bricklayers wages in Melbourne??

[westy]

Hi All,
we are thinking of making the move to melbourne as the building industry is taking a dive in Ireland.
I'm an Aussie and my Husband is Irish so we have no Visa issues.
We are in Oz on holidays at the moment doing a bit of research but the one thing we can't find out is an aprox weekly/monthly bricklaying wage....
If anyone can give us any idea's we'd be so gratefull....
Thaks a million!

[Dolly]

Originally Posted by westy

Hi All,
we are thinking of making the move to melbourne as the building industry is taking a dive in Ireland.
I'm an Aussie and my Husband is Irish so we have no Visa issues.
We are in Oz on holidays at the moment doing a bit of research but the one thing we can't find out is an aprox weekly/monthly bricklaying wage....
If anyone can give us any idea's we'd be so gratefull....
Thaks a million!

Hi there westy,

Welcome to the Forum.

Will these help?

Bricklaying Jobs, Australia - Trades and Services job search with My Career

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So you're over here at the moment? What areas have you been to? Do you like what you've seen?

We live about 45kms south of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula and absolutely love it here.

Is it too early to say if you've found an area you like?

Dolly

[westy]

HI Dolly, fancy that! the area we want to live in is Mornington!!!!!
WE are going back to Ireland on the 16th so just cruising around for the next few days then back to sydney for the last week.
The other thing we need to find out is this - My husband has been a bricklayer for 10+ yrs but has no formal qualification, does anyone know how to go about getting australian papers? Do you need to re-train or can you do skill assessment?
I have looked at the employment websites but they are very general, we were looking for more specific numbers....
HOw long have you been over here for? what do you do?

CHeers, westy.

[Dolly]

Hi westy,

We live in Frankston South and go to Mornington regularly. Our first choice was to live in Mornington but we were looking for the right school for the boys and Frankston High School seemed to be the best in the area hence why we are here. Once the boys have finished there and gone onto Uni we'll then move a bit further south. We moved here in October 2007.

Your husband will have to do a skills assessment. It won't matter that he hasn't got a formal qualification,

VETASSESS - Vocational Education Training and Assessment Services

I'd definitely think about getting an agent for the skills assessment part of your visa application.

Hope you continue to enjoy yourself whilst you're over here!

Dolly

[westy]

Well, we've been back in Ireland for a week now and have to say - the weather is pure ****e!!!!!
We have told family and friends etc that we are emigrating in january and on the whole everyone has been very suportive.
But, as is the way with these things, once you decide to ge you start to get all sentimantal about where you live, friends etc.... and have the odd doubt.
We have to keep reminding ourselves that we have a wonderfull opportunity to make a real go of things over in Oz. I worry that we are being overly romantic about what lies ahead - in my min we are living across fromn the beach, long lazy days in the sun etc, have to remind myself that life is life wherever you live, the weather is better there that's all!!!!!!!
I guess i'm looking for reassurance.....???????
Love to hear from anyone over there.....
W.

[kaz101]

Hi Westy,

We've been here since July 2007. No we're not across from a beach but we are 24kms from the coast which is much closer than we were in Hertfordshire, UK.

There is no noise pollution, no car pollution, warm weather and my husband walks to work! We love it here, and although sometimes things get tough with family still in the UK we don't regret it.

Regards,
Karen

[westy]

Thanks for your reply, I'm just having the normal jitters. you think i'd know better being an Ozzie myself!

Does anyone have any more information on the 10 thousand blocks of land/affordable houses they are apparently releasing in Melbourne?
Cheers.

[Doughy]

hi im a bricky based in melbourne!
i moved out here 2 years ago from uk.
bricky's in melbourne take home a net pay of just over $3000 p/m working on wages for a boss. obviously you can make more working for yourself. hope that answers your question, dont hesitate if you need more info. Good luck

[lee1982]

hello, me and 2 friends have recently applied for working visas for australia and are hoping to come out early november. we all have gnvq qualifications and have been in the bricklaying trade for a few years now. i have read some posts on here that say building generally is slowing down and the moneys dropped, but the last posts were in march. is this still the case? we would also like to know the sort of wages we can expect to earn on a day rate to start, in sydney/melbourne and maybe perth depending on the wage differences we are pretty much open to all places. anyone who could give us any information on this, it would be very much appreciated !

[Doughy]

hello lee,
My name's Shane. Im a bricky in melbourne and have moved back out here from Uk myself about 2 and a half years ago. In reply to your questions. first of all, there is plenty of work for bricky's especially in melbourne infact we're in pretty high demand and you can expect to earn about $3000 or more a month after tax, working 5 days, 7am-3:30pm for a boss.(Usually $25-35 an hour).Im not sure about sydney or anywhere else but i dont think you'd have any trouble trying to find work to be honest.
I can also tell you that they do things a bit different over here, for example all houses are built single skin from brick and the internal walls are all timber frame stud walls so there's really not much to it. Theres no cavity insulation and no thermolite blockwork plus its always just stretcher bond, i havent done any other bond since i started over here, no english bond, flemish or anything just stretcher so it couldnt get any easier really. I think English bricky's are much neater than the Aussies too so that should set your minds at ease.
Hope i helped you with your inquiry and if you wanna know anything else let me know.

Shane