Cane cutters knows a hell of lot more than cutting cane. Some here should spend time talking to them in the field, or travel in the trucks with them to the back dam.
Some are high school and university grads, but if you are an Indian the PNC will not hire you and if African the PPP will not hire you. So they maintain their family and pay their bills the only way possible, cut cane.
Retraining is one of the ways possible for a better job, or maybe starting their own business like repairing computers or cell phones. Guysuco had computer training centres on some estates, but it fell by the way side, due to lack of maintenance.