Plastering jobs abroad

[Plasterer90]

I've not long served my 4 year apprenticeship in plastering and have been thinking about working abroad. Currently working for the local council and although it's easy enough and a pretty secure job working in a different country is more appealing. What country's are in high demand of plasterers? I heard Australia is not worth it as the living costs are so high your better off in the uk

 

[owls]

the grass isn't always greener.

 

[johniosaif]

I've not long served my 4 year apprenticeship in plastering and have been thinking about working abroad. Currently working for the local council and although it's easy enough and a pretty secure job working in a different country is more appealing. What country's are in high demand of plasterers? I heard Australia is not worth it as the living costs are so high your better off in the uk

I think you are needing more information about Australia,

 

[S a plastering]

I've worked in oz an yeah it's getting very pricey also most jobs when I was there in the trade are just short contracts don't know if that's changed
Also you need to be good at inside rendering they do that a lot with a white lime finish.
And also jointing if you can oh an some of the plaster boards are 18ft long for less joints
But you are normally in teams

 

[adamd]

Yeah as madmonk says oz internals are all s&c ... I worked in a 5:2 gang rendering new builds, the heat made it a challenge, money wasn't bad to begin with but you normally start on the mixers again regardless of what experience you have here. I was lucky to walk in throwing on but when the lab didn't show I was on the mixers running barrows all day lol ... Lads I worked for were rapid (thrown on, left an hour then straight edged then the s&c remixed from the edge then patched, final straight edge to finish. Setting is Lime Putty and I found it decent to use barring the lime burns lol - majority of corners are bull nosed rather than beaded.

Also did Acrylics and Sand finish (same as internals but stronger mix then after the final s/e its hosed with a fine spray and rubbed up with a sponge float)

Saw ceiling fixers, like madmonk says the boards were 18ft long ...... all taped and jointed though .

I was on $1000 a week which was roughly £650-£700 a week at the time.... £180 a week rent plus bills but nothing like we get here lol, a pint was £7-£9 depending what you drink, food dearer, petrol cheaper and free third party insurance with your tax in WA and I think a couple of other states.

Your wage would go up though after a bit... I know the lads who did the setting were makin $300-$400 a day and theres a lot of money in Acrylics

Hope that helps