5 Trades to Learn BEFORE a Disaster so a Prepper Can Thrive and Survive

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The more you know, the better chance you have at surviving nearly any situation you may experience. In dire situations, you may need to find new methods to make money as your main job or current money-making venture may be on hold indefinitely.

We got a list of 5 trades you should learn now that may prove valuable in the near future.

Some of the trades on the list include skills long forgotten by current generations.

Other skills may be useful right now, but the demand for these skills will significantly increase during rough periods.

Check out the next page to learn more about these trades!

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22 Comments

  1. Michael Hitchcock said:

    Four out of five seem pretty good. Electronics repair is the doubtful one. If a disaster includes an emp, natural or man-made, then electronics repair would likely be useless, or nearly so. I’d replace it in the list with blacksmithing, especially learning how to make/repair farming and carpentry tools. Making household items would seem to include 2 skills, pottery and tinsmithing (although use of actual tin isn’t likely, making pots/pans/utensils from sheet steel/aluminum is, and this is what the skill was about.)

  2. Robert James said:

    Yeah, no medical training like emt or aemt? Good thing i make up my own mind and dont rely on lists from the internet.

  3. Graeme Harris said:

    I agree with carpentry. Make sure you know how to fully use hand tools in the event of an EMP. I’m glad I learnt that trade when I was younger. It’s also wise to learn bicycle repair and maintenance.

  4. Dakoda Trimmer said:

    I know how to make numerous electronic things with scavenged wires and whatnot. I’m a super skilled carpenter and have built everything from a bench to a shed. I can rough forge weapons from scrap metal. I know some chemistry to cause reactions some create light, some energy and some just explode. I have years of experience backpacking off trails in Yosemite national Forest and the Stanislaus national Forest. I have a garden with various herbs, fruit and vegetables that changes every year (mostly). I’m educated on dozens of techniques for snares, deadfalls, pitfalls and fish baskets. I’ve successfully made fires over the years with bow drills, hand drills, friction fire, magnesium, ferroceium, gun powder, steel wool + 9 volt, matches, and obviously lighters. I can identify dozens of wild edibles and herbs in my area as well as poisonous and inedible herbs, plants and berries..

  5. Paul Salchow said:

    Gunsmith with Simmons for 23 years, load my own Ammo and I was a Medic. I also make custom knives and other tools. Shitty list.

  6. Steven Cantwell said:

    Long term things like printing, making black powder, and fabric making and repairing would be extremely important.

  7. Morgan Simpson said:

    Hmmm. Think y’all missed. Blacksmith and metal fabrication is kind of critical don’t ya think?

  8. John Wortman said:

    First aid way before household whatever it was
    If you know gunsmithing and carpentry, then household whatever would be a breeze

  9. Jerad Lay said:

    I got 3 out of 5. Just need to learn the Smith and soap.

  10. Glen Duncan said:

    Sometimes an ounce of knowledge is worthless them an ounce of gold

  11. Glen Duncan said:

    It would be good to learn eltrical unless there is a EMP then you will need to earn his to get things going after that

  12. Glen Duncan said:

    Growing your own food is the a good skill with food you can always barter for the rest

  13. Glen Duncan said:

    I can as well everybody has to eat
    If I have a chicken peas corn somebody will build a shed for me for a trade or let their family go hunger

  14. Ken Bellamy said:

    Not all people will provide for themselves. They will steal from their friends and neighbors so buy plenty of guns and ammo along with plenty of seeds and garden tools and make sure you have a nice gun with a scope to take out varmints that want to take your property.

  15. Thomas Herman said:

    I think medical training, first aid, infectious disease knowledge should be top 5.

  16. Cory Moon said:

    Farming, fighting, blacksmithing, medical, and mechanic. No particular order of importance for what I think is the most skills/jobs.

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