{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"FourMan Podcast","title":"Making It in the Trades // Harvey Jesso The Maritime Carpenter","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2101,"description":"Stop Handing Kids a Broom: Harvey Jesso on Building the Next Generation of Tradespeople\nShort Episode Description\nIn this episode of the Four Man Podcast, we sit down with Harvey Jesso, better known as The Maritime Carpenter, to talk about what it really takes to get young people excited about the trades — and how contractors, teachers, and business owners can help them stick with it.\nFull Show Notes\nHarvey Jesso has lived the trades from every angle. He grew up around construction, stepped onto his first jobsite as a kid, started his first business at 18, worked in brutal conditions in the Yukon, and eventually built multiple companies under the Maritime name, including carpentry, electrical, kitchens, and cleaning.\nBut this episode is about more than Harvey’s story.\nIt is about how the trades actually grow.\nHarvey talks with Noah, Ken, and Adam about what young people need when they first step onto a jobsite, why the first experience matters so much, and why the old-school “just grab a broom and stay out of the way” approach might be pushing good people away before they ever get started.\nThe big takeaway: if you want young people to love the trades, let them safely experience the work. Let them use the tools. Let them feel the pride of saying, “I helped build that.”\nThe crew also gets into business ownership, building a workforce pipeline, the difference between Canadian Red Seal certification and the U.S. approach to carpentry, and the challenge of helping students see what their future could look like in the trades.\nThis one is packed with real talk for contractors, teachers, students, parents, and anyone who cares about the future of skilled trades.\nIn This Episode\nHow Harvey got started on a construction site at 10 years old\nWhy family background helps, but is not required to succeed in the trades\nHow a good first jobsite experience can change someone’s career path\nWhy yelling, ego, and bad jobsite culture scare young people away\nHow Harvey built multiple...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Rh5qNgqRfD2egFjiwMW7f5AB2p1NSKvJkx6OteRUo3I/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZDE3/OWU2MDQyMDhmYTUz/NTUwZDU1N2Q5ZmU2/MDYzNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}