ray2gill

We have not had one tradie finish a job in one go. You are always waiting for them to come back and finish it. They don't call, you ring them and they say they will be there on such a day, you wait in and they don't turn up. then they turn up without any notification expecting you to be overjoyed to see them when you have people visiting and your all siting down to a meal.

Also the work is generally shody. they don't clean up after themselves. They leave an absolute mess with no apology.

Cant rain all the time2

So using a licensed trademan will ensure you get a good job done? I don't think so.

sj oldfield

Yeah there are a lot of dodgy tradies...................but they are not all like that.
My OH is a painter, has been for just on 30 years, and he would never charge a stupidly high price for anyone!!

La Vida loca

I dont like anyone who has been greedy, unfortunately tradies havent helped themselves, but some people have been passing themselves off as tradies.

Everyone has been greedy, Engineers /accountants etc, who think just because they hold a degree should claim $150k minimum for waking up in the morning.

Its coming to an end, competition is here now, Woddside have frozen pay, others are stripping labour force, contracts are tightenting, and its about blood time....

Liek I have suggested before, we are all responsible, its like if we buy a house, we expect the price to increase by 20% per annum and then say we are loaded with the equity.

Funky Monkey

Thats a good point.
I also have an image of white collar workers sitting on their arse in an easy office environment from 9 - 5, taking an hour for lunch and never working a miunute past 5 p.m. I am sensible enough to know this is not true.

I have spoken to many people in Australia and one woman even said she is happy to hear an English person answer the phone when ringing a tradie. Tradies in Australia have a bad name and it seems particularly the Australian ones.

steve`o

as all tradies are licenced how can some one pass themselves of as a tradie who isnt trained / insured etc,
just ask to see a copy as and when you employ someone
no licenced worker would refuse and if they do dont use them



lins for checking sparks licences qld
http://www.deir.qld.gov.au/elis/
http://www.deir.qld.gov.au/elis/cond...pSqy!570586527

steve`o

no it just means they are licenced most people go of a personal recommendation which is by far the best method

kez81

Ofcourse it wont that's not what i said, but people should be checking that the tradie they use is licensed just because someone advertises in the local paper doesn't mean they have the license or knowledge to be doing what there doing.

kez81

Thats were most of my OH work comes from is recommendation from other people if your good at what you do you will get the work if not you wont simply as really.

bu1lder

Please don't tar us all with the same brush!!
This is us in London in January this year with Imtiaz Ferruki (the President of the National House Builders Co. "NHBC") and Melissa Porter from the tele Collecting our firms award for the "pride in the job"
we came FIRST place for small to medium builders in the country out of
(18,000) builders. Please feel free to google our company "Bell and Shinn Developments" in Horncastle ,Lincolnshire.

http://www.nhbc.co.uk/newsandcomment/prideinthejob/[/URL]

iamthecreaturefromuranus

Unless you are prepared for a very long commute I think you are probably a non-starter as far as any work I need doing.

bu1lder

I'm over there in August 09, Perth.

painter in aus

no complaints this week..........woooooo

well it is only tuesday

deadlock

I REMEMBER WATCHING LIFE DOWN UNDER,10K A WEEK LAYING BRICKS! I WAS LUCKY TO GET 1K !

La Vida loca

Steve o.

Ok it works like this, a tradie gets the job and subs it out....... to a TA or similar.......easy as I reckon. and a nice slice off the top.

Do you think all these new home builder companies are paying greedy tradesman rates for every job....naht.