it seems that there is a high growth employment category of healthcare professional in USA called a "hearing device specialist"
ie; a monger and configurer of hearing aids; after a suitable simple diagnostic sonogram.
The licensing exam is formulated and proctored by an international org which of course also sells the ( optional ) courseware.
the pass rate is around 90%
those who pass the exam are licensable across the USA under state registries with mostly very low fees.
this "profession" can be taken onboard to the licensing level in 4 months or so.
the major hearing aid manufacturers offer training as a short apprenticeship with a very quick transition to licensed status. costco is particularly keen on this market.
median salary in usa for experienced ppl is over 60k
market growth is over 10% PA with the aging population.
maybe a good thing if you are looking for work back in the usa.
They only ask for minimum HS grad or GED

charlie

this is one of those small anomalous nicks that open up in the job market from time to time due to lack of trained people in an advancing segment/technology environment.

they are always around in nearly any point in a developed economy.

just like when computers first emerged- ppl made filthy money for nothing.

this particular segment is a good one- evidence being the vendors willing to train, to the point of a state license with an internationally recognized certification.

you do not find these kind of cats regularly for non tertiary qualified people.

frank lee bent wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 5:09 pm this is one of those small anomalous nicks that open up in the job market from time to time due to lack of trained people in an advancing segment/technology environment.

just like when computers first emerged- ppl made filthy money for nothing.

Some might. I worked bloody hard and invested a lot of my money an time to tame this new fangled beast. There wasn't millions of books and $100 training courses back then. I had to sneak into the WP room, grab the operators manual and learn the hard way out of hours on a super duper Wang 4 station word processing system. Then I had to buy a ridiculously priced computer and spend hours each day learning about the damn thing and teaching myself programming.

I went from no email to having my own webpage in 6 months

It's still a www. resource for history fans.

that genius wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:06 pm I went from no email to having my own webpage in 6 months

It's still a www. resource for history fans.

When i started the www didnt exist. we were still on bulletin boards and 9600 dial up modems. Then they went from text to teletext colours, Then the first browsers appeared. My first business internet connection was 64k dsl and we used to program in Microsoft quickbasic and borland turbo pacal and dbase or clipper. Then windows came along and the rest has been downhill

Want a GOOD mining job? Try ndt. Cruise around in the ute and make some tests. Need to know mining people and hafta stop smoking weed but its top money for jam.

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yes, i did ultrasonics and radiography in the oil patch after working a couple years commercial diving doing the saddle weldment inspection on hot taps in subsea weld habitats. ( submarine pipeline tie ins ) that was in my early to mid 20's
ran an ndt lab of 14 guys at a kellog brown and root yard in java ( sunda straits ) for 4 years. 600 graphs a day at peak, building production platforms for IIAPCO. we saw the sunset over Krakatau every evening while enjoying a sundowner.
i had both ASNT and CSWIP certs, and was acting level 3 inspector on behalf of Lloyds
QC auditor documentation for 2 of the LNG trains at Bontang Kalimantan for about a year.
https://www.hydrocarbons-technology.com ... s/bontang/

got my Cisco and MS certs in 2000
made crazy money- $150 an hr for setting up wireless and small peer to peer networks
first website 1998 and still have web design clients.

i don't really want to do any of those jobs anymore, and all my certs are lapsed anyhow- plus- the money is not what it was.

this hearing aid "license" carries the colour of healthcare with a very limited scope of knowledge.
the exam is complex enough to frighten many aspirants off.
it is one of those strange anomalies where demand and lack of personnel create opportunity for fast money.