Today, Robert sees apprentices entering an industry with fewer experienced people available to guide them. “The window is closing,” he says. “There will be a gap without mentorship, apprenticeships, experienced journeymen and skilled technical schools.” Trade schools are essential, but classroom education must be paired with job-site instruction. Technique can be taught from a manual; judgment develops beside someone who has lived through the consequences of getting it wrong.
Passing that knowledge forward is not about creating copies of himself.
“It means sharing the why, not just the how,” he says. “Teaching judgment, not just technique.
It’s helping individuals discover their strengths and empowering them to use those gifts to their fullest potential.”
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