p&d jobs in oz ?
Mar 22nd 2010, 5:23 pm
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p&d jobs in oz ?
hi my name is jon just wondering if there is a lot of work for painters and decorators ?,looking to move my young family out there depending on new sol of course any advice would be appreciated.
Mar 22nd 2010, 7:08 pm
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Re: p&d jobs in oz ?
gold coast very sloooooooooow.
do you think sol will affect you then ?
do you think sol will affect you then ?
Mar 22nd 2010, 7:53 pm
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cant be any slower than here its ridiculous at the mo ,just waiting to see what they will do about sol before i commit to an application want to make sure theres work first, hard to gage though seeing as it might take a couple of years to get there anyway but we really want to give it go we are pig sick of england.really hope they dont take my trade off the list any idea what they are going to chop ?
Mar 22nd 2010, 8:38 pm
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try this lady, her husband is a painter in brisbane area, she will explain all
http://britishexpats.com/forum/member.php?u=71755
not good is what i hear
http://britishexpats.com/forum/member.php?u=71755
not good is what i hear
Mar 23rd 2010, 4:48 pm
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cant be any slower than here its ridiculous at the mo ,just waiting to see what they will do about sol before i commit to an application want to make sure theres work first, hard to gage though seeing as it might take a couple of years to get there anyway but we really want to give it go we are pig sick of england.really hope they dont take my trade off the list any idea what they are going to chop ?
Mar 24th 2010, 12:03 am
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Re: p&d jobs in oz ?
We know someone who does the same as you and he is pretty busy. He is established though and has a good rep, which helps.
Mar 24th 2010, 9:38 am
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Re: p&d jobs in oz ?
Hi Jon
I have sent you a PM.
The basics for any other P&D who would like to know on BE:
When we first arrived (18 months ago) there was nearly 30 jobs or so advertised weekly in the Courier Mail (wed job page) now some weeks there are none. My husband has had 10 jobs in this time - more than he has had his whole career. Bosses generally say that they have plenty of work, we can keep you going for ages etc, until you have helped them catch up and then its goodbye, generally with very short notice. Consequently the odd week at home unpaid every now and again.
If he is out of work, he gets the wed job paper at 5.30am and starts telephoning straight away. On a good day he can have a job lined up by 6am.
Many jobs advertised are Brisbane based which he tries to stay away from as its too far to travel from the Gold Coast, so the nearer Brisbane you live, the better the work prospects should be.
There are definitely some very large projects underway around Brisbane and the Gold Coast, including a brand new hospital, so in theory there should be lots of jobs happening soon.
Wages approx $27 an hour and ABN (self employed) approx $30 an hour.
I have sent you a PM.
The basics for any other P&D who would like to know on BE:
When we first arrived (18 months ago) there was nearly 30 jobs or so advertised weekly in the Courier Mail (wed job page) now some weeks there are none. My husband has had 10 jobs in this time - more than he has had his whole career. Bosses generally say that they have plenty of work, we can keep you going for ages etc, until you have helped them catch up and then its goodbye, generally with very short notice. Consequently the odd week at home unpaid every now and again.
If he is out of work, he gets the wed job paper at 5.30am and starts telephoning straight away. On a good day he can have a job lined up by 6am.
Many jobs advertised are Brisbane based which he tries to stay away from as its too far to travel from the Gold Coast, so the nearer Brisbane you live, the better the work prospects should be.
There are definitely some very large projects underway around Brisbane and the Gold Coast, including a brand new hospital, so in theory there should be lots of jobs happening soon.
Wages approx $27 an hour and ABN (self employed) approx $30 an hour.
Mar 24th 2010, 5:50 pm
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Re: p&d jobs in oz ?
hi spellbound thanks for the info ,now just have to wait and see if they take p&d off the list first will be gutted if they do. know its all speculation but whats the feeling over there about whats to be taken off the list ?
Apr 23rd 2010, 6:17 pm
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Are things looking any better on painting jobs ?
Apr 23rd 2010, 11:10 pm
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Re: p&d jobs in oz ?
He only had one day off last week! but he does have quite a few weeks work lined up from now onwards. Its definitely a contacts business and most of his work he manages to get from old contacts hes made. His latest work came from a bloke he started talking to in the Dulux shop.
