On the news this morning they were saying they are desperate for tradies and that they may have to bring people in from abroad but from what I can see it seems you still need the relevant licences (carpenter in our case) even with the immediate stuff, so you cant just rock up and help out then?

Yep, you will need the appropriate licences etc I'm afraid. The work has to be approved etc as normal. They say its to stop cowboys making money when they really aren't qualified to/capable of doing the work.

ok well thanks for replying reckon its a bit off to have to apply and presume pay for licences to volunteer they're obviously not as bad off as we're led to believe. TRA pass should be enough.

If you're interested then maybe contact whoever licences your trade in Queensland and see what they suggest. Alternatively contact the Building Services Authority. I can't advise on it, way outside of my field.

this has appeared on Sunrise this morning "Operation Bounceback"

https://operationbounceback.sunrisef...index/register

for tradies to register to VOLUNTEER very sketchy re how it works

Just being pedantic but it's Building Services Authority,[in case anyone is confused] the safety thing is another section of the justice & attourney generals dept lol more jobs for the boys

Safety on the brain at the moment in your job eh

I thought about volunteering for a week via the triple M tradies thing. I've spoken to some other tradies who have said it's sheer madness to get involved. You have to be licenced & have your public liability insurance so that if there's a problem with any of the jobs you've volunteered your time for you can then be held accountable.
Because of the nature of the disaster these homes will be drying for weeks if not months, rushing in & painting /tiling etc. before surfaces are dry enough will most certainly lead to problems.
90% of my work in the U.K was insurance work, we had de-humidifiers working 24/7 for a couple of weeks before we would even contemplate renovations after a flood so I guess these guys are talking a bit of sense, though I'll probably still fill in the forms to do my bit. Better to do a bit than sit here watching flood porn on the box.


EDIT: We're registered as volunteers, hope it's not going to come back & bite us

Knew you'd be a far better source than me, just wasn't sure if you were around I'm more of a disaster round this forum these days than a safety expert anyway, and if anyone has any jobs going could they let me know.....
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yes my OH said all of the above, I had my celler flooded in the UK took weeks to dry out with a de-humidifier so know where your coming from but on the news they were saying they wanted immediate help ie lock fittings, security repairs etc not full on rebuilding anyway he has filled the form in but without licence it'll be interesting whether they contact, still interested in how they are going to get around that if bringing in help from abroad.

Perhaps they'll rush through a whole lot of short term 457s and pair them up with reg. tradies?

Abroad also includes New Zealand, they'll be loads of people over there wanting to do this type of work.

Quick! Look up, there's a whole drift of flying pigs