Celebrate National Skilled Labor Day by checking out a trade [Video]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) – The first Wednesday of May is National Skilled Labor Day.

The day is meant to celebrate the various trade jobs that make up our economy and educate people about what they are. We spoke with an instructor at the Hot Rod Institute in Rapid City about the work they do and why trade jobs are vital to society.

“These types of jobs doing trade work require upkeep every single day there’s wear and tear on everything we do in the world and somebody’s gotta be there to fix it,” Martin Short an instructor at the Hot Rod Institute said.

Short explained that many trade jobs are essential to keep equipment and infrastructure in working order. He explains that this need for someone to do jobs people don’t want to do can also have an impact on the pay tradesmen receive. Aside from the demand for trade jobs to …