bait articles that are so logically flawed that I just have to post. The first issue I have with this is that ‘ammunition production’ is number one. Really? I guess you assume piracy will be the number one career afterwards because the best self-defense weaponry will be the ones you don’t have to use. Two, the article references ‘collapse’ and then immediately assumes that an economic system is still in place. Careers 1, 2, 3 and 4 are all reliant on supply chains. You can’t just make gunpowder out of your$#%&!@* Frankly the food and seed production should be number one, well-drilling and small engine repair for generators should be two and three and then maybe you can start thinking about weaponry. Obviously a click bait article meant to make people buy more guns.
Being an all-purpose mechanic, a brewmaster, a hunter or grunt, a paramedic ( or at least someone familiar with factual natural remedies ) will be helpful too.
Most of the world have had electricity for under 100 years – it’s surprising “repairing electrical equipment” made it. Similarly plumbing is also a relatively new addition – many people 100 years ago still had outhouses and wells.
Food, shelter, medicine, protection, and household goods…
Outhouses and wells, in absence of electricity indoor plumbing isn’t much use.
EMTs Paramedics Nurses and Drs especially surgeons
Yeah…
It has to have a destination to be “flushed”, and unless you fix that local water treatment plant, power plant, and keep the power plant running first, I’m not anticipating much internal plumbing working.
Then without electricity why use electronics as a skill. Have you guys ever heard of head pressure and aqueducts. That Re used
In case you didn’t know.
FYI. Water in motion can make substantial power. To power the pumps. That makes running water in a home. And syphon jet gravity feed to move water through drains. Not to mention water under heat in a vessel makes steam, steam creates power, motion creates movement, therefore, steam power makes the pressure to flow water in a dwelling. No matter how primative it all gets.
Methane makes power. Methane cometh from$#%&!@* Pipes to carry the fuels and water.
Kelly Tinsley
Read the comments as well good points
Exactly.
Electrician to include hvac basic plumbing, carpentry masonry. Hunting gathering farming. Mechanic and blacksmithinh
I feel like medical should probably be the highest and not non existent on the list
Carpentry and auto repair/refitting are not necessarily in need of supply chains. But you made some good points.
Ppl have pulled their own teeth for thousands of years as well as bury their dead.. Not a physician either. Where are the chemicals the pills are made from comming from after collapse. But, A holistic doctor would be handy..
I never said Chem doctor. But someone that knows how to heal and repair the human body is more important in my eyes than someone that fixes electronic devices.
NUMBER 1!! NUMBER 1!!!
The kind of collapse we may see..wealth will be measured in Food,Water,Bullets and Antibiotics..
I’m a framer carpenter.I think those skills would be handy.
Preacher… That’ll be in big demand.
Welding and metalwork didn’t make the cut?
You forgot the blacksmith without him many things aren’t possible
Badass,
I would change “knowing how to make household goods” to “knowing how to work metal.”
I’m good for all five an then some doc, come see us before TSHTF
Pimp!
Bandit!!! #1
The thing about these articles is the Amish are still doing this.
James Farinha Sr.
I could not get past the second trade. Ungodly pop-ups telling me about viruses and winning Google crap.
Water purification and oil refinement tons of little wells across the country that can still produce low grade crude oil that can still be refined to run house cars small generators
Will,my military experience have value$#%&!@*yes it will
Animal husbandry, butchering, canning and beekeeping….
Let’s not forget people will always like sex. A forced prostitution operation could be quite lucrative. Pimping skills could definitely be a handy thing to have.
I’m Good
Hell yaaa!!
We need to go gun smithing school togeather
WRONG !!!!!
What collapse? Stock markets soar!
These are needed now ….. not just after a collapse.
Prevention is key.
Jonathan McVey – you are who I would trust during or after a collapse.
You forgot sewing, knitting, weaving, spinning.