A lot of the American licensing is already a joke.

In Canada it takes around 4 years to get a Red Seal in various trades. The courses are tough. Drop below 70% in any subject and you fail. Fail twice and you are done. Plough through a 18-24” high stack of material in 8-10 weeks (per year) then log 6600 hours under a licensed journeyman. When you are finished you are a highly knowledgable professional capable of pulling in a high 5 low 6 figure income.

If you are smart enough, you may be allowed into trades.

I got my American ASE Master technician with a speciality in advanced engine performance in 2 weekends. Technicians are often incompetent, standards are low and there is a reason no one trusts used cars.

The attitude seems to be ‘you are too dumb to work in a cubicle so I guess go into trades.