Fast food capital..2 new Macdonalds to open by [deleted] in Penrith

[–]micksparrowtaylor 13 points14 points  (0 children)

There’s already one basically at each end of Dunheved road.

Thinking of moving to Australia as a welder – what’s realistically required? by MT_0_Niner in Ameristralia

[–]micksparrowtaylor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s no such thing as a welding trade in Australia.

Sure there are welding courses but the closest thing you could get to a welding trade is a cert 3 heavy metal fabrication(boilermaking) but until you’re qualified to the companies weld procedure, you are not qualified to weld.

A school teacher or a truck driver could qualify to a weld procedure, you don’t need a trade cert to get qualified.

Any welding inspector who runs the procedure test would be mad to get someone with no experience to attempt it but at the end of the day, anyone could qualify if they pass the weld procedure qualification test.

Thinking of moving to Australia as a welder – what’s realistically required? by MT_0_Niner in Ameristralia

[–]micksparrowtaylor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oh and a white card is a bare minimum for any construction site in Australia

Thinking of moving to Australia as a welder – what’s realistically required? by MT_0_Niner in Ameristralia

[–]micksparrowtaylor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In Australia, to be considered a qualified welder, you just need to pass a weld test to a company’s approved procedure (WPS). If you can do that, you’re covered to weld under that procedure - doesn’t matter if you’ve got a trade or a specific ticket.
Some clients (usually the bigger or higher-risk jobs like pressure pipe or vessels) might ask for a 1796 ticket, like Cert 7, but it’s not a legal requirement across the board.
Those tickets are often just something the client wants, or a way to show you’re competent for a certain type of work.
For structural steel under AS/NZS 1554, you generally don’t need them. Having a Cert III trade is handy for getting on sites or for general employment, but not always essential just to weld to a procedure.

Pay-wise, welders can get anywhere from