cowan86 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hi, we are moving to perth (poss secret harbour) june 12, my husband is a qulified bricklayer and has been for 7 years. We have tried to get as much info about the building over in perth but we seem to struggle via the net, if any1 can give us some info on any part of building work in perth, it will be very much appreciated thanks louise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AKA63029 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hi Cowan. Can't help with your question, but have you had a look at our sister site: http://www.perthpoms.com There may well be someone over there that can give you their advice. Cheers Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tattyead Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hi,we are moving to perth (poss secret harbour) june 12, my husband is a qulified bricklayer and has been for 7 years. We have tried to get as much info about the building over in perth but we seem to struggle via the net, if any1 can give us some info on any part of building work in perth, it will be very much appreciated thanks louise. Most 'brickies' in Perth work as sub contractors for home builders. Work is always available working with a team of bricklayers or there is the option of establishing your own team and basically asking Builders for work. Roam around residential building sites where bricklayers are working and ask for work or contacts information. There is a small slump in the building market at the moment, but always work for good trades people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancashirelass Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Hi, we moved over a few years ago and my hubbie is a brickie. After a few weeks of phoning numbers out of the paper he got a start with a gang, we came at a bad time though as they were all closing down for Christmas. He had to say he'd been here 2 years because most want at least a year or two WA experience or they put the phone down on you! You also need a blue card before you can start (think it may be a white card now) but you can do that on-line and you get a rebate. Expect to get $250-$270 per day, was $300 when we arrived but rates have dropped. He set his own gang up after a while and had work, but with workers compensation (even though you are a sub-contractor to the housebuilders you are responsible for paying workers comp insurance to insure your subbies, we paid nearly $9k a year!), public liability, gst (VAT), money aside for super, tax, holiday pay, mobile, fuel etc. just wasn't worth the hassle and problems he had with housebuilders trying to screw him down on rates or forgetting to pay him! Plus, the winters here can be wet and windy so expect to have a few rained off days. Try and have a look on The West Australian website, it's the local paper here. Usually a lot of brickies jobs in there on a Saturday, thats how most find work but you do need to call from 5am, any later and the jobs have gone. Good look with your move, there are a few new suburbs being developed around Secret Harbour so plenty of building work going on it's just a bit slow at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misslilly Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Hi, we moved over a few years ago and my hubbie is a brickie. After a few weeks of phoning numbers out of the paper he got a start with a gang, we came at a bad time though as they were all closing down for Christmas. He had to say he'd been here 2 years because most want at least a year or two WA experience or they put the phone down on you! You also need a blue card before you can start (think it may be a white card now) but you can do that on-line and you get a rebate. Expect to get $250-$270 per day, was $300 when we arrived but rates have dropped. He set his own gang up after a while and had work, but with workers compensation (even though you are a sub-contractor to the housebuilders you are responsible for paying workers comp insurance to insure your subbies, we paid nearly $9k a year!), public liability, gst (VAT), money aside for super, tax, holiday pay, mobile, fuel etc. just wasn't worth the hassle and problems he had with housebuilders trying to screw him down on rates or forgetting to pay him! Plus, the winters here can be wet and windy so expect to have a few rained off days. Try and have a look on The West Australian website, it's the local paper here. Usually a lot of brickies jobs in there on a Saturday, thats how most find work but you do need to call from 5am, any later and the jobs have gone. Good look with your move, there are a few new suburbs being developed around Secret Harbour so plenty of building work going on it's just a bit slow at the moment. Do you mind if I ask a few questions? How many days your hubby works as a brickie, do they do saturdays too? Also is there many times where he can't work because of the weather? Does he have continuity of work? How much tax does he have to pay on his wages and is there anything extra on top that I wouldn't probably think about? Any info about working as a brickie in Perth would be most appreciated, it's been hard to find someone who is actually doing this job in Perth to be able to ask. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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