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Old 18-11-2005, 04:55 PM   #1
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Im starting a job monday doing plaster boarding whats a decent wage? its a 40 hr or less week.

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Old 18-11-2005, 05:04 PM   #2
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Old 18-11-2005, 05:11 PM   #3
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What aspect of the job are you doing? fixing board or stopping? and the most important part, are you any good at it? If you don't know what a normal hourly rate is for that work you must not be that good at it, otherwise you would know.

Are you employed or contractor?
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Old 18-11-2005, 05:20 PM   #4
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Ive just moved from england to oz and dont know what kind of money is good here i just want to know roughly whats what so i dont get ripped off.Its doing the boarding up of walls for a house building firm.I worked with a plasterer doing the same thing for about 6months but i was very young and got paid really badly.I will be employed with the company not a contractor.Anyone in that line of work?
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Old 18-11-2005, 05:22 PM   #5
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i would say $80/week because thats what i get pay to go to TAFE :(
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Old 18-11-2005, 05:24 PM   #6
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jesus !! you are young tho. whats that for a plastering traineeship or something?
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Old 18-11-2005, 05:30 PM   #7
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See if you find you're job description here :
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Old 18-11-2005, 05:47 PM   #8
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i would say $80/week because thats what i get pay to go to TAFE :(
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I'd expect maybe $100 a day, Donkeylover. That's the kind of cash I was getting when I was labouring.
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Old 18-11-2005, 05:49 PM   #9
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probably about 25 hour, however most employed jobs are based on a salary, like 40 or 45 p.a gross.
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Old 18-11-2005, 07:34 PM   #10
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The going rate for cash in hand is 150 a day (6 hours) but 18-28 a hour if you are on wages plus then you have to find out is there is a car or if you take your car do they pay fuel (20c per km ) plus all the other things that you should be getting
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Old 18-11-2005, 07:49 PM   #11
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I am licenced carpenter and dry wall plasterer. The average going rate for a plasterer in the commercial sector is $35 ph some off us get more. Domestic plastering get $17-$25ph "suckers". But again, some get payed more,
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Old 18-11-2005, 07:50 PM   #12
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The charge out rate is Approx $45 ph. However the builder will take into account (What he pays his labourers) and the whole cost of the job.
Simple equation:
2 x men x 8 per day = 16x$25 = $400 ( This is what the builder pays his troops.)
However his charge out rate (Normal, he needs to recoup his overheads so he adds +15% to everthing!)


So the builder will pay you approx $15ph, but will charge $45ph to the customer, to recover all overheads.
40x$15 = $600.00 p/w. Good luck.
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Old 20-11-2005, 07:48 PM   #13
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If you could clear $600 a week, that would be a start.
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Old 20-11-2005, 07:58 PM   #14
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I'd expect maybe $100 a day, Donkeylover. That's the kind of cash I was getting when I was labouring.
You mean smoking cigarettes and watching me do the work....




Oh, and did i forget to mention scratching the bonnet of my ute? :the_finge
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Old 20-11-2005, 10:02 PM   #15
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i would say $80/week because thats what i get pay to go to TAFE :(
Since when is $80 a week a decent wage outside China?
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Old 20-11-2005, 10:10 PM   #16
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thats all id pay the guy if he spent all day posting on fordforums!
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Old 20-11-2005, 10:18 PM   #17
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thats all id pay the guy if he spent all day posting on fordforums!

ill take your money!
thats all i seem to do in my job
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Old 20-11-2005, 11:05 PM   #18
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Damn get a ute and become a courier instead.
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Old 21-11-2005, 12:53 AM   #19
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Old 21-11-2005, 09:06 AM   #20
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ill take your money!
thats all i seem to do in my job
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and I'll take all yours. By the way when are you going to get a job earning enough money to keep me in the style I would LIKE to become accustomed to.

SO THIS IS WHAT YOU DO ALL DAY! I found ya, watch out now :yeees:

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Old 21-11-2005, 03:36 PM   #21
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Since when is $80 a week a decent wage outside China?

Since it started in my basement LOL
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Old 21-11-2005, 03:55 PM   #22
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Is $80/pw the going rate for a gimp? The things you learn!
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and I'll take all yours. By the way when are you going to get a job earning enough money to keep me in the style I would LIKE to become accustomed to.

SO THIS IS WHAT YOU DO ALL DAY! I found ya, watch out now :yeees:

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How can a wife register on the AFF with out the husband's permission

well I guess you drive the Rebel sometimes ,but this should be looked into
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How can a wife register on the AFF with out the husband's permission

well I guess you drive the Rebel sometimes ,but this should be looked into
blahahahahahahaha. are you the guy on the yellow pages add . where the wife tracks the husband down in a restaurant laughing like a huyeena. :
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haha... that add's a classic!
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yeah i love that add espicialy when she tries to renact the laugh
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