Brisbane - Working in the heat and earning potential ?
#1
Brisbane - Working in the heat and earning potential ?
Dear All,
I am a drainer / plumber here in the UK and I am considering a move to Brisbane next year.
I need answers to the following questions:
1. How much can I expect to earn working as a drainer / plumber
2. Would I earn much more self employed / own business
3. What is the highest monthly tempretures in Brisbane
4. Is it easy to do a manually demanding job in that kind of heat
5. Is this kind of work easy to find
It is very important to us as we have a young family and need to be sure of our next move, its an expensive mistake if it all goes wrong,
Hope somebody can help,
Cheers Mate !!
..
I am a drainer / plumber here in the UK and I am considering a move to Brisbane next year.
I need answers to the following questions:
1. How much can I expect to earn working as a drainer / plumber
2. Would I earn much more self employed / own business
3. What is the highest monthly tempretures in Brisbane
4. Is it easy to do a manually demanding job in that kind of heat
5. Is this kind of work easy to find
It is very important to us as we have a young family and need to be sure of our next move, its an expensive mistake if it all goes wrong,
Hope somebody can help,
Cheers Mate !!
..
#2
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Re: Brisbane - Working in the heat and earning potential ?
[QUOTE=Kiwi-Irish;7417862]Dear All,
1. How much can I expect to earn working as a drainer / plumber
2. Would I earn much more self employed / own business
3. What is the highest monthly tempretures in Brisbane
4. Is it easy to do a manually demanding job in that kind of heat
5. Is this kind of work easy to find
QUOTE]
Licence Requirements, do you know all about that??? if not search or go to the QBSA website. Search box on yellow bar above.
Pay, well your entering a construction market in serious decline when heaps are out of work, you are up against tendering against plumbers with years of aussie experience plus loads of contacts, ( plus the quals and licence of course ) . Building up work under less than ideal conditions..... Easy to find this work now, if you want an honest answer, NO. That sounds blunt, sorry but australia has been hit very hard construction wise in the economic fallout.
Heat. Look in dec jan feb etc anywhere in OZ is going to be hot as hell. Yes thats hard to work in, in perth, melb etc it might be very high temps, lots of flies, in brisbane it rarely gets much above 30 but it can be humid some summers. Rest of year in brisbane is pretty nice temps, but summer anywhere in OZ is pretty disgusting for outside manual jobs.
Your best bet is to search on plumbers, licences, QBSA and form your own view on it.
My advice to anyone now is to come out for a month, skip Dreamworld and search for jobs, but of course in your case you need that licence first!
1. How much can I expect to earn working as a drainer / plumber
2. Would I earn much more self employed / own business
3. What is the highest monthly tempretures in Brisbane
4. Is it easy to do a manually demanding job in that kind of heat
5. Is this kind of work easy to find
QUOTE]
Licence Requirements, do you know all about that??? if not search or go to the QBSA website. Search box on yellow bar above.
Pay, well your entering a construction market in serious decline when heaps are out of work, you are up against tendering against plumbers with years of aussie experience plus loads of contacts, ( plus the quals and licence of course ) . Building up work under less than ideal conditions..... Easy to find this work now, if you want an honest answer, NO. That sounds blunt, sorry but australia has been hit very hard construction wise in the economic fallout.
Heat. Look in dec jan feb etc anywhere in OZ is going to be hot as hell. Yes thats hard to work in, in perth, melb etc it might be very high temps, lots of flies, in brisbane it rarely gets much above 30 but it can be humid some summers. Rest of year in brisbane is pretty nice temps, but summer anywhere in OZ is pretty disgusting for outside manual jobs.
Your best bet is to search on plumbers, licences, QBSA and form your own view on it.
My advice to anyone now is to come out for a month, skip Dreamworld and search for jobs, but of course in your case you need that licence first!
#3
Re: Brisbane - Working in the heat and earning potential ?
You can only work for someone until you have licence, a few friends are doing drainage work for gov think they get $25/$30ph.
#5
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 48
Re: Brisbane - Working in the heat and earning potential ?
Dear All,
I am a drainer / plumber here in the UK and I am considering a move to Brisbane next year.
I need answers to the following questions:
1. How much can I expect to earn working as a drainer / plumber
2. Would I earn much more self employed / own business
3. What is the highest monthly tempretures in Brisbane
4. Is it easy to do a manually demanding job in that kind of heat
5. Is this kind of work easy to find
It is very important to us as we have a young family and need to be sure of our next move, its an expensive mistake if it all goes wrong,
Hope somebody can help,
Cheers Mate !!
..
I am a drainer / plumber here in the UK and I am considering a move to Brisbane next year.
