a scaffolder with experience that knows his shit can easily make between $80-140K a year, depending on how hard you go and how lucky you get.
Jealousy is a curse, enjoy your debt and wasting your $$ on making the banks rich.
i can already get that doing what im doing now (not 140k but over 100k if i work hard) so to make a career change i'd need to see big $$$ pretty quickly or be making the change for my lifestyle which scaffolding would not, compared to floor sanding.
Just joshing around Mick, lighten up
Oh and my house is paid for, it's something that you too can look forward to one day.
But do you reckon I make a mistake Mick? 'cause I had a mortgage and now I own the bloody thing
What people don't realise is there is a massive difference in pay between a Scaff monkey who spends all day lumping gear and the leading hand who comes to site reads the drawings then sets up the base-out, puts together the order list, works out where he needs what lifted to then makes the whole thing go up so quick he doesn't hold any trades up.
its like anything you don't just say I'm a scaffy give me the big dollars now, you gotta know your shit to make big bucks, or just work mega hours.
Exactly the point I was trying to make, start at the bottom and work your way up, if you get good at what you do and learn where the $$ are and you will get there, sometimes you will be surprised where the good $$ are and just how good they are,
the 300k blue collar job is a fantasy
the 300k blue collar job is a fantasy
Oil and gas my friend but it's fucking hard industry to get into
Yeah your probably right there, I have seen scaffolders and crane drivers make around 140K a year, but not 300K.
I make more than that working half the year. If you're willing to do the hours, you'll get close to 200. 300 is Africa territory or somewhere with danger money and a bodyguard that follows you around with an AK
What do you do?
I make more than that working half the year. If you're willing to do the hours, you'll get close to 200. 300 is Africa territory or somewhere with danger money and a bodyguard that follows you around with an AK
Just scored a traineeship as a rigger/crane operator.
By the end of it will have intermediate riggers ticket, CN licence plus other tickets in there. After I do my time where is the place to go for the big dollars? Love an adventure, was even thinking about going overseas or getting into the offshore rigs.
Cheers
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