tony74

Hi Can anybody tell me if the the work for bricklayer's in Perth as picked up any and if so whats the going rate ? Thanks

A lot of bricky job adverts ask for a minimum of 5 years WA experience but there are some who will give you a chance, the going rate is about $250 a day or about $180 for a labourer. Its tough going and your work has gotta be spot on but if you are a good bricky you shouldnt have a problem. where about are you looking?

I heard there putting comedians on the skills list so why dont you look into that

Hi mate im a bricky and have been in Perth for 4 mths, probably looking at about $250 a day, seems to be quite a bit going on and from what ive been told its picking up

We have been here a few weeks now and just wanted to ask everyone....how the bloody hell do you make ends meet? wages are low compared to how much work you do and everything is so expensive. Hope the next few weeks start to improve

Hiya thompsons 1977, Im a bricky, missus is a pharmacy tech, got 2 kids 7 and 5 and a friend of a friend is looking out for work for me (hopefuly starting as soon as i get the right cards) and the holiday home is amazing, very big 5 bedrooms, loads of room and very very clean, be warned holiday homes arent cheap but it has everything you need u ntill your container gets here, If you pm me i will give you contact for the holiday home....good luck

Finally after 5 years we have arrived in Australia and so far its everything we thought it would be, we came out here for a reccie in 2006 and applied for a visa shortly after, originally we wanted to go to Brisbane on a 175 but after a while had a total change of plan and came to Perth on a ss 176. After years of planning we put our house up with a property management company in Liverpool,we then had the horrible job of saying goodbye to our families which was the hardest thing we have ever had to do nothing can prepare you for that. We flew out on Tuesday 26th June and had a 2 day stopover in Dubai (well worth thinking about if you have young children). We flew with Emirates who are absolutely fantastic nice flight, 200+ movies, games, and the food was good too. We flew 6 hours from Manchester to Dubai then a further 10.5 hours from Dubai to Perth. We rented a holiday home for 4 weeks in Mandurah and i think this is were we want to stay, it has everything we need....beaches, parks, open spaces for my kids to run wild, we love it here i know weve only been here a few days but everything feels right.:biglaugh:

Hi thanks for the replies.I am so excited about coming over in june, just hope kids settle in :biggrin:

Hi we are moving to Perth the end of June, and just wanted abit of information about good primary schools around Halls Head. We have 2 boys (7 years and 5 Years). When do the school terms start in Perth?:err:

Alrite scottiedog, my story mate is that after we got our visas and started telling people we were going a friend of a friend told me i could jump in with him for a couple of months to get the hang of things out there, then hes gonna put me on to some of his contacts and hopefully things will take off. Where in Perth are you headed, were going to Mandurah

Alrite Ollie, Just read your post and think its normal to have doubts, its a massive move but at the end of the day if you dont like it you can come back, we got our visas in September and were moving to Perth in June (were also from Liverpool) Im a bricky too and ive got a bit of work lined up so if i can give you any advice i will. We still get worried about moving....one day your worried about leaving everything you know behind the next your excited about the thought of living in a great country, starting afresh and finally letting my kids play outside. Liverpool aint a good place (gangs, drug dealers, users) i dont want my kids growing up seeing all that, im not saying the grass is greener but unless you try it youll never know. Where in Liverpool are you?

Hi, as mentioned above i had to do a statutory declaration which covers everything youve done sinse your apprentiship, list every company youve worked for and try to remember dates also list jobs youve done (not all obviously) just as an example ie built a school for Joe Blogs in 2003, but go into detail, you need to convince them that you know your stuff so go into as much detail as possible, tell them that you used a hilti gun to fix ties or tram lines in your blockwork to strengthen it or tell them about a herring bone panel you built in a wall once, just mix it up and cover everything. Its a pain in the a**e but it will all be worth it.....hope this helps, if you need any info just ask.

where is rockingham in relation to surfers paradise Brilliant...ill do it too im in Liverpool lol

Thank you :biggrin:

I think, keeping hold of it for now might be the best option. Do you have to pay tax to oz for your rental income in the uk?:wink:

congrats :biggrin:

My mum and dad are looking in to getting a visa to live in Perth. They are 63 and 62 years old. Not to sure which visa would be best. My dad as a muscle wasting disease called Charcot marie tooth type 2, as anyone else with this disease been excepted for a visa .

We recieved our visa this week and now have to decide to sell or rent our house. Just don't know what to do. Any advice would be great. Thanks:biggrin:

Good luck with your move. We hope to be over there early next year.

Our visa was granted today (176ss) after 4 years. We hope to be in Perth around April next year and are looking to stay in Mandurah. We are soooooooo excited. We are a family of four. I am a pharmacy technician (35) and my OH is a bricklayer (37). We have 2 boys (6 and 4 years). Just told the family today,and had mixed reactions, some not to happy that we have now got it. Hope they finally come around to it.:biglaugh:

What youve gotta do is build a corner so what they mean is "prepare" -put your line from your top course to bottom course diagonally across your corner, "mark" mark your brick with a pencil and then "cut" get your hammer and bolster out....your only using commons with a frog in so its a piece of p**s !!!!!! As Pablo says its just like doing a cut-up on a pike.

the assessor didnt give too much away i asked him if he could let me know but he said id have the results in about 3 weeks which is a bloody long time to wait considering the importance of it all but im quietley confident so... fingers crossed

Hi, i had my bricky skills test today in Preston vocational centre, after being really worried over the past few weeks building upto it it wasnt as bad as i thought in fact its quite basic stuff really and Tim the guy whose in charge seems a good guy and makes you feel at ease. I got there at 7.15 am and there was a few worried looking faces outside but once we got in it was ok, first of hall the assessor (Tim) gives you a drawing and youve gotta build it, its just a cavity wall 4 brick by 7.5 brick for 11 courses, one side cut to rake using hammer and bolster with just one course of brick on the back for the internal skin and tiewires, youve got a 600mm opening then a 1.5 brick pillar for 11 courses 2 course of corbles and a brick on edge, thats it. Tim then asks you into the canteen and asks you a load of questions (again quite basic) eg 4 types of brickwork finishing, 3 types of scaffolding, how to build an arch. they give you all day but if you get stuck in you could probly be away for dinner, all the lads that were there today looked as if they would all pass, they all looked like they knew there trade and all seemed like decent trowels. Good luck to you all anyway, hope you pass (and me) and maybe ill see you all on site one day down under.