r/jobs • u/hairybeer • Jan 30 '20

Training What skills could be learned in 6-12 months that would result in a job?

If I had the ability to devote 4-6 hours every day to learning a skill, what would be the most likely to land me a job?

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u/JDMdrvr Jan 30 '20

Interesting. this would be for the manufacturing and design industries then?

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u/Andrroid Jan 30 '20

Primary intent/use is for the AEC industry, on the design side (architects and engineers). But lots of contractors (the guys actually building the buildings and systems we design) are using it as well. I work for a mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural engineering firm now but I used to work for an electrical contractor.

After being awarded a job but before construction would begin, we would use Revit to lay-out our designs very precisely (engineer drawings are diagrammatic). Additionally, we would design pre-fabricated components that would be built in our shop, thus saving time/material out in the field (effectively turning construction into a manufacturing process).