much building work in perth?
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much building work in perth?
i have been on the govjob wsite and there is only 4 building jobs on it, i thought perth was booming with loads of tradie jobs going.
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Re: much building work in perth?
I could be wrong, but i think i read on a previous thread that alot of tradie jobs are not advertised on sites as much and better of going round to various sites.
We are still in Uk and moving over next year, OH is a carpenter. Going for reccie in october so i think he's going to have a drive round and have a look whats going on and hopefuly find out some useful info.
We are still in Uk and moving over next year, OH is a carpenter. Going for reccie in october so i think he's going to have a drive round and have a look whats going on and hopefuly find out some useful info.
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Re: much building work in perth?
I could be wrong, but i think i read on a previous thread that alot of tradie jobs are not advertised on sites as much and better of going round to various sites.
We are still in Uk and moving over next year, OH is a carpenter. Going for reccie in october so i think he's going to have a drive round and have a look whats going on and hopefuly find out some useful info.
We are still in Uk and moving over next year, OH is a carpenter. Going for reccie in october so i think he's going to have a drive round and have a look whats going on and hopefuly find out some useful info.
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Re: much building work in perth?
I could be wrong, but i think i read on a previous thread that alot of tradie jobs are not advertised on sites as much and better of going round to various sites.
We are still in Uk and moving over next year, OH is a carpenter. Going for reccie in october so i think he's going to have a drive round and have a look whats going on and hopefuly find out some useful info.
We are still in Uk and moving over next year, OH is a carpenter. Going for reccie in october so i think he's going to have a drive round and have a look whats going on and hopefuly find out some useful info.
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Re: much building work in perth?
Not entirely sure of suburbs yet as there is only so much i think you can do from the sofa in blighty, but thinking more SOR, Baldivis, Secret Harbour etc.
What about you?
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Re: much building work in perth?
You need to speak to Aston... He's a bricky in perf... Has a good handle on how things are right now...
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Re: much building work in perth?
Is that www.jobsearch.gov.au you are talking about?
if it is, I would suggest you are better off looking at www.seek.com.au, www.mycareer.com.au, www.careerone.com.au, www.job.com.au or www.gumtree.com.au
I've always found the jobsearch website to have a very poor selection of the actual jobs available, although its sometimes good for getting other data.
Specifically, what kind of building job are you looking for? brickie? carpenter? trade assistant? roofer? ....?
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Re: much building work in perth?
I posted this on 13 March and others have also suggested websites:
OP, have you checked out all these website and others already given in other threads?
Perhaps there aren't many bricklayers who are members of BE in Perth. Finding a bricklaying job here might be like other trades, in that you need to make that first essential contact to get known and then get work (very often a "who you know" situation rather than "what you know"). On one of the links below, it's a UK bricklayer who's set up his own business, perhaps email him and ask how to get started. His website has photos of previous brickwork, so maybe you can get some evidence of what you've been working on in the UK and some references. The building trade might be very quiet here at the moment, though. On the gumtree site, there are several ads from British or Irish bricklayers looking for work.
http://westjobs.com.au/JobSeeker/Job...?c1=26&k=brick
http://jobs.com.au/jobs/perth/trades/bricklaying/
http://www.tradescareer.com.au/jobs?state=WA
http://www.tradeatrade.com/help
http://www.specialistbrickworkservic...FQbbbgodaHnPCQ
http://tradeconnect.com.au/find-Bric...s-in-Perth.htm
http://perth.gumtree.com.au/f-brickl...PerthQ20Region
http://www.jobseeker.com.au/Bricklayer-jobs-in-Perth-WA
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=br...countryAU&sa=2
http://westjobs.com.au/JobSeeker/Job...?c1=26&k=brick
http://jobs.com.au/jobs/perth/trades/bricklaying/
http://www.tradescareer.com.au/jobs?state=WA
http://www.tradeatrade.com/help
http://www.specialistbrickworkservic...FQbbbgodaHnPCQ
http://tradeconnect.com.au/find-Bric...s-in-Perth.htm
http://perth.gumtree.com.au/f-brickl...PerthQ20Region
http://www.jobseeker.com.au/Bricklayer-jobs-in-Perth-WA
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=br...countryAU&sa=2
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Re: much building work in perth?
