Sunshine coast too hot for joiner?

**jmcbroom** · 29-11-2006, 06:18 PM

Hi everyone, as the application of our residential visa approaches my girlfriend and i are in need of a little advice. After a huge amount of discussion we have finally decided we would like to emigrate to somewhere on the sunshine coast. However, as i am a joiner and work outside a fair amount of the time, i was wondering whether the climate would get a little too much to work in?
Is there anyone in this situation? Any advise would be a bonus.
Cheers.
Jay Mc

**Koala** · 29-11-2006, 09:15 PM

Hi Jay,

...i was wondering whether the climate would get a little too much to work in?

This could apply to many places/states. Sydney was 35 degrees last week, and it's a long way from the Gold Coast. I always pity the roadworkers or anyone having to even be outside in these high temps, let alone having to work in them.

Koala

**Aldo** · 30-11-2006, 05:58 AM

In general construction workers start very early (6am) and finish early so avoiding he hottest part of the day for too long. Its also important to wear the right clothing (long sleeve shirts and wide brim hats) and remember the old "slip slap slop". I worked in brissy back in the early 90s as a bricky and didn't take this advice and was laid up for a week with heat stroke (not a nice experience)! At the moment i work in Spain and the temperature get up to early 40s in august and its a case of just pacing yourself, following the advice above and (nearly forgot) drink plenty of water!
Anyway most of Queensland homes are timber construction so somebody built them.

One more thing to remember; Don't Whinge!!!

**pleasant jo** · 09-01-2007, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by jmcbroom

Hi everyone, as the application of our residential visa approaches my girlfriend and i are in need of a little advice. After a huge amount of discussion we have finally decided we would like to emigrate to somewhere on the sunshine coast. However, as i am a joiner and work outside a fair amount of the time, i was wondering whether the climate would get a little too much to work in?
Is there anyone in this situation? Any advise would be a bonus.
Cheers.
Jay Mc

Hi jay,
I too am a joiner, still in very early stages of application . working in the heat is one of my my concerns.I have been informed that melbourne is cooler but changable.(more rainy)Dont know if this helps,or is true .Anyone agree? please keep intouch i would like to know how you get on.Tradies need to stick together. Any luck with work yet?.What type of joinery do you do,site,bench,domestic?

**tombo97** · 12-01-2007, 03:20 PM

hi jay , just come back from gold coast weather was quite hot while i was there i am also a joiner and am in the very early stages of visa application,
i had the same concerns as you about the outside temp but talking to some locals about working conditions 35deg is the max temp the trades will work in?. just stay coverd up and drink plenty was the advise i got i am in shopfitting and exhibition joinery also benchhand have you had any look regarding work out there ..

**darrell&sarah** · 06-02-2007, 07:45 PM

hi i am also a chippy and in the early stages of my application back here i specialise in timber frame erecting [well for the last 7 years ]and before that 1st &2nd fix kitchens etc,i was leaning towards fitting kitchens out there to get out of the sun,any one know of any jobs going thanx darrell

**IrishPost** · 09-02-2007, 06:34 AM

:) Just an observation.

I am not in the building trade but my father was and is now retired.

I remember when he came out to Australia about 30 years ago, he always referred to himself as a Joiner but found that that trade name was not used very often and instead anyone in that game referred to themselves as a Carpenter.

I notice that in house construction there are two types of contractors that do the carpentry, the Framers who errect the frame and the Fixers who finish the inside, ie fix in the cabinets, skirting boards, door frames and doors etc.

Most homes in Australia are brick veneer.

The framing part looks like hard work and they all seem to be young blokes clambering over the frames with a nail gun. It seems to be all power tools these days.

I notice that the trusses are pre made and delivered to the site.

Anyhow, as I said, it seems to be squads of young blokes doing the framing. My father, being in his late 50's got a bit too old for it and got himself a nice little job in a cabinet making firm.

So there you go, just my observations.

Cheers.

**chello** · 30-08-2008, 10:06 AM

It is a matter of acclimatisation! I have a friend from London who has lived here in Buderim for the last 5 years, he thinks the winter which drop to oohh a chilly 6degrees C are so cold that he wears a coat that Scott of the Antarctic would be proud of!

JoanneHattersley · 30-08-2008, 10:09 AM

You do acclimatize. Took us almost three years yet friends of ours were "chilly" immediately! LOL!

**Working to fish** · 30-08-2008, 10:19 AM

Hi i am on the sunshine coast working as joiner ,i am in the workshop and also out on site .Yes it gets bl**dy hot but as long as you drink loads of water ,loads of sun cream and try and work out of the sun as much as you can then its not to bad. Give me this any day to working out side in winter in uk ,done lots of that and this is better than being so cold .

eddie