Finding a Career
Firstly- there are heaps of good blokes on here and thanks for your time for reading this and your responses.
I'm 28 and sort of freaking out that i need to learn some new skills before i get to old. I have been working as a forkie/storeman for the last 7 years although the place i work at now pays well it's just permanent casual and the hours are up and down. I need to find a career! I possibly did the worst trade in the world when i was younger- Baker- Shit pay, shit hours. I would love to do another apprenticeship but I don't know if i can afford too after paying rent, child support, bills etc(it cost me 650-700 a week just to live). I am mechanically minded and am not afraid of hard work and love a challenge. I'm not crazy about FIFO at the moment as my son is 2 and I don't want to miss out on things but would be interesed in doing something that leads to it. My cousin is trying to get a traineeship as a linesman with western power which sounds OK. I'm not expecting to walk into a sweet job and would be willing to tough it out money wise for a while.
So I ask... What could I do?
Thanks heaps, The Dude
sambo24
Posts: 134
Date Joined: 03/05/11
Man Ive got a few family
Man Ive got a few family members in the exact same position - and the FIFO decision is hard because the money is enticing but like you said you're inevitably gonna miss stuff.
What I suggest for the mean time while you decide on something is just get onto seek and see if anything tickles your fancy - whether it be temporary. Maybe you could hold down a few casual positions until something more permanant you might enjoy comes along?
At 28, despite what you think, you have time for anything man. I know people who have become commercial pilots from scratch at that age.
Yewiefish85
Posts: 795
Date Joined: 02/01/11
Hey mate, I think the
Hey mate, I think the application date is past for 2013 intake but maybe try westrac for plant mechanic apprenticeship, not sure what they pay but at the end you have a career that can take you anywhere in the world.
catchalittle
Posts: 1875
Date Joined: 04/09/08
Mobile plant operator with
Mobile plant operator with either Alcoa down near Dwellingup or Bhp Boddington or do a traineeship with them they do have a intake every year.At least that is a drive in drive out job and they do pay well.Get a job with either Patricks or P&O on the wharfs they pay very well got mates that have worked there for years.
Nathan
Searaig
Posts: 11
Date Joined: 12/09/12
If you love the ocean which
If you love the ocean which you prob do being a FW member. Then I would suggest looking at becoming a deckhand, but dont just look at commercial fishing, there are plenty of opportunities on charter boats and ferry's etc. I started on charter boats when I left school got some seatime then moved on to bigger boats I'm now on an offshore support vessels doing FIFO and earning some good coin, once you get a bit of seatime and some experience the opportunities are endless in WA
Rob H
Posts: 5817
Date Joined: 18/01/12
who are you working for?
who are you working for?
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Searaig
Posts: 11
Date Joined: 12/09/12
Go Offshore on an AHTS of
Go Offshore on an AHTS of exmouth at the moment
fisherking
Posts: 730
Date Joined: 29/05/08
PM sent
PM sent
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." - Oscar Wilde
Buz
Posts: 1555
Date Joined: 28/08/07
If your not adverse to law
If your not adverse to law enforcement the Police are trying to get their numbers up by 2014?
LB Fisher
Posts: 81
Date Joined: 02/06/12
Boddington isn't BHP - it's
Boddington isn't BHP - it's Newmont. Try Orica Mining Services, they are one of the very few that take on green staff and train them
Wanna catch up for a fish? Send me a message
Browndog
Posts: 590
Date Joined: 10/04/12
BHP are in Boddington
BHP Billiton are in Boddington, they have a bauxite mine there, and I see they are recruiting?
http://jobs.bhpbilliton.com/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=503446
Newmont have the big gold mine there as well.
Whatever you decide, good luck.
BD.
kane
Posts: 1752
Date Joined: 07/12/08
Do a riggers course
2 week course and earn as much as tradesmen - frustratingly true!
then you just need to get a Job somehow amongst the "cuzzy bro" get my cuzz a job mafia :P
Gooooone Fishin!
Dreamtime
Posts: 658
Date Joined: 21/09/09
or scaffolder
or do ya scaff tickets. good money if you dont mind hard work! i enjoy it but would definatly prefer to be on the water!
Matt T
Posts: 875
Date Joined: 19/11/07
Tickets
As said above get some tickets, if you can't become a professional ie. education backed career, you need to have something to separate you from the unskilled labour workers of which there is an endless supply.
Hard labour jobs in mining are great when your in your 30's but when you get a bit older, suddenly 12 hour shifts don't seem so easy.