List of Recession Proof Jobs/Skills

From reading this thread, it appears that just about any job is recession proof provided the recession doesn't affect your little bubble! LOL!

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I'm an environmentalist, left wing, Ron Paul loving Prius driver with a farm. If you have a problem with that, kindly go take a leap.

Around here HVAC is recession-proof. When it is minus 10 and the heat goes out, you are going to call the repairman and pay the emergency call fee. When it is pay or die, you pay.

I'd like to take some HVAC classes, but can't find anywhere that they are offered.

Power Plant maintenance and Operations is pretty recession proof. People will do and sell a lot of things to keep their lights on.

I don't think there are truly any recession proof jobs that exist for a seriously bad scenario. However, electric and indoor plumbing is something even the most humble appreciate. Let an icestorm knock out the lights and the power to the cities sanitation and water treatment plants and folks don't know what to do. Let the power go out long enough, and all of us that have deephole water wells will eventually run out of generator fuel.

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Francismilker

"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" James 5:16

Some things that might not last, but would probably be in limited demand. I haven't read all the posts so I'm probably repeating some others have listed.

making well buckets
building outhouses
breaking new ground for gardens (with a shovel?)
building outdoor cooking pits/brick ovens/etc.
cutting firewood (it'll be needed summer & winter for cooking & heating)
hand cutting hay to sell for animals (small bales can be made by compressing in a wooden box)
teaching gardening & seed saving
digging root cellars
butchering animals for the faint of heart
using a sling blade to mow grass for the wealthy (they'll probably want to "keep up appearances" as long as possible)

Any of these could be done for pm's or barter for food/tools/etc.

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something that I just thought of tonight after reading a post about "sanitation" being crucial after TSHTF -

making Wash Basins, Pitchers and stands for them.

I believe in a post SHTF world, wash basins will be all the rage again

I thought my career as an RN for 20 years was recession-proof. I work at a new rural hospital that was built just before the crash. Two months ago, they made every employee take a 5% pay cut. Many decided to leave instead, but jobs around here are hard to find. I could find another job that I was as happy at, but would have to drive an hour each way. This place is only 20 minutes. Likely the hospital will be sold. If so, all of us will have to re-apply for our jobs. The likelihood of them keeping me when they could keep a 1 year RN grad for much cheaper isn't great.