Start a business in the service trades that are non union or work for a non union shop until you can hit journeyman status.

Diesel techs are in need. Equipment operators.

I'd pay for someone who knows tuckpointing and isnt afraid of work.

Finish carpentry is the highest paid per square foot on new builds.

Learn CNC software, learn what a millwright is and fix cnc machine issues.

Pipeline welders make $90+ an hour with a truck mounted rig. You could make decent money just fabing bumpers for 4x4 guys or building trailers.

If you're not afraid of heights being a siding guy is lucrative with a helper.

Being a gc in co is as simple as opening any other business if you've got the contacts and cash or credit to build houses