Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
Dec 14th 2009, 12:10 am
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Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
Is it my imagination or is there a proliferation of ''tradies'' in Australia?
Every second bloke seems to be a tradie of some kind. In my business I meet lots of people and vast, vast numbers are tradies. Very few professionals in business suits around.
In the UK, people seemed to do a very wide range of different things for a living. Here in Melbourne, it's all builders, concrete workers etc etc.
Is there a reason for this?
Every second bloke seems to be a tradie of some kind. In my business I meet lots of people and vast, vast numbers are tradies. Very few professionals in business suits around.
In the UK, people seemed to do a very wide range of different things for a living. Here in Melbourne, it's all builders, concrete workers etc etc.
Is there a reason for this?
Dec 14th 2009, 12:36 am
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
In Australia tradies are paid considerable salaries and unlike the UK homes here are constantly being renovated, build and knocked down so demand is higher.
Dec 14th 2009, 1:14 am
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
Is it my imagination or is there a proliferation of ''tradies'' in Australia?
Every second bloke seems to be a tradie of some kind. In my business I meet lots of people and vast, vast numbers are tradies. Very few professionals in business suits around.
In the UK, people seemed to do a very wide range of different things for a living. Here in Melbourne, it's all builders, concrete workers etc etc.
Is there a reason for this?
Every second bloke seems to be a tradie of some kind. In my business I meet lots of people and vast, vast numbers are tradies. Very few professionals in business suits around.
In the UK, people seemed to do a very wide range of different things for a living. Here in Melbourne, it's all builders, concrete workers etc etc.
Is there a reason for this?
Dec 14th 2009, 1:25 am
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
Is it my imagination or is there a proliferation of ''tradies'' in Australia?
Every second bloke seems to be a tradie of some kind. In my business I meet lots of people and vast, vast numbers are tradies. Very few professionals in business suits around.
In the UK, people seemed to do a very wide range of different things for a living. Here in Melbourne, it's all builders, concrete workers etc etc.
Is there a reason for this?
Every second bloke seems to be a tradie of some kind. In my business I meet lots of people and vast, vast numbers are tradies. Very few professionals in business suits around.
In the UK, people seemed to do a very wide range of different things for a living. Here in Melbourne, it's all builders, concrete workers etc etc.
Is there a reason for this?
Dec 14th 2009, 1:28 am
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
Is it my imagination or is there a proliferation of ''tradies'' in Australia?
Every second bloke seems to be a tradie of some kind. In my business I meet lots of people and vast, vast numbers are tradies. Very few professionals in business suits around.
In the UK, people seemed to do a very wide range of different things for a living. Here in Melbourne, it's all builders, concrete workers etc etc.
Is there a reason for this?
Every second bloke seems to be a tradie of some kind. In my business I meet lots of people and vast, vast numbers are tradies. Very few professionals in business suits around.
In the UK, people seemed to do a very wide range of different things for a living. Here in Melbourne, it's all builders, concrete workers etc etc.
Is there a reason for this?
Plenty suits in the cbd though.
Dec 14th 2009, 1:31 am
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Dec 14th 2009, 1:34 am
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
Ask any brickie! My son wanted to be a bricklayer but when he worked out how hard they work and how relatively little they get paid he has decided he would rather do something else. He's now looking at plumbing.
Dec 14th 2009, 1:39 am
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
Is it my imagination or is there a proliferation of ''tradies'' in Australia?
Every second bloke seems to be a tradie of some kind. In my business I meet lots of people and vast, vast numbers are tradies. Very few professionals in business suits around.
In the UK, people seemed to do a very wide range of different things for a living. Here in Melbourne, it's all builders, concrete workers etc etc.
Is there a reason for this?
Every second bloke seems to be a tradie of some kind. In my business I meet lots of people and vast, vast numbers are tradies. Very few professionals in business suits around.
In the UK, people seemed to do a very wide range of different things for a living. Here in Melbourne, it's all builders, concrete workers etc etc.
Is there a reason for this?
Dec 14th 2009, 1:40 am
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Dec 14th 2009, 1:43 am
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
I work in engineering and no one where a suit or tie - even some of the very senior managers wear casual or polo shirts.
Dec 14th 2009, 1:58 am
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