Chippy Giles

Can anybody currently working in NZ help me out on this, I do 1st and 2nd fix, but not really cut and pitch roof's unless I'm working with someone else.

I made the mistake of watching wanted down under revisited for the family going to Wellington and the figures they were coming up with were well under what I would need to earn to apply for residency, assuming it goes back on the list....to be honest we are paying more than that to the labourers on our sites here in the UK.

I've had a look on trademe but nobody seems to want to say on paper what they are paying...

Thank you everybody

MrsFychan

I gave a link out on another thread couple of weeks ago, fortunately on holiday so not on regulart computer
but I do remember just googling wages for carpenters and got a run down from one of the sites

Chippy Giles

Yes i saw that thanks, I just wondered how accurate it was in the really real world, am assuming most of the chippies it is based on are going to be self employed and hence bringing home better money than the ones who are employed?

grantanddebs

Probably depends on where you are but ive seen many carpenter jobs in Christchurch paying high 20's per hour.

jmh

I know of qualified tradesmen charging out at $60 - $75 ph in Auckland.

Chippy Giles

Wow! ^^^^ That almost makes it worth living in Auckland (sorry ) Fingers crossed for a change in the LTSL on my birthday the 11th

BEVS

I'd imagine these are self-employed tradesmen. It's also approx the charge out rate around here for trade companies .

Average employed top of the South tradesman earns somewhere between $22 and $28 per hour AFAIK. You may get a wee bit more in Christchurch if you are thinking to head that way.

ref the shortages lists. You've stuck with this so long , you deserve a break mate.

jmh

Self employed trademen would charge themselves out at that rate, as would business owners. For example, a plumbing firm we got in charged us $70 per hour but obviously the person who turned up to do the work got less.

BEVS

Indeedy & Exactamonte.

The ole employee would be getting $22 -$28 or so.

SignMakerGIles will most likely need to be employed for a fair old while so will be looking at employee rates.

chippy64

Speaking to OH - he says with an agency you would be looking at around $25ph. On top of that, they pay your ACC levy plus 8% holiday pay. You would usually work 40 hours plus a week.
Hope that helps