whats a good career to get into?

[DOWNY]

Hey everyone just wondering what you think is a good appreticehip. I have been working as a chef but im sure i dont want to work those hours for the rest of my life. Please give me your opinion one good manual, practical, hands on jobs that i could have a look into. Im desperate

Thanx...

[xolent]

most apprenticeships that blokes have on this site is automotive mechanic me thinks

it fits your criteria. practical, good learning environment. I don't know but I think the hours aren't that bad. I'm assuming you like/own an ae86, so it'd be pretty useful being one too.

[Monk]

Porn Industry.

Nuff Said. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[Gilly]

i was a mechanic, good skills to be learnt you get heaps out of it but the moneys shit. qualified $500 take home a week and thats an above award wage. if i had my time again i'd be a builder, my brother in law is a 4th year apprentice builder and he takes home 580 a week and it goes up to $650 when he's qualified. then if he builds for himself like his bosses do then you take home, well they took home $120,000 this year plus bought Xr6 utes for work. Electrician would be handy don't know about coin though.

my 2c

[sic86]

What do you like doing?
Most car mechanics these days are called technicians becuase car mostly run off computers these days

Cheers

[poh_86]

yeh same story i had a mate go from the auto industry to the construction basically its clsoe to double of what he gets and he's not even a foreman

basically i work at a documentation place boring but pays
but hey its your future

[mc68]

Originally posted by Alan@Jan 8 2006, 06:37 AM
What do you like doing?
Most car mechanics these days are called technicians becuase car mostly run off computers these days

Cheers
if you work in a dealership, yes...i work on mainly subaru's and they arent low tech, and the only diagnostic things i have done is check error codes (on stock ones ofcourse)

just because they have 8 processors etc etc doesnt mean that they dont have all the things cars has 30 years ago...so they have to be adressed.

[NickAE86]

depends on what interests you...as far as trades go sparkies & plumbers get paid the best.

im currently 2nd yr sparky and the pay/conditions are great...36hr week, rdo every 2 weeks + travel/fares/allowances

by the time im qualified the going rate will be $36 p/h

construction is where the money is...site allowance, rdo's, eba pay rates, excellent penalty rate scheme...as it is i clear anywhere from 600-1000 depending on overtime

[Wally]

Join the army

[SEXY 16]

car sales...
i earned 97k last year on paper and earned more out of work in cash
money is there you just have to put the hard work in to get it though http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/wink.gif

[rxbenny]

sales is good
anything with a decent hourly rate or where the rate can be increased with you increased knowledge
how much do u want to earn?
are you good at problem solving?
you should really ask people in each industry what it is like. i mean the ones that have been doing it for a long time not apprentices, no disrespect intended

[Monster]

Engineering... its not what you know its who you know http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/wink.gif

[sharpie_13]

plumbing. they rake in the money but its shit work. i work with my uncle every now and then and its flat out.
also my mate is a 1st year and no bullshit his 1st week he got a company phone, a comany car full of tools, and he made $700

oh yeh dont work at IGA http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif im luky to get $250 a week

[Dorio86]

Yeah, plumbers and tailers make easy cash.
Also you can't go wrong with a degree in something.

[rb26_n1]

bomb technician

thn u can really mean it whn u wear tht "run if u see me running" shirt. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/laugh.gif

[driftae86]

Originally posted by rb26_n1@Jan 8 2006, 08:12 PM
bomb technician

thn u can really mean it whn u wear tht "run if u see me running" shirt. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/laugh.gif
hahahaha

[mc68]

buy a truck, buy a bobcat...hire your services out.....earn a f***ing fortune

[upgarage]

engineering

[crazy86]

Originally posted by mc68@Jan 8 2006, 09:27 PM
buy a truck, buy a bobcat...hire your services out.....earn a f***ing fortune
Why buy a truck and Bobcat? Just become a man-whore and hire yourself out full stop. Biggest overheads will be a leopard print G string and a portable CD player.

[DOWNY]

thanx everyone for your replies realy has helped im going to get into being a automotive technican or if not plumbing now ive just got to find a place who are looking for a apprentice.
thanx guys...

[Dorikin_Yakuza]

sorry its a bit late but a refrigiration apprentiship would be a good skill to have. my old man manages a building in the city and hes always telling me thats where the money is at. working with the cooling towers and that, real shortage at the moment. just a suggestion mate http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/cool.gif

[E V A N]

PORN?!?!

[dream2drift]

Originally posted by E V A N@Jan 9 2006, 08:25 AM
PORN?!?!
porn is not the answer to all problems evan... http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif

[crazy86]

wish it was, life would be so much easier.

and so much more fun http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/wink.gif

[E V A N]

If i found out how to get into it i would consider for sure..

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[indi]

Just don't do law! Whatever you do stay away from it!

It's a living hell http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/blink.gif


Evan move to Canberra http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/wink.gif

[Dorio86]

Yeah, it's hard to becoma a solicitor or a barrister these days and the education will drive you insane.

[Medwin_3sGTE_AE86]

I heard Australia is in need of geologists...the current starting wage is higher than doctor/dentist/lawyers etc... But u'll need a degree....

The current starting wage for a first year geologist fresh outta uni is approx 80g...

[upgarage]

engineers are in high demand
100k 1st year out of uni
if you work away

[aaaaah]

Work in a mine if you want $$$

[crazy86]

no, if you want big $$$ go work on an off shore oil platform in the Timor sea. Dangerous, confined, long hours while on the rig, but lots and lots of moolah, good job for a young guy with no wife/kids.

[aaaaah]

even better, go to iraq http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/ph34r.gif

[NickAE86]

even better, go to iraq[/b]

hell yeah...i know a fencing contractor thats been offered 7k US per day to go over and put up razor wire in their new jails

id prefer to go to afghanistan...ive heard of sparkies getting 10k US per week over there

dangerous as all f*** but worth it imo

[flamingheads]

My friend worked as a labourer and got $20 an hour, or around $800 a week full time, then he became a juniour plasterer and got $25 an hour I think, $1000 a week and a fully qualified plasterer gets more like $30 or $40 an hour.

Also supply teachers get about $50 an hour...

[starion]

Network administrator???
I'm an it support trainee officer, when I've finish my training I'll bee on 600-700 a week.
if I was to go onto be a network administrator I'd be on 900+ a week but there's to much study to be a network administrator, I'm happy just being an it support officer.

[Sprinterboy]

I'm gonna go for media/mulitimedia/film

I wanna make drift vids and getaway stockholm stuff, well that be nice hobby

[Danish]

whats a good career to get into?, please help me[/b]

a stable one

[starion]

alcoholic??

[Danish]

alcoholic would be good. porn industry is pretty hard to get into i mean the real "porn" not the amature stuff most directors want experience in Acting and modelling

[JDMJNKY]

im a 3rd year panelbeater the work is ok, if its what you like doing, like i do.
the base wage is around 420 bucks but i get overtime around 600 buks a week and
tradesmen are getting inxcess of 1000 buks plus bonus! the boss is on 100,000 a year plus bonus.

[killjoy112]

Electrician / aircondition installer for houses great jobs get paid heaps just gotta be ok with heights http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/ph34r.gif

[rb26_n1]

priest. hahahahaha http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/laugh.gif

"o father who art in thy heaven, shower my hachi with glorious sideway action and to rid this world from evil demonic takumi taxings....."

[Dorio86]

Accounts payable, boring but hard to get fired.