I need answers to the following questions:
1. How much can I expect to earn working as a drainer / plumber
2. Would I earn much more self employed / own business
3. What is the highest monthly tempretures in Brisbane
4. Is it easy to do a manually demanding job in that kind of heat
5. Is this kind of work easy to find
It is very important to us as we have a young family and need to be sure of our next move, its an expensive mistake if it all goes wrong,
Hope somebody can help,
Cheers Mate !!
..
#6
Re: Brisbane - Working in the heat and earning potential ?
I agree with jad n rich......there is a lot of exaggerating about how hot it is in Brisbane on here. The facts speak for themselves, average maximum temp in January is 29C...so some days will be more, some less.
Having spent five summers there....I agree with the stats. The first one was the hottest.....and it was hot, this last one was average, the previous two barely happened.
Of course there are a few days when heat + humidity is unbearable, but on the whole it's pretty moderate.
Having spent five summers there....I agree with the stats. The first one was the hottest.....and it was hot, this last one was average, the previous two barely happened.
Of course there are a few days when heat + humidity is unbearable, but on the whole it's pretty moderate.
#7
Re: Brisbane - Working in the heat and earning potential ?
I agree with jad n rich......there is a lot of exaggerating about how hot it is in Brisbane on here. The facts speak for themselves, average maximum temp in January is 29C...so some days will be more, some less.
Having spent five summers there....I agree with the stats. The first one was the hottest.....and it was hot, this last one was average, the previous two barely happened.
Of course there are a few days when heat + humidity is unbearable, but on the whole it's pretty moderate.
Having spent five summers there....I agree with the stats. The first one was the hottest.....and it was hot, this last one was average, the previous two barely happened.
Of course there are a few days when heat + humidity is unbearable, but on the whole it's pretty moderate.
#8
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 48
Re: Brisbane - Working in the heat and earning potential ?
yes, but those temps are gathered in the shade, something QLD gets very little of given the 300 odd days of sunshine that we get. 30 degrees in the sun versus 30 degrees with cloud cover are two very different things. When it is 30 degrees in the shade in QLD it is generally 40 plus in the sun and you will burn in minutes
#9
Re: Brisbane - Working in the heat and earning potential ?
yes, but those temps are gathered in the shade, something QLD gets very little of given the 300 odd days of sunshine that we get. 30 degrees in the sun versus 30 degrees with cloud cover are two very different things. When it is 30 degrees in the shade in QLD it is generally 40 plus in the sun and you will burn in minutes
#10
Re: Brisbane - Working in the heat and earning potential ?
leave a thermometre in the sun at around 1-2pm at the weekend and leave it for five mins, I think you will be shocked by the results
#11
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Joined: Mar 2007
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Re: Brisbane - Working in the heat and earning potential ?
quite happy to have a bet on that one!! thermometer in direct sunlight and whether it reaches 40 plus or not.
#12
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Re: Brisbane - Working in the heat and earning potential ?
My thermometer current says 25C, in the shade, but I have just moved it to the pool area, in full sun. 9:07am
Be back in a couple of minutes with the result...
Be back in a couple of minutes with the result...
#13
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Location: Brisbane (leafy, hilly western suburbs)
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Re: Brisbane - Working in the heat and earning potential ?
Having lived in Brisbane for the last 10 years I can tlel you that the last couple of summers have been fizzers that havent really gone off so recent arrivals to the area may have an unreasonable impression of what a hto Brisbane summer can be like.
Prior to that however, we had some real cookers. It isnt unusual to have a January where every day exceeds 35C and when thats coupled with high hummidity it can be crippling. Basically any time between November and March its possible to get days up above 35C (My parents visited in March a few years ago expecting it to have cooled down a bit and were completely knocked out by a whole week of 37C days!).
Dont be fooled by temperatures either a 35C 10% hummidity dry day would be FAR FAR easier to work in than a 29C 90% hummidity day. Brisbae may not get as hot as the southern capitals, but its often a lot more unpleasant to be outside.
As far as trades people go - its the norm to work a 7am-3pm day to make the most of the less-hot mornings. It'll still get to 30C by 8:30am - but the hummidity tends to rise throughout the day so getting out early is a very good idea.
Prior to that however, we had some real cookers. It isnt unusual to have a January where every day exceeds 35C and when thats coupled with high hummidity it can be crippling. Basically any time between November and March its possible to get days up above 35C (My parents visited in March a few years ago expecting it to have cooled down a bit and were completely knocked out by a whole week of 37C days!).
Dont be fooled by temperatures either a 35C 10% hummidity dry day would be FAR FAR easier to work in than a 29C 90% hummidity day. Brisbae may not get as hot as the southern capitals, but its often a lot more unpleasant to be outside.
As far as trades people go - its the norm to work a 7am-3pm day to make the most of the less-hot mornings. It'll still get to 30C by 8:30am - but the hummidity tends to rise throughout the day so getting out early is a very good idea.
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Re: Brisbane - Working in the heat and earning potential ?
Full Sun in the pool area, 36°C at 9:15am