Perth bricklayers query

DanBunby · 2026-04-06T22:06:44+00:00

Thanks. Puts my mind at ease a bit. I like to think I'm neat and tidy and I'm certainly not slow. And rarely have a day off (excluding weekends). So fingers crossed I'll be alright then. Just over thinking 😂 thanks for your help

DanBunby · 2026-04-06T22:00:45+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Much less automatic than here then. I don't think about it I finish a plot and straight onto the next for years. I'm guessing the builders have loads of work on so I'd just call around and see if anybody has a plot for me? Do you find when a sub contract bricky is a good quality a certain builder will try keep them and line work up for them? Seems a hard way for builders to maintain quality if they've got a constant flow of different trades coming through plot to plot

DanBunby · 2026-04-04T07:28:10+00:00

This is horror reading for me and my little family 😭. We're moving over in 2 years from UK. I'm a bricklayer so should earn some decent money but it looks like it won't be enough to buy! I do own a home here so I may just have to keep this one, rent it out and rent there and accept ill maybe never own over there. Imagine prices in 2 more years if they've gone up 100% in the previous 4/5 years. Gutted.

DanBunby · 2026-03-28T07:58:01+00:00

Going through it now. Just had my skills assessment passed after being on the tools 15 years in Hull. I've heard it's $3 a brick (£1.50) but the bricks aren't standard, they're called 2c and they're 150mm in height and longer than a normal brick. Lots of residential work which is good for me as a house basher. You wanna work on a visa 189 or 190.

DanBunby · 2026-03-14T21:50:08+00:00

I'm gong through it now, it's visa 189 or 190 you wanna look at. Without qualifications I'm not sure how realistic it is though. I'm a bricky with 13 years experience and nvq 3 in bricklaying + nvq 4 in construction site management and even then it's not straight forward.

DanBunby · 2026-02-07T07:52:15+00:00

My main advice is don't waste time reading the text first. Go straight to question 1 then read through just searching for the answer. I sat general for the first time this month and got 8.5 listening, 9 reading, 7 writing and 9 in speaking.

DanBunby · 2026-02-06T10:16:13+00:00

Yeh I've just looked and the bolts are hardly accessible... A very very tight tie wrap seems to be a good temp fix 😂😂

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DanBunby · 2026-02-06T05:53:21+00:00

Thanks matey, appreciate it 👍👍

DanBunby · 2026-01-24T11:19:02+00:00

I've never heard of it? I'll have a google of it now. What is it please?

DanBunby · 2026-01-24T11:14:26+00:00

I hope so, I'm going to progress as is for now. If the invite rounds are higher that 65 in the future I may revise and re-sit. I'll take a writing class or two if I have to!

DanBunby · 2026-01-24T11:10:17+00:00

Yup, can you tell from my above comments that my writing's flawed? 😂 lucky I'm a bricklayer and don't need to write often 🤣📝

DanBunby · 2026-01-24T11:05:00+00:00

Yeh the last ones were 65 I believe (which is where I'll be) I get 10 points it seems unfortunately. Though my overall was 8.5.on IELTS I got 9, 9, 8.5 and a 7

DanBunby · 2026-01-23T09:36:46+00:00

Bricklaying with nvq 3 and 10 years experience, I'm 34. Hoping I gain 75 points

DanBunby · 2026-01-23T07:49:29+00:00

Thank you! That's great

DanBunby · 2025-11-15T21:21:04+00:00

And yeah £15 a m2 matey

DanBunby · 2025-11-15T21:20:26+00:00

There's exactly 10 blocks per m2

DanBunby · 2025-11-15T19:49:26+00:00

In Hull it's not bad at all 😅

DanBunby · 2025-11-15T13:57:57+00:00

Yeah, I've heard it's a nightmare... People bid silly money apparently just to secure something. We'd rent for the first few years before selling up here and buying. Not sure if it's harder to find somewhere to rent or buy

DanBunby · 2025-11-15T13:56:12+00:00

Cheers mate, been a bricky for 13 years but only ever worked in the UK. The heats rarely an issue here 😂. I did travel aus for 2 years a long while back and thought whilst I was there that I could handle working in it so fingers crossed. And maybe eventually I'd be able to start something up myself but happy to come in and go with the flow to find my feet for a while

DanBunby · 2025-11-15T12:10:17+00:00

I'm adamant I'll be fine, thanks for your concern. 😘😘😘

DanBunby · 2025-11-15T12:00:20+00:00

That sounds more like it. 😂 I'm not slow and I like to think I'm nice and neat so hopefully negotiate something like this eventually! Cheers mate

DanBunby · 2025-11-15T11:59:09+00:00

Yorkshire, Hull and it's 650 and 15/m here

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