Thread: good trade?

Originally Posted by chevarie23

Im 16, im coming close to the end of high school. ive thought about it and ive decided i wanted to get into the trades. I heard its good money from my shop teacher who was in the trades before teaching and i wanted to know if the majority of the trades are good paying? also i was interested in becoming an electrician of some sort, i wanted to know if this is a good path, why or why not? and the type of wage/salary i would be looking at?? Thanks.

I have been in trade for 6 years. Now the suitation is: I eat like a pig, work like a donkey, and live like a dog (go to everywhere to check the quality.).
Think about it carefully

Originally Posted by dufuyun

I have been in trade for 6 years. Now the suitation is: I eat like a pig, work like a donkey, and live like a dog (go to everywhere to check the quality.).
Think about it carefully

Do you mean getting into the trades is a bad idea??

Move to Nigeria and start sending letters

Jump in with both feet and get a trade under your belt first. After qualifying hit the mines for 3 to 4 years and save like there is no tomorrow - don't spend it on toys (Cars, boats etc) then think about setting up your own business. Mate of mine did exactly this and after 4 years paid cash for a house. Mind you he did live out of the back of his work van for 3 years but if your young and can put up with the hours then go for it.

Nothing in life is free. You have to work to get anywhere and sometimes that means doing stuff you don't like. My best mates son is working at a mine in outback Qld, turned 21 this month and is in charge of a heavy duty crusher and maitentance supervisor- F/N Pay is $7450.00 works 12 to 18 hours a day 14 days straight - 7 days off - fly in fly out. His qualifications include heavy diesel mech/boiler maker and process control. Gained his quals through working as an appy in Mt Newman starting as a 16 year old. 5 years later he is earning gross per fortnight more than I was earning per annum in 1975/76

G'Day "chevarie23"...
BAD NEWS!!
It'll take hard work,
long hours,
being prepared to make it work,
not wasting a cent but saving, saving, saving
and determination;
sorry but there are no short cuts to success.
You can do it but as Mike said, it's up to you!!
Also multi-trade or engineering certificates will help.
Cheers, Crowie

Win the lotto, saves a lot of hassles. Good luck.

Welcome to the forum. I am not able to give advise on the trades as I went the other way when I left school, I sit behind a desk. The woodworking that I do is a hobby and that's it.

Speaking on a very general terms there will good times and bad times in every profession. The thing that keeps me going is that I love the work that I am doing.

Yes I love my JOB.

in Australia where this forum based trades can be well paid especially electricians which is what i am it is a great trade and in my opinion commercial work(high rise appartments big shops ect.) is better paid cleaner and easier where as domestic(houses and small shops) are dirtier and you work harder with less pay but you learn more which would give you a much better start in starting your own buisness later on. but i would check a Canadian forum for more advise and remember an apprenticeship isn't about making money it is about getting experience i would highly recommend at least starting with a domestic company first and see where it takes you

Hi there, i am newbie here..... just don't even think about it. Enjoy..........

Some trades are a waste of time,my son did motor mech.apprenticeship,topped all his years at high school,wanted him to do law, I know which would have been more renumerative Stuck at mechanic for a year or so then woke up the boss was making all the money not him..At present driving b doubles for fuel company for $120k year,can you imagine a mechanic getting that?

You hopefully have a long time ahead of you and I believe you may be asking the wrong questions.
When I did my trade I couldnt wait to do my next job, By the time I finished doing it, it was what made me money and educated the kids but not something done for fun. So your first priority is not really money, its do you want to do that. Start out doing a job purely for money with no satisfaction, you are going to have a hard rotten life.

It is hard to decide on the best trade ,but wood,also can lead to building homes as`well,and your own business too.


Shandor molnar

Yeah, what rrobor said, it can't be about the money.
If it's only about the money, why don't you become a stock broker or a merchant banker?

I'll tell you why you won't do those things. It's because deep down in your psyche you know it is not who you are. Suits and ties are not for the likes of we, who revel more in the changing of a tyre on the way to a wedding than the very nuptials themselves.

Whether you choose a trade, or it's suggested or recommended to you, or you fall into it through happy circumstance, I'll tell you this much for nothing. There is absolutely no way you can be any good at something you don't enjoy doing.

That much you can bank on.