Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
Dec 14th 2009, 5:16 am
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
You don't want my son anywhere near anything even remotely electrical. 
He's interested in eventually owning his own business where he can make lots of money, so we've told him plumbing is the way to go.
Must be different for different companies. My OH recently started work for an electrical engineering firm and he's expected to wear a shirt and tie every day.
He's interested in eventually owning his own business where he can make lots of money, so we've told him plumbing is the way to go.Must be different for different companies. My OH recently started work for an electrical engineering firm and he's expected to wear a shirt and tie every day.
Dec 14th 2009, 5:20 am
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Dec 14th 2009, 6:10 am
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
Australia is a new country its basically being built at this point of time
the uk is built
the uk is built
Dec 14th 2009, 6:16 am
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
You don't see as many tradies in the UK because no one takes on apprentices there anymore. My trade was certainly dying when I left and many more going the same way. It is not fashionable to work with your hands in the UK either and to some degree, tradies are held in higher regard here.
Plenty suits in the cbd though.
Plenty suits in the cbd though.
Dec 14th 2009, 7:38 am
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I prefer electricity!
Dec 14th 2009, 10:04 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?
On the train it's all suits. In the city it's all suits. Where I live there is a mixture but everyone shares an interest in living a semi-rural sort of life.
If I had to hazard a guess I would say that there are more tradies in the suburbs and there are loads of professionals in the inner suburbs. Personally I find Australia quite polarised up to a point. The suburbs and the inner city can be worlds apart.
Dec 14th 2009, 10:07 am
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
Not sure there is more of a need for tradies in Australia(!)
and qualified 
trades such as 'Tilers' and 'Dryliners' both VASTLY overpaid as much as in the UK.
Dec 14th 2009, 9:54 pm
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
Its the same where we are... every other person is a tradie of some description. I'm not complaining though... good to know where to find them!! 
Dec 14th 2009, 11:23 pm
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
Is being surrounded by Tradespersons a problem?
I can think of worse to be surrounded by:
Canibals.
Drug addicts
Criminals
Activists and protesters.
Stockbrokers and Merchant Wankers
Etc
I can think of worse to be surrounded by:
Canibals.
Drug addicts
Criminals
Activists and protesters.
Stockbrokers and Merchant Wankers
Etc
Dec 15th 2009, 2:12 am
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
What's wrong with the above? I'll have you know I am a drug addicted convicted criminal stockbroker who regularly protests for the right to decriminalise canabalism. About the only thing on your list which doesn't pertain to me is the merchant wanker title.
Dec 15th 2009, 2:19 am
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Dec 15th 2009, 3:36 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?
Of course when the slow down does finally visit Australia...but that's another story.
Dec 15th 2009, 3:41 am
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
Now if you had fessed up to being a merchjant banker toss pot then your place would have been a long way back .....
Dec 15th 2009, 4:00 am
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Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!
Far observation i would say. Australia being a resourse rich nation still has the need for any manual workers.This of course includes all the related industries such as housing and the Motor.A lot do well out of it as well.Have you not heard the term Cashed Up Bogans?
Of course when the slow down does finally visit Australia...but that's another story.
Of course when the slow down does finally visit Australia...but that's another story.