KNOTT AND PERRY CO., Ky. (WYMT) - States throughout the nation are seeing a shortage of skilled trade workers, especially plumbers and electricians.

Patrick Goodin, owner at Goodin Plumbing and Electric in Hazard, said he has seen the shortage firsthand in Eastern Kentucky.

“There’s really only two or three of us in in the whole Perry County that actually service do service work,” Goodin said. “At one time I was the youngest plumber in Kentucky, and now I’m probably hitting the oldest plumber in Kentucky.”

Goodin said a primary cause for the shortage is a gap in the replacements for the workers who have retired.

“You can’t find anybody that wants to do it. But it’s a great trade. I mean, you know, you can make a living and feed your kids and send them to medical school, you know, cause

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