Broadband is the newest trade work for the ‘toolbelt generation’

Plumbing, welding, electrician work—these may be a few of the best-known trades needed to keep our modern world afloat. But there is a new infrastructure in place that has quickly become as common and important to everyday life: the internet. Despite how simple accessing the internet via your mobile phone may seem, a vast physical infrastructure is needed to sustain it. And it functions thanks to a skilled and knowledgeable workforce. As we rely more on the internet in our everyday lives, we are equally relying on these workers. With growing reliance and investment in broadband, the industry has become the latest skilled trade providing crucial support for our societies. While the spotlight may currently be on traditional trades—like plumbing or carpentry—millennials and Gen-Zers (recently coined the 'toolbelt generation') are beginning to take notice of the opportunities in delivering broadband—acknowledging careers in tower climbing, fiber trenching and customer service as viable and even rewarding career paths.