The Outsider Donating Members 1,205 Member For: 13y 9m 11d Gender: Male Location: Burwood, NSW Posted 03/04/12 02:46 PM Share Posted 03/04/12 02:46 PM 900/week is pretty standard/average wage for a fully qualified sparky. Few more qualifications (Level 2 etc.) and you could land a job that pays a fair bit more than that. Hell, Integral 3rd year apprentices get 25/hour, nearly the base tradesman rate at my employment.Makes me wish I went through that massive process to apply for an apprenticeship there. Doh.900 p/w?and here I am just a lowly forklift driver on 80k+ a year.something is not right in all of this.you guys would be better off not getting a trade and just go be sh*t kickers in a warehouse!or you could always go work with daz for 180k a year! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corzza 777 Member 7,135 Member For: 16y 26d Gender: Male Location: Neutral Bay. Born and Bred in the RSA Posted 03/04/12 08:42 PM Share Posted 03/04/12 08:42 PM Morning fellas!The loooong weekend is almost upon us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STAINLESS again plz You've changed man.... Donating Members 8,142 Member For: 14y 2m Gender: Male Location: 2 Fuchsia Court, Narre Warren. 3805 Posted 03/04/12 08:52 PM Share Posted 03/04/12 08:52 PM Im paying 2 contractors $45p/h today on site and charging them out at $70 each. Im making $50ph to stay in bed. Brought home $165 per week as a first year. I miss $21 slabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyBurns Donating Members 641 Member For: 16y 11m 19d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 03/04/12 09:10 PM Share Posted 03/04/12 09:10 PM Morning all.Never did a trade but first job at woolies was $6.something p/h, 10 hours a week haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STAINLESS again plz You've changed man.... Donating Members 8,142 Member For: 14y 2m Gender: Male Location: 2 Fuchsia Court, Narre Warren. 3805 Posted 03/04/12 09:22 PM Share Posted 03/04/12 09:22 PM $5.75ph. As first year. Back when bus tickets were 45c for 3hr. That was good cause I used to catch 2 buses and a train to get to work by 6am. Also had 1km walk in between. Funny now seein housemates daughter complain cause she has a 30 min train ride to her $24ph child care job. By funny I mean I want to punch her in the face. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 6m 26d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 03/04/12 10:06 PM Share Posted 03/04/12 10:06 PM It's funny isn't it... And these days apprentices get their wages subsidized by the government to 3rd year equivalent anyways.. I started at 118 in my pocket a week.. Would work Sundays for extra cash.. But somehow always managed to afford my two bottle of Jim beam a week.. Admittedly I did drive a sh*tbox satria.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 10m 2d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 03/04/12 10:08 PM Share Posted 03/04/12 10:08 PM Back in my day... You know you're getting old when you start reminiscing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corzza 777 Member 7,135 Member For: 16y 26d Gender: Male Location: Neutral Bay. Born and Bred in the RSA Posted 03/04/12 11:00 PM Share Posted 03/04/12 11:00 PM Big bosses are in the office today. Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyfrd Turboless Donating Members 5,992 Member For: 14y Gender: Male Location: Geelong, Victoria Posted 03/04/12 11:45 PM Share Posted 03/04/12 11:45 PM By funny I mean I want to punch her in the face.Lol. Tbh I don't find melb transport that bad. The times I've been up there to use it. Trams, trains. All fine. Tell her to pull her head in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Thooperrrrrrr Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 7m 25d Gender: Male Location: NOR, Western Australia Posted 04/04/12 12:07 AM Share Posted 04/04/12 12:07 AM I started at Maccas when I was 15 on $5.49/ph. Was loving it when it increased after 6 months to $6.06Worked my way up to crew trainer and was getting $13.90/ph, then went further up to assistant manager and was on salary which was paying about $14.10/ph. Neeedless to say after 3 months of that I went back to crew.. not worth the extra pressure and unpaid hours for another 20c... SInce then it's changed though, they get min of $24 an hour as shift assistant/assistant manager I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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