

Occupational license reform will help the trades in Idaho
The trades, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning), face a growing concern surrounding what could most accurately be labeled a retirement crisis. Some estimates say that for every five journeyman who retire from the trades , only two apprentices from a younger generation will replace them. Licensure raises the price of entry into the trades’ labor market, artificially limiting the number of people who can enter it. Given the ever-importan































