Handyman is a person employed to do occasional domestic repairs, minor renovations and repairs for homes, commercial buildings, offices, hotels, etc. A handyman possesses expertise in certain activities of craftsmanship and certain skills in using the tools which are learned specifically for the jobs like plumbing, electric wiring, carpentry, etc. These jobs require a lot of physical effort.
How does a handyman get work?
In earlier days handymen used to move around from house to house, building to building to seek people who require their service but as the mode of communication improved now, clients made the phone call to handymen having the expertise in their respective skills like for a water leak a plumber is called, for a power cut an electrician. Back then people used to hold telephone directories which had the number of the local handyman services in Tucson and their skills to call them. As things grew digital and with the advent of startup culture many companies started offering these services so hiring a handyman got even easier.
Required qualifications for a handyman
Generally, handyman jobs do not require a degree. It requires experience, knowledge, and good communication skills. A good handyman possesses knowledge in many areas but will also have knowledge when the task required is out of his skillset and will provide an appropriate recommendation regarding the problem. The bare minimum to get a handyman’s job is to use power tools and hand tools.
Some sacred art of handymen
Some handymen have also become known for the skills that they possess and they usually pass them on to the next generation. An example of this type of art is the family of Takumi (artisans) of japan who make a knife that cannot be elsewhere found in the world it is so sharp that it could slide through a surface with minimal effort. Steve jobs also visited japan and were impressed by Takumi porcelain which used a specific style called Etchu Seto-yaki to make it. Etchu Seto-yaki is a style to make porcelains that is not known to many.