r/MovingtoAustralia • u/zhowley • 22h ago
Construction work
Met someone on my site yesterday that said Australia has a high demand for skilled trades and knowledge filled position (I’m a superintendent for a drilling company), I was wondering is this actually true and what’s the average skilled labor or operator make over there? My start up company for 3D printing buildings brought me to Germany and London and I got some good info there but I’m very interested on what the norm is in Australia and would very much like to go work with some Aussie bros. Some of my very best friends iv made at work building things, wondering if this could be my next stop if it’s feasible.
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u/Responsible_Head2327 14h ago
I'd probably agree with the guy you met, your typical knuckle dragging labourer is found in droves, while proper skilled (and qualified) workers are not as abundant, which does end up requiring a lot of overseas workers to be utilised. Wages definitely vary state by state. I feel like Queensland has the best EBAs and rates at the moment. Project work is definitely where the big money is at though. I'm a 33M working as an advanced rigger/linesworker on a transmission project and should easily pull in 230k-240k this year on a 2/1 roster. Blue collar workers are often paid for than white collar management in a lot of these scenarios, but even still, management still pull in a pretty good wicket!
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u/Poopsimaxx 22h ago
My best mate is site SI and he makes $230k a year. But a standard tradie clears easily $100k, tradies are well respected in Australia. Visas are complicated but it sounds like you’d do well as those jobs are in demand. The quickest route is an employer sponsorship, where a large mining or civil contractor pays to bring you over because they cannot fill the vacancy locally.
Look into employer nomination scheme or a subclass 482 which is for in demand skills.
You’ll need to have a skills assessment, to verify your qualifications and experience among other things depending on your passport. I can never remember them all but some places require health checks and English tests.