<human>: I am currently a Civil Cad Tech at a small civil engineering company in Grand Rapids MI and have been there for 7 years.  I also do some of the book work, do all of the field surveying work and handle the IT.  I am proficient in Autocad Civil3D 2010 and semi-proficient working field survey equipment (GPS, Total Stations)

Problem is I don't think I can take much more the company's behavior.  They are always trying to push religious and political agendas that just are not right.  They have taken away my vacation, sick days and a good hunk of my insurance.

I want to change career paths, but I don't know where to go.  I have an Associates Degree in Computer science and have been a stand up employee for my current company for 7 years.  Before that I had some Customer service jobs and worked for Fedex loading trucks for a year or so.  I also do some construction work when my current job gets slow.

I would like to continue drafting, but in west MI the civil industry is really slow and all of the mechanical drafting is maybe to far of an out reach.  I haven't used any 3d modeling software in 5+ years.

I would like to get into a more physically demanding job.  Maybe something like installation/maintenance of certain items.  Problem is whenever I cruise job sites it all says 5+ years/8+ years of experience.  I just don't have that. I am willing to take a good size pay cut, I just can't take a 50% pay cut.  Additional schooling is not an option at the moment.

So how does one do a complete 180 on their career path? Tips/points?

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: I want to make a 180 on my career path without taking a 50% pay cut, how do I do it?