Thread: what's the best Trade to get into???

G'day,
Have a look here,
www.brickwork.net.au
It may help.

You want a trade where private work is prevalent. A trade where the predominant work doesn't rely on a builder. A trade where the house owner wants and needs work done.

Any trade that is licensed. Your not undermined/undercut by 3 week wonders then.

Bricklaying has a very small percentage of home owner related work compared to many other trades. eg:Plumbers, Electricians, Painters, Plasterers, etc etc

That's an easy one to answer . . . .
The best trade is a share trade where you buy low and sell high

I meant it about the share trading but if you are starting out, I would've thought you would need to pursue a trade that you think you would enjoy doing seeing you will have to drag yourself out of bed at sparrowfart every morning for the next 20+(?) years to do it.

Whatever your trade . . . Happy trading!

Picking a trade to start your career is not like picking a pair of jeans or shoes.

First you will spend 3 or 4 years doing an apprenticeship, Then another 2 to 5 years to get a good handle on the best way to do it, gain experience in the different facets of the trade. Then you may choose to go out on your own, that is another 10 to 15 years to establish a good customer base and get back all the cost and hard work involved in establishing a sucesful business.

So from this point in time until you are in position to buy the flash car, boat, motorbike and big house is approximately 18 years away.

Now the question you need to answer is what do i like doing and what do i want to do for the next 20 years of my life?

You have building, plumbing, electrician, roof tiler, painter all with some outside work. Yep in the summer its good outside but remember it rains and gets cold in winter. Motor mechanics, fitting & turning, cabinet maker and indoor tiler are all indoors.

So what are your interests, playing with cars or building with wood, that will help you eliminate some trades.

Good luck and I hope you have the luck to get the apprenticeship you want when you decide which trade to follow.

I vote bricklayer. Its a trade that is becoming hard to find young tradies. In 10 years all the bricklayers will be retired.

In Sydney some bricklayer, for new houses (not renos or small jobs) are asking $1.30 a brick for flush or iron joints. No curve walls, just straight normal houses.

I hard on the body but so are many other trades. You can't get replaced by imported labour (no bricklayers in China) and you can't get repaced with imported materials.

If I was young again I would of chosen bricklaying for sure.

Plumbers earn the most (I think) Boilermakers n fabricators are the most Versatile n hardest working .................

Regards Lou

Id say plumbing, its about the easiest to learn and do... its not like the old days when plumbers dug dirt by hand.

Brickologist's work hard and earn good money... you'll pay for it physically when your older tho, its one of those jobs whether your "cut out for it or not", many think they are but their not.

Originally Posted by Harry72

Id say plumbing, its about the easiest to learn and do... its not like the old days when plumbers dug dirt by hand.

Brickologist's work hard and earn good money... you'll pay for it physically when your older tho, its one of those jobs whether your "cut out for it or not", many think they are but their not.

yeah I think its between Sparky or Plumber......also heard Carpenters make good money?

Best trade I'd say is electrician. There are far more avenues a person can go down in that trade than any other. You can do data, high voltage, residential, industrial... And since technology advancements are directly tied to electricity the field is always advancing i.e. solar and C-bus...

Of all the trades I see there's higher ratio of older people still working as sparkies than any other. This is a good indicator that it's not nearly as hard on the body as say brickies or chippies and the pay is good enough to keep people in unlike cabinet making or joiner.

Plumbers may make a lot but they get in some really shytey situations so to speak.

You need to look at far more influences other than take home pay or I suspect, like many, you'll regret your decision 10 or 15 years from now. And then you'll be back to square one again.

toolin is spot on

A thread like this makes you realise why we have the other thread on tradies. How many poor b---gers have ended up in a trade they don't really like and don't really have an interest in the job? Find out what you really want to do rather than go for good money, short hours etc. It'll work out best in the long run.
Jim

Originally Posted by Toolin Around

Best trade I'd say is electrician. There are far more avenues a person can go down in that trade than any other. You can do data, high voltage, residential, industrial...

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What trade is the wrong question.

The question is, "I love doing the things that <trade> do. How do I become a true professional in <trade>?"

Do something just for the money and the bar keep will be one of your dependents.

Aircon mechanic, Electrician, or both with dual trade.