Quote: (11-14-2018 03:42 AM)Cattle Rustler Wrote:
Quote: (11-12-2018 09:25 AM)JimBobsCooters Wrote:
Most of the well paying construction jobs will require some form of technical qualification in Australia. There are a bunch of jobs that just require tickets but they don't pay as well generally and are more competitive to get into because getting a ticket normally just requires a semi-functional brain. Only really the engineering and geology stuff requires a university degree though.
If you're not making 100k with a trade in Australia then you should be looking for another employer, you can basically double/triple the city rate by working on mines but the boom has certainly died off on that front making it far more competitive to get into and hold your gig. I've met carpenters, sparkies and mechanics making over 300k a year on mine sites though it's certainly on the higher end of the scale.
There's been a bit of a crack down on foreign visas as well which makes it harder for non-Australian's but it's still not difficult to get by any means but you'll probably cop a price cut to get it over an Aussie (which is why you'll get hired over said Aussie and then he'll sook it).
Have you ever met any americans on a work holiday visa at the mines or in a trade?
No. Imagine there are several reasons, the first is that the US has a special work travel Visa and part of it requires you to have full health insurance for the entire period and have completed high school at a minimum and be under 30. That's a pretty strong combo to kill off tradies.
Second is that you can only work for a single employer for 6 months but the work has to be temporary or casual in nature as well. Mine sites aren't generally interested in someone they're going to spend a couple of months teaching, that they'll have to pay huge amounts of overtime to as casual employees that can't work for more than 6 months.
Third is the pay just isn't significantly better, if better at all, than those guys just going to the gulf or Canada, both of which are far easier for US citizens.
There are tons on 457 visas (skilled worker visa) though but that's a specific list of occupations that is generally getting shorter these days.
None of the above precludes it from happening, fwiw, just never heard of it. Australia uses the work travel visa similar to how the US uses illegal immigrants, you pay them peanuts to do the jobs that Australian's don't want to do like picking fruit or bartending in the middle of nowhere.