sutty77

Hi
Due to emigrate later this year and hubby is a builder. Does everything from bricklaying to roofing to concreteing.
Can anyone tel me if the building trade is going downhill like it is here in england? Is there plenty or any work out there for builders?
Any info would be very grateful.
Thanks, Mandy

datamile

You might to be a bit more specific about area. Queensland is 7.5 times the size of the UK. Most development is in South East ( Sunshine and gold coast + Brissy ), and most the builders I know are still flat out as there are still lots of people moving to SEQ.

Baby75

if your heading towards Brisbane sunshine coast area, its not great at the minute So ID say ''watch this space''.
My DH is a welder and my brother is a carpenter and both cant find work my dh company closed before Christmas and let all their staff go. we have rang and registered with every job agency here and they all say the same, no work at all, they think its a knock on effect of the two mines closing down up north. it is just after Christmas as well so it has to improve I hope. but I would keep watching and checking just in case.

my DH and brother got work on a race track doing maintenance, wages are crap. we have gone from $26 per hour $18 and the tax man seems to take more off you the less you earn. any one understand that !! still as crap as the wages are its better than having no job

this is just what we have found