Must not be a very good tradesman - these guys generally charge up to $110/hr.Builtit wrote:1. This is Adelaide and your lucky if you see the union rep ever on site, unless your on a big site with the main builders.raulduke wrote:1. The Union does still have power - take a look at the CFMEU in WA and Victoria.Builtit wrote: What a load of CRAP you dont know what you are talking about do you james. Green cards are getting fazed out into white cards and is all about safety so the workers can go home alive every night and has nothing to do with the union, The union has no power anymore so you hardly ever see them on site. What are you talking about when you say that the workers are all slack , if your slack the boss will sack you because there is no job security at all the union cant do anything. The pay is also crap why do you think there is such a skill shortage because no kids want to work hard for fuckall pay do they.
2. The pay is good in the construction industry - the hours aren't.
3. The skills shortage is due to the better rates of pay available in the mining industry (as many construction skills are portable to mining).
4. Workers are motivated by clever contractors.
2. The pay is crap unless you think 50000 is good pay for a tradesman of 25 years experiance. The hours are great 7 to 3 unless you cant get out of bed.
3. They only started talking about skills shortage because the mining industry is was taking off, and ofcourse there are plenty of tradesman working away because the money is 3 times better.
Avergage rate of pay onsite would be well over $35/hr with penalties for tradies + crib + travel etc
On a 50hr week, if one were motivated enough, thats atleast 90k.