Apprentice wages

[Laced]

Can anyone tell me the usuall hourly wage for a 1st year electrical apprentice?

Thanks.

[86xxx]

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Can anyone tell me the usuall hourly wage for a 1st year electrical apprentice?

Thanks.[/b]

$7-$8 per hour usually i think...

[blair]

... shit

lol. 274 for 38 hours
soooooooooooooo yeh bout 7.50 i get
thats marine electronics tho

[Laced]

Ah okay.

[DRFTR86]

7.01 per hour, after tax, 6.38, yeh fkn shit

[madrift]

I was getting 6.40 p/h before tax as an 18y/o. sucked hard, i quit cos they were idiots and they werent teaching me shit. just got to find a good place and good people to work with then it would be better i guess

[skin]

yea 6 something as a plumber

[SteveKE70]

$6.80 as a apprentice chippy its pretty shit but the money gets better im gonna be 3rd yr next yr and ill b on $15 an hr. cant wait for the payrise ^_^ .

[rich_86]

8.31 hr after tax as a house painter 1st yr

[r3zzz4]

Holy shit! I got $5.35 an hour as a first year fridgey, that was 3 years ago!!! :rant: $197 after tax a week and NOT living at home

[rich_86]

goes up to 11.31 for second year not too bad i guess...could be worse

[DavisJD]

Depends if your on state award or ETU (union).

State award will have you pulling in about $270 after tax for a standard week. ETU will have you getting about $330.

Heres some info, id highly recommend finding an employer who will pay you ETU awrd.

http://www.etu.asn.au/members/apprenticesinfo.html

Oh and domestic work sucks, find some commercial or industrial work, especially if you want some decent overtime hours

[stylz]

i thought sparkies got paid a bit more?
im a maintenance fitter, 1st year and getting 9 an hour

[hara_kiri]

$7.50 first year for me panel beater, i work a lot tho, 400+ after tax a week mmm

[callum1]

if you get in with the etu, much more. i was on $7.20 first year. $10.20 second

[4A-GE Power]

$6.81 for a first year diesel mechanic hell slave labour!!

[howee]

Im first year fridgy getting $7.85. Work 7am -> 4pm normally, sometimes earlier, sometimes later..

Normal get just bellow $300 or just above.

Also i got a Health Care Card were i get 75% off student fees.

plus u get like training vouchers for up to $500 for first year and second.

Then you get money for tools, $800

Trade school, $500 at end of first year and second year.

Then wage top up, $500 every 6 months for the first 2 years.

howee

[chuckY_]

^^ sounds bout right

Im on $7.20/hr as a 1st yr chippy

[AmyC]

7.50 as 1st year mechanic, I'm also a forklift driver and get $33 an hour when i work.

[ae71neo]

1st year avionics engineer $13.86 p/h.

I'm on 19.90 as a 3rd year now.

[steroidchickens]

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1st year avionics engineer $13.86 p/h.

I'm on 19.90 as a 3rd year now.[/b]


what is an avionics engineer do?

[ae71neo]

Oh, full name Aircraft Maintenance Engineer. Work on planes n shit.

[Gunner]

you'd expect good money for that considering its a selective field. id like that much.

as for bein a first yr and wages associated, it not the actual apprenticeship u need to worry about, its how much ull make being qaulified in that trade, for example say ur a motor mechanic and work for holden, bein a tradey for 2 yrs, ull be lucky to see $700-800, where as if u go for a specialist shop ull get more, but the key is to get as many tickets as u can, like aircon and pink slips. but dont get into a specialist shop like i did, i started my apprenticeship woth rigolis, now im fucked. i can build one hell of a subaru but i have only just com[leted my first vt service today.

think about ur future not what u make now

[orange32]

shit

I'm thinking about starting a fitter and turner apprenticeship, i don't know if i can take the pay cut. ATM i get around $24 hr, but its shitty factory work with no future...


looks like im going to have to man up.

[hara_kiri]

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shit

I'm thinking about starting a fitter and turner apprenticeship, i don't know if i can take the pay cut. ATM i get around $24 hr, but its shitty factory work with no future...


looks like im going to have to man up.[/b]

once u turn 21 u go to adult apprenticeship, not as bad

ive done the same thing, was doing gaylord dull factory work n now started up an apprenticeship and getting less, but if ya like the job then ya do more hours and ya dont get too bad of pay, and its a panel beater too, soo good when u have drift cars haha

[r3zzz4]

Yeah, mature age apprentices start on third year money correct? around $14 an hour or more, take home atleast $450 a week after tax, not too bad, i've seen worse pays...

[JinxD]

ive jus started an industrial electrican appernticeship and im going to be on 12.50 an hour big pay cut for me but tis a better future !

[jjoeworks]

I remember when I started my apprenticeship which was almost 20 years ago. I know I am old but still have the same Sprinter my wife had as her second car which I am rebuilding. Anyway I almost quit my mechanical apprentiship due to the shit money but I stuck with it. But if you take any advise from anyone take it from me. Your apprenticeship will be the most important thing you will do. I am out of the trade now but without it I would not have the job that I have now. A trade was a prerequisite in getting a start in the oil and gas industry. I Don't usally talk about money but I earn a lot of money now - more than 4 times what I earnt as a tradesman. Stick with it or if you have an opportunity to get a trade do it. You won't look back. It can take you places you would not think possible

Cheers

Todd

[Clinton]

i was getting $290 a week working 50 hours a week as a 1st year apprentise at surf toyota in tweed heads. then i got fired for no reason and pretty much destroyed my life for this year. next year im going back to tafe to finish school and get an hsc

[merc-blue]

Dont become a Apprentice Race tech.
V8 supercar teams will expect you to work near on 50 hour weeks for a steady 230 a week fro your first year and 300 for your second

I work for a big budgeted private race team 2nd year app (fully qualified, just needed to compleate a app so i can have my trade certifacation)
Work for about 8 bux a hour and Im 21.

[DavisJD]

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I remember when I started my apprenticeship which was almost 20 years ago. I know I am old but still have the same Sprinter my wife had as her second car which I am rebuilding. Anyway I almost quit my mechanical apprentiship due to the shit money but I stuck with it. But if you take any advise from anyone take it from me. Your apprenticeship will be the most important thing you will do. I am out of the trade now but without it I would not have the job that I have now. A trade was a prerequisite in getting a start in the oil and gas industry. I Don't usally talk about money but I earn a lot of money now - more than 4 times what I earnt as a tradesman. Stick with it or if you have an opportunity to get a trade do it. You won't look back. It can take you places you would not think possible

Cheers

Todd[/b]

This is where im hoping to go with my trade, into the mining industry, reassuring hearing that form someone that has done it before. Cheers Todd

[gze-style]

First year = $12/h
Second = $15/h
Third = $18/h

fourth year im expecting at least $21/h and a company car.
Thats for a shopfitter/glazier. Im doing two apprenticeships so i'll get dual trade certificates

Whatever you do,no matter what occupation dont fuck about/bludge and do nothing. Always seem interested and you'll go along way.

[E7]

2nd year mechanic, 9.09 an hour but always have over time :D

[mc68]

make sure you have a good boss, is all i can say, and don't bother with a dealership or something big...

get someone who will teach you one on one, and tell them to explain to you again if you don't understand!

i started getting $212/wk..but now am getting above 600 2.5 yrs later :)

but not that im expeected to work for free, but im there most weekends, generally tidying up and making the place look nice, im usually the first one there to serve customers in the morning and the last to leave...

[Laced]

The bloke ill be working for is probably one of the better electricians around, so I guess ill be right.