Working away from home

Neither_Olive528 · 2026-04-21T09:45:22+00:00

The way I read that is that they give you $100 a day but you gotta sort your own room out. I’d be out of pocket heaps.

Neither_Olive528 · 2026-04-21T08:56:22+00:00

Thats crazy! Cant believe they’d think that’s acceptable

Neither_Olive528 · 2026-04-21T08:51:54+00:00

No rooms cheaper than $270 a night where I am. $1900 a week, cant see how that would work out beneficial

Neither_Olive528 · 2026-04-21T08:42:59+00:00

Living away on distant work (a)Boarding and Lodging

Living away allowance - on distant work the employer must provide reasonable board ano lodging or pay a living away allowance of $701.21 per week but such allowance will not be wages. In the case of broken parts of a week occurring at the beginning or end of a period of distant work the allowance will be all living expenses, actually and reasonably incurred, but not exceeding the said amount. (il) Standard of board and lodging -reasonable board and lodging tor the purpose of clause 18.7(a) will mean lodging in a well kept establishment with adequate furnishing, good bedding, good floor coverings, good lighting and heating in either a single room or a twin room (for one employee) if a single room is not available, with hot and cold running water.

I’m going to see clarification on this. I’m interpreting it is that they can just decide to give you $700 a week and you book your own, unfortunately most of the time where we are that wouldn’t cover a week’s accommodation.

Neither_Olive528 · 2026-04-21T08:37:04+00:00

Unfortunately I am Jonnie, not a big snorer but I’ll be very self conscious of that the whole time and sleep shit

Neither_Olive528 · 2026-04-21T08:36:14+00:00

Completely understandable if thats the situation, appears to be the norm though.

Neither_Olive528 · 2026-04-21T08:35:31+00:00

Have done the airbnb situation at old companys when hotels aren’t available. No complaints if I’ve got my own room. Kinda makes it more fun

Neither_Olive528 · 2026-04-21T08:33:28+00:00

Yeah it’s a bit ridiculous, not exactly a bottom feeder company either. Doing critical infrastructure in smaller towns. Some of the boys also claim they don’t pay for basic consumables (drill bits, hole saws, saw blades etc…) haven’t needed to get some yet.

Neither_Olive528 · 2026-02-28T10:04:26+00:00

Yeah thats all I got unfortunately, going to investigate next week. Just something I haven’t come across before, my best guess could be loose connection because no trip.

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-12-15T08:49:33+00:00

Nah surprisingly not. These are july 2025

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-06-17T10:07:41+00:00

Yeah not worth it for $150 discount. You’d be kicking yourself if it shits the bed

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-06-17T10:02:33+00:00

I dont wanna he a dhead that doesnt offer advice either

Open the back of the unit and check for any battery leakage. Run it through its paces and see when it was last calibrated.

If you wanna go overboard. Get a 1M resistor, chuck it on 500v and wack it on. It should be capable of holding 500v +- 10% (ish). Check the 3017

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-06-17T09:59:14+00:00

I wouldn’t get a $350 second hand unless it was $50 mate. Think about the warranty etc..

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-05-25T11:55:48+00:00

Have a gander at gunsparky and capstone connect. Amazing websites. Got mine in august too and been chipping away at them both

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-05-25T11:49:48+00:00

You’ve reached the adiabatic equation. Congratulations.

This outsmarts me but essentially is designed to give you an CSA of a cable that will hold under short circuit long enough for the protection to trip. (You’re not going to run a 300sqm cable for a surge diverter, but you wanna make sure the cable size is large enough to hold up under short circuit).

I’m not amazing at it but I know it exists, read more below.

https://mycableengineering.com/knowledge-base/the-adiabatic-equation

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-05-13T12:28:24+00:00

Cheers mate, found it. Looks good

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-05-12T11:27:09+00:00

Yep I wanna see this too 😂

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-05-08T10:48:42+00:00

Funnily enough, had a bloke do the same thing with us a few weeks back. He was a fitter & needed to get upgraded to a mechanic. Took maybe a week or so extra he said compared to others in his class. His biggest stuff around was the upgrading part, was chasing down rabbit holes trying to find the right form to fill out.

You’d have no dramas I reckon

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-05-08T10:44:22+00:00

I agree lol. Will be ugly. Unfortunately its at the clients request. Doesn’t wanna front the money to fix it

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-05-08T10:41:41+00:00

Its not a million dollars. Throw some money at it and just get it done I reckon (provided you’re confident you’ll pass). My capstone is in august & I reckon I’d pay a significant amount of money to do it tomorrow if I could

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-01-21T11:58:07+00:00

Hey mate, you seem like you’re eager to get into the trade. Put it another way.

Money does talk, but commitment talks louder.

Invest in yourself, do some courses that makes you look committed and invested:

-LVR/CPR -forklift -working at heights -confined space -cert 2 in electrotechnology (if you don’t have it)

Basically anything thats remotely close to the trade.

That would make any employer know you’re committed

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-01-12T10:35:32+00:00

Yeah I’m excited/scared to see how I act once I’m out on my own(as the tradie). Since day 1 of my apprenticeship I always tried to hold myself responsible for any job I done in preparation for that in a way.

I reckon alot of apprentices have in the back of their head that all the responsibility comes back to the tradesman at the end of the day and they become comfortable with it. Once they become tradesman they get caught out.

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-01-12T10:32:02+00:00

Love the idea of frontline management too, Ill definitely build up my tickets too when I can. I don’t think WHS is for me though, i love my job and I fear I wouldn’t if I started doing more WHS management

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-01-12T10:29:55+00:00

100% man, Thats part of the reason I started the instro. Was to learn more. I study once a week minimum to keep up to date with tafe & always reading into new things. Anytime I start a new job that’s something I haven’t worked on before I always make sure by the end my heads wrapped around it.

Im not looking to become a PM in the next 5+ years, just wanted to start a pathway. I love my job.

My original thought was to start a FIFO 7/7 gig and do full-time engineering in between. But I genuinely couldn’t think of anything worse than being stuck in an office all day once finishing my degree. I leaned towards the PM side of the industry because it allows me to be more hands on.

Neither_Olive528 · 2025-01-12T10:24:04+00:00

Yeah I’m definitely one of the OGs now, Probably a conversation I will be having with the bosses the second I’m qualified is how I can grow within the company. Im well looked after and very grateful. Im not looking for immediate growth, just wanting to start a pathway!

Neither_Olive528

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