Coming in a week can sombody please tell me what i need to work on site?

Tom dyke · 31-01-2008, 12:19 AM

Hi guys, i got my working visa excepted today

chuffed to nuts about it. but it come three weeks early

which im really happy about but has left me with a couple of questions? im a qualified brickie i have served my time so im not worried about that but i have only managed to get my blue card and im not sure what else i need i know i need a tax number but i heard somthing about a thing called ABM and i dont know what that is?
if anyone can help me i would really appriciate it. thanks Tom

wardy · 31-01-2008, 12:58 AM

Congratulations on the visa.

i cant help you but the person I think who would be able to help you best as he is a brickie is Billy Braveheart.

He will probably be around soon or his missus mrs Braveheart.

Tyke · 31-01-2008, 01:36 AM

Hi Tom

Looks like you need an Australian Business Number (ABN).
Anyone in business or sub contracting needs one.

Have a look at this page on the Australian Tax Office site.

ABN essentials

Cheers

billy braveheart · 31-01-2008, 08:47 AM

Hi Tom,
As Tyke says Australian business number(equivalent to CIS4) in uk is what u need if you wish to work on a self employed basis which is what most of the work is, also a tax file number ,otherwise you will pay 48% of your earnings on tax,both can be done online and only take approx 7-10 days to come through but you need to be in oz to apply as they send it to the oz address you submit.
other than that mate all you need is a job and im sure you wont have much problem in securing that
anything else i can help u with just pm me
where in oz u heading???
billy

Tom dyke · 31-01-2008, 10:57 AM

hi Billy, thanks for your reply thats great, im of to sydney going to be flying on wednesday im not sure if i will stay there for the whole duration because i know there are allot of lovely places to see and live im just going to see how it goes im on my own so im free to travel round and get a real feel for the place then hopefully get sponsored and stay.
Tom

Tom dyke · 31-01-2008, 10:58 AM

thanks everyone for your help.
Tom

Stu:0 · 01-02-2008, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom dyke

hi Billy, thanks for your reply thats great, im of to sydney going to be flying on wednesday im not sure if i will stay there for the whole duration because i know there are allot of lovely places to see and live im just going to see how it goes im on my own so im free to travel round and get a real feel for the place then hopefully get sponsored and stay.
Tom

Hi mate, im a spark working in Cairns and im sure you'l be coming up here at some point to see the reef. You'l have no problem finding work, its boom times here as far as building goes. I would say 50% of the guys on site here where thongs(flip flops) bloody mad if yo ask me. Health and safety, whats that!
Have a great time!

Stu

nyper74exc · 01-02-2008, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Stu:0

Hi mate, im a spark working in Cairns and im sure you'l be coming up here at some point to see the reef. You'l have no problem finding work, its boom times here as far as building goes. I would say 50% of the guys on site here where thongs(flip flops) bloody mad if yo ask me. Health and safety, whats that!
Have a great time!

Stu

hello stu:0, booming up there is it? is there a lot of work up there for brickies and what type of work are they doing, houses or hotels etc? thanks in advance.
nyper

Stu:0 · 01-02-2008, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by nyper74exc

hello stu:0, booming up there is it? is there a lot of work up there for brickies and what type of work are they doing, houses or hotels etc? thanks in advance.
nyper

Hi mate, houses going up all over the place. Most of the big stuff is all concrete. There are block homes everywhere but also on the cheaper end of the market they are tilt slab. Concrete slab goes down then the rest of the house walls arrive again all concrete and all they do is bolt them together. Had a spell last year where walls got put in the wrong place which ended up with no windows in bedrooms. Not good when the roof has gone on! Guys had to sit there with grinders cutting in holes for windows. Wood seems to be coming a thing of the past aswell. Roof truses are all going metal along with stud walls.
I better stop hogging this thread!!!
Give us a shout if you want to know anything else but i will say any trades are laughing if they come to Cairns!

Stu

gizmoe · 01-02-2008, 10:40 AM

What about a BSA licence.
I'm sure it was made mandatory that every building sub contractor has to have a licence & if a builder is discovered employing an unlicenced contractor he will get fined as well as the subbie.

It's not particularly hard to get a BSA licence if you are a legitmate contractor & I think it's $5K worth of assets other than your family car,house, work vehicle & tools.
Basically you need to come up with a minimum $5k to repair or fix a job if it goes bad.