what is your job??

[ROOSTA]

Assistant Manager @ Jaycar Electronics..
Casual Custom audio design and installation..

Possibly jumping ship from Jaycar to another electronics place in the next few months..

Cheers,
Nik

[trick_xd]

Originally Posted by xgme

Swanny you sound like me!!!

I did two apprenticeships. Auto Electrician and Mechanic.
And have My master tech for Mercrusier and Mercury Marine.
And In the process of doing my Renault Co-Tek

After being a Mechanic for so long I like the change of what I am doing now.

I drive around and check the meters / poles for Powercore now ...

Since changing jobs I like working on my own cars again ... after taking 10 mths off on my car I have just started doing more work to it... Best of all I like / want to work on cars now.

I wanted to work on Boat motors ... just no place down here wanting workers...

I want to build up my own boat.. paint it the same as my car ... and go cruising .

[webby_191189]

1st year Diesel mechanic and work at safeways to bump up my weekly pay lol

[Project_Corty]

Originally Posted by trick_xd

I try to do as little as I can and get good money for it

Gold!!!

[devilracer_01]

Ground Crew Virgin Blue, great pay, great perks :

[T-BOOST]

Printer - all mainstreme magazine covers- Wheels, Motor, Ralph, FHM etc.....
And anything else thats of high quality.

Probably one of the highest paid trades for doing stuff all and without having to own your own buisness.

[Kommandant]

Security. Crappiest job ever.

Hopefully soon the police force though

[items]

chippy 2 months till qualified

[MotherNatureVer2]

Qualified Hairdresser.

Also Mum to 6 kids, so the list ranges from chauffeur to financial planner to chief of security and beyond :P

[EA2BA]

Network Administrator and Other General IT

[LOW_XR]

spray painter- qualified.

[Sorted]

Originally Posted by LOW_XR

spray painter- qualified.

Oh your going to find alot of new mates now we know what you do................lol

[davonafairlane]

Electronics technician Tv/video/dvd. 3rd yr apprentice
Poor pay, poor quality goods & deuschbags for customers

[Allen]

Mechanical Engineer/Project Manager/Draftsman/CNC Programmer... Generally the guy who supposedly has all the answers :P

[gtfpv]

after reading here about jobs . lots of them are interesting . and varied . not asking how much people earn . this thread is not about that.
but what i will ask . as some may think the pay is great. others, not so great . who here that has replied already .and are yet to reply .


think that thier job is enough. to enable them to have a mortgage ( on a house that they live in), a partner, 2.1 kids and 2 cars. in a middle class suburb .

my interest is not political . just want to know . what people think of an average job these days . and what % of jobs allow for these basic essentials .
cheers.

[Allen]

Well, as I said before I am a mechanical engineer, albeit a junior so my wage is in the lower middle area for this profession.

As for a mortgage, I have already looked into it, and there is no way in hell I could afford it taking into account the bills and other expenses that I would have. My pay would need to double at least before I could live comfortably with a mortgage.

At the moment I am looking into renting with my GF, and even with our combined incomes it will be difficult.

Living costs are so far removed from the average wages these days, it seems near impossible unfortunantly :(

[Pinch]

IR adviser for the NSW Government.

My wife and I earn decent salaries and have a small mortgage on an very small villa unit in the suburbs. That was hard enough but I really hand it to my mates and others that have kids (we can't) and earn average or below coin. I reckon its so freakin tough for many people to get a foothold sometimes - especially in Sydney. I appreciate the non-political nature of this thread so will get off my high horse.

[gtfpv]

Originally Posted by Pinch

IR adviser for the NSW Government.

My wife and I earn decent salaries and have a small mortgage on an very small villa unit in the suburbs. That was hard enough but I really hand it to my mates and others that have kids (we can't) and earn average or below coin. I reckon its so freakin tough for many people to get a foothold sometimes - especially in Sydney. I appreciate the non-political nature of this thread so will get off my high horse.

THANKS . i'm on the waterfront . in the engineering dep. shift worker. i'm only just able to keep on top of the house wife 2 cars and 2 kids, in western sydney. in nice house . which is equvilant in price to a small terrace in the inner suburbs. we attained all this though , from the past. when we both had full time work . and no kids for 5 years after we married . also i started saving at 16 when i started my apprenticeship.
i'm not sure if i done it the same way today . that i could be where i am now ( moderate to high middle class).
to put it this way . when i started on the waterfront . in the same position . i was earning about 40k less than i am now . ( 15 years ago)
back then i was on par with mining and back bench politicians . now i think pretty close to mining but about 60k . behind back benchers .

[Powdered Toast Man]

Originally Posted by fairlane_ghia

Mechanical Engineer/Project Manager/Draftsman/CNC Programmer... Generally the guy who supposedly has all the answers :P

Hey so it's not just me

Mechanical engineer also: Draftsman/Production Scheduler for 2 factories/Stock Controller/General Problem Solver, all while earning less than the average aussie wage (this is in a small company that turns over $1,200,000 per month). Geez engineering is an awsome payed profession!! Just got a second job and am now looking for a third....

Bought myself a BA last year and now I'm struggling to live comfortably while paying it off. And by living comfortably I mean things like buying new clothes 'cause all my socks have holes in 'em and my pants are wearing at the seams lol.
I'm single so a mortgage is way out of my budget, unless it's a cabin in a caravan park :evil3:

[VEEKS]

Parts Interpreter for Komatsu Forklifts.

[needaXYGT]

apprentice avionics engineer

[Josh L]

security operations.

[FRDXR6]

Full Time Student/Part Time Accountant

Looking at Investment Banking once i finish my degree next year, cant wait to finish (double degree = 5 years = :togo: ).

Only 21 and living at home though, so no mortgage, wife, kids to deal with....so manily spend cash i save on playing the stock market.

[DBourne]

IT tech

[jason_85]

Full time student but soon to be Graduate Process/Chemical Engineer working in a coal prep plant....

Pay is good for a graduate but i am the only income earner whilst my mrs is at uni so no mortgage for another year..... save time!

[RAMD67]

Full time accountant in public practice. I’m 24 with a wife but no kids...wife doesn't work as she went back to finish her degree.

Pays for all our bills and mortgage but not much left for the car...especially when the wife is planning a 2 month overseas trip for next year that will see a deposit for an investment property disappear.

So now back to work for me got to keep making that money!! lol

[Gohan]

Originally Posted by VEEKS

Parts Interpreter for Komatsu Forklifts.

hook me up with a job dude! i have my Forkie ticket! LOL

[VEEKS]

Do yourself a favour, don't ever choose to go into the forklift business. Sadest 3 years of my life and counting.

[gregg_13]

Im a Civil Designer, Just came off a mine Project in WA were I was lead minesite designer. Now in Brisbane working on small no budget jobs again.

[Booka]

Apperntice Motor Mechaninc / Part time student