ive been here 4 years,things are up and down,i mean that in the positive not the negative..from what i can gather thats perth...
touch wood i aint been out of work yet....
at the moment its a little slow,but i dont know anyone who aint working...
im sure theres room for a few more...
ive spoke people who are flat out,then others that are not so..unless you get yourself on a big job,your never going to have more than a month or so in front of you,thats how it is here,,
so,if it was me coming over here,i would like to read that there was loads of work here and i was never going to have to worry about being out of work...but i cant write that,get yourself on a plane,try not to worry and you will find work here.....
oh and if your just referring to perth,there are other place in WA to work,that are apparently booming,but it aint here in Perth and that is a fact.
rates are an average of 270 a day....
just read this again and i would also like to add,things get easier here after a while,you meet people get regular custom and so on and so on..
good luck...and god knows where ill be when you get here,but you nevr know i may be able to help yer out..
touch wood i aint been out of work yet....
at the moment its a little slow,but i dont know anyone who aint working...
im sure theres room for a few more...
ive spoke people who are flat out,then others that are not so..unless you get yourself on a big job,your never going to have more than a month or so in front of you,thats how it is here,,
so,if it was me coming over here,i would like to read that there was loads of work here and i was never going to have to worry about being out of work...but i cant write that,get yourself on a plane,try not to worry and you will find work here.....
oh and if your just referring to perth,there are other place in WA to work,that are apparently booming,but it aint here in Perth and that is a fact.
rates are an average of 270 a day....
just read this again and i would also like to add,things get easier here after a while,you meet people get regular custom and so on and so on..
good luck...and god knows where ill be when you get here,but you nevr know i may be able to help yer out..
Last edited by aston; Mar 20th 2011 at 1:41 am.
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Re: much building work in perth?
With thousands of Irish backpackers flooding Australia sorry to say but there really is no need for skilled migrants in the trade sector anymore.
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Re: much building work in perth?
See http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...82#post9239782
Which new visa changes?
Thousands a week? More numbers pulled out of your ass?
There were about 15,000 WHVs granted to Irish citizens last year...15000/52 = about 290/wk. I see lots of them around here, guess what, half of them are female...and don't seem to be working on building sites when I see them on the train in the morning.
Only in WeebieWorld would this become 100,000s of Irish brickies per year!
Thousands a week? More numbers pulled out of your ass?
There were about 15,000 WHVs granted to Irish citizens last year...15000/52 = about 290/wk. I see lots of them around here, guess what, half of them are female...and don't seem to be working on building sites when I see them on the train in the morning.
Only in WeebieWorld would this become 100,000s of Irish brickies per year!
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I have to agree i have not come across many irish builders out and about, most of them are from the manchester clan or down south london tribe, you can tell the southerners they wear all the safety gear and follow H and S to the letter That and the man utd tops england tops and general neglect of any form of sun cream protection.
These are grocery shop observations and the many thirsty camel outings that we bump into these types purchasing vast amounts of hard drink, they have to be builders to support such a costly habit
These are grocery shop observations and the many thirsty camel outings that we bump into these types purchasing vast amounts of hard drink, they have to be builders to support such a costly habit
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Re: much building work in perth?
You must be having a laugh. Having worked here now in the bulding game for nearly 9 months I'd say there is still an abundant shortage of skilled tradies. Only problem just now is that a lot of the work is 'in the pipeline'. Come August/September there is supposed to be a boom within the industry and they'll be crying out for experienced people.
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This seems to be common theme with comments about WA...stuff is always in the pipeline, huge projects are always just around the corner. It feels like people have been saying it for years on here.