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Thanks for the honest assessment,i feel that you are right and I am only too aware that there is a reason they cannot get Aussie bricklayers for that money.

Bricklayer Sydney,I have been offered a job in Sydney as an employee .Pay is 60000 Aus dollars inc super.I am assuming that this works out at 856 dollars take home pay per week .I feel that on this wage I will struggle,any views.

Yes,i had some contact with them a couple of weeks back and the salary is 50-60k including super .I have reservations about why they are recruiting so far away and if they run out of work will they drop you like a stone.I have worked over there and know how some Aussie builders operate.

Regards

On no.3 I think as long as you can show a weekly wage going in for the period you'll be fine. My OH is going for the 189 and had his own business before his current employer. They wanted company accounts as proof that he was indeed working but we didn't have them. Instead our agent has asked us to provide bank statements to cover that period, not for every month but just a few over the course of each year. Hope this helps xx

Hello,i saw the advert myself and was wondering how much contact have you had with them and were they need bricklayers?

Thanks

Hello Geoff, i am a 46 year old pommy bricklayer ,spent 2 years in Geelong working on new houses and other projects .Regarding your ad is there a shortage of bricklayers in the west?

As some one seriously considering returning to Oz in January what are the chances of me getting work ?

Regards Ian

Alot of reasons but basically we never sold our UK home in 2009 and felt at the time Australia was expensive to buy land and a house so decided to return to UK .Also bricklaying on new houses is savage in Victoria the ethics are way way behind .I was lucky i worked for a decent fellow but i cannot say i miss working in Geelong .If your back on the trowel be warned 30 minute break from 7 till 3.30 is hard and they have no hestitation in telling you they have no work for tomorrow.Great place to live poor place to work for someone is my best description of the area.Any help i can give just let me know.

Hello Mitch,i did 2 years bricklaying in Geelong and returned to UK in 2011. If your looking for a managerial role then Melbourne is your go as Geelong would be mainly house building . The only decent firm medium size i worked for was Spence Construction in Colac but they had a place in Pakington Street .If you go back on the trowel make sure you check out what the gang is like because there are some characters building houses in Geelong.

PS We lived in Drysdale it was lovely.