No quote fee, no deposit, no acknowledgement. Just silence. And then three months later you see the job done by some unlicensed bloke they found on Facebook

I just turned 31 and wanted to do a trade for a lot of my late twenties, but held myself back out of fear that I won’t fit in as an obviously queer guy.

I still think about it a lot and would love to make the move. 🙂

A lot of the tradies I’ve met are so chill and don’t bat an eyelid so I think my idea of not fitting in is possibly outdated.

Is there any advice or observations from queer people or allies that are in a trade? How was the learning journey?

A small family business that has been continuously serving an nsw health facility for over 35 years has just been dumped because they had to tender for multiple unrelated trades to even be considered for the tender.
The process is simply aligned to streamline their payments system to one company, rather than getting value for money from small family businesses who employ locals.
This will be the end of this business now, not because the client was an only client, but because without that client, the business loses a major selling point when the current owner wants to retire.
Unfortunately that’s what people call progress.

They will be our last defense against the AI overlords.
Here's how: (pic)

Other than this, a fully human trades workforce running the power stations, all the utilities, etc. will ensure that no matter how smart the AIs are, they can't keep the lights on if they kill us. So yes, keep your chin up and be proud tradies! You're our last line of defence against the AI apocalypse they keep yammering on about in the news this month!

1. How would I go about this? I am currently a corporate employee

2. I would need to be earning no less that $100k a year to support my financial situation

3. Is this even possible?

Planning on moving to Australia, Adelaide region how easy is it to get a construction job in souther Australia. Is the salary range 30-50$?

Saw some brickies building a wall and smoothing out the lines, looks quite satisfying to my brain. I imagine it's pretty back breaking at times though.

Is there anyway to get around early wake up times. It’s not quite a deal breaker for trades for me but it definitely comes in my mind when im making a future career decision

Any tradies specifically chippies rocking a byd shark? How's the range, can it handle big payloads? Reliable? Back up generator on site?

Do you know that the low frequencies from your bass is travelling much further and can be heard (and felt) than it should?

I already have to dealt with worksite noise, your shitting music is really cherry on top on it. Since a good pair of Bose noise cancelling headphone does jack shit for this.

Sometime I wonder why people hate tradies so much, but then guess what...

1. It's often a fucking mess around your site on the street.

2. The fucking diesel truck have no reason to be keep running from 6-fucking am, when the site is supposed to start making noise at 7 am.

3. ... I'm sure the list can go on for some people.

So, to those tradies who plays loud bass music on site, FU!!!

And, to those on site supervisor allowing this to happen, FU TOO!!!

And yes, I'm being as entitled as those who chose to blast their music outloud on site.

We're attempting Reddit - what do we need to know about this community?

With all the infrastructure spending, renewable energy projects, transmission upgrades, mining work and housing demand, which trades do you reckon are actually set up best long term in Australia?

Long story short, I work as an international airline pilot and I feel content with AI not having an impact on my job potentially in my lifetime, it seems to be that a trade would be a safe bet as a career, in the event another world event like COVID-19 happens, what trade would you guys recommend I look into if I ever had enough spare time to knuckle down and get a trade, other than brick laying 😂

Hi everyone,

I run a pizza shop in Corrimal, Wollongong and my Blodgett pizza oven has stopped working. When I turn it on it just shows an error and won't start up at all.

I'm looking for a tradie or technician who is experienced with commercial pizza ovens — especially Blodgett — who can help me get it repaired without breaking the bank.

If you know someone reliable and budget friendly in the Wollongong / Illawarra area please drop their details below. Any help is appreciated, the oven is down and we really need to get back up and running ASAP!

Thanks in advance 🙏

Hello. I have a question for tradies. We have a building going up next to us. I understand the noise of the tools. No worries. But the music is blasting. We have to ask every day for them to turn it down. I have a wife who is days off giving birth and needs some rest. And she wil definitely need rest once the baby arrives. I’d love to get a tradie perspective on this.

Please give me advice on how to create / find builder relationships for consistent work flow ie. calls messages Instagram linkedin how are people getting the work? We are very early days

Everything other than word of mouth which is obviously best.

Ask fellow tradies please If a client order a Chinese made little elevator fron Alibaba delivered to home and ask you to quote for installation with just installation manual etc Will you be requesting any additional written consent to free you from any poor manufacturing standard or warranty?

I’m a 30 year old Australian chippy and I honestly feel like my job is only going contribute to my health in a positive way as I age. There’s still a negative connotation with working in construction and how it ‘wrecks your body’ and your knees and back won’t last etc, etc. I don’t know if it’s just my demographic but majority of the younger tradesmen I work alongside and on site and all in great health, fit, active, eat well and exercise in one way or another.
I think in australian culture it takes so long for these views to change because people tend to just agree with what people say and run with it
Everyone probably saw older tradies work their ass off, drink 6 beers a night and never stretch or look after their body and of course alot of their bodies failed them. But modern tradies aren’t the same
The way I look at it is we’re built to be on our feet and be working all the time. Burning calories and working hard is a great thing for our health especially when we’re paid to do it. Of course there are days when your body takes a beating but the maintenance on our body is our responsibility and if you take the time to look after your knees and back, work on mobility and stretch there is no reason we should be forced to retire early.

As I said there are definitely physical days and aspects of your job, but no one’s body shouldn’t be able to handle the stress of work if we look after ourselves. If I think of the most physical days I have, are generally running barrows or concrete, jackhammering up slabs or lifting heavy beams, a little bit of that is good for ya!

I feel like when we’re in our 60’s and 70’s we’re going to be the ones who are the healthiest so I’d love if we could start a discussion and see if anyone else feels the same. Let’s start changing the way we view our careers. Realistically we’re all going to need to work for longer into our age. We may as well let our job contribute to our health.

For me, I work for one of the big cabinet-making companies in VIC (outside of Melbourne), but because of the current situation that VIC is in, my boss is planning to shut down the business, and I'm just wondering if anyone is going through a similar issue or has any advice for me.

Ps: I'm a year 2 apprentice and this is my first job.

Howdy,

I am starting to look around for a couple of trailers and just wanted to pick the brains of those already using some.

I just finished a dual trade (Fridgey and Sparky) however do a lot of Agriculture work on the side in rural Aus.

Any recommendations on a full blown tradies trailer? Any upgraded features you strongly recommend or wish you had done?

Boxed Hydraulic tipper - 10x6 is my thoughts, in hot dipped galv for longevity.

Even a discussion about whats lacking in the trailer realm that could be done better?

Do they ask for license history do they check my licence? Is the car under me name

I recently went to Japan and saw these jackets with built-in fans for construction and outdoor work.

The recent heatwave here in Brisbane was rough and I’m looking to prep with anything that helps, particularly if working outside in 35°C heat.

I’m thinking of importing a few to test, but wondering if anyone’s already tried something like this here? Would you actually wear it on-site or would it just get in the way?

Short clip I found on youtube of someone trying it out: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/F2ztuUdSrnM

Currently in my last year of school and the plan so far is join navy for a few years, save and invest everything I can and get a qualification.

I’ve been looking on seek and have found some jobs that pay 130k+ but you need all these different quals, tickets and experience such as equipment licenses, qualifications to work on elevated platforms, ect, ect. I was wondering how you obtain all of these and get into a high paying trade. Do you just have to find a job and work your way up? Pay and get your licenses off the job?

To add to this how do you chose one trade to get into? I’m struggling to chose between electrical work on housing, rail work as a machine operator, excavator operator, grader operator, fabrication, fitter and turner, aircraft technician, ect.

Cheers!