Is it too late to go back to my career as an Electrical Engineer?

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I am an Electrical Engineer 30 years old but have not been practicing my profession for over two years now. This is because I made a temporary career shift and went to a freelance virtual assistant not related to my course.

It also took me 8 years to finish my course. On the bright side, I was able to land a teaching job but most of it was for part time for 3 years. Like 2-3 subjects per sem but those were major subjects.

And then I also was lucky enough to land a job on a powerplant but it was only for a cadet training and that was a 2 year contract. It's basically like an upgraded version of an OJT. Only this time, we get paid. But only very little.

I realized that I sucked at being an electrician because I have fear of heights and not doing well.
I did do some minor operating duties and some admin stuff but that job was too easy.

Over those years, I feel like I haven't really grown in any field in my career at all. I couldn't even do proper electrical wiring and it takes me way too long to do it. I am also weird in handling tools as well.

All except the teaching part. All those formulas that I remember memorizing made me feel like a student again. But doing it part time doesn't probably make it a stable career. And if I do go aim for universities, I probably will be needing a LET license.

If I do though, it makes me ask, for how long? And I’ll probably be having competition with actual teachers as well.

-Should I be studying all over what I learned in engineering school? Or will this be a complete waste of time?
-Should I learn new skills instead? something that companies need?
-Should I enroll in specialized courses instead? Or maybe take TESDA courses for a refresher?

I'm just afraid about the harsh job market that we have knowing that my experience in engineering was cut off.

Any career advice? Feel so lost and confused.

[Alexander Richardson]

Don't know. To my mind this profession will never allow you to get out of a blue collar world. At least you can create some engineering business and own it fully. These https://gole.ms/services/migration-data guys can develop your website where you can offer your services and attract customers. They are really the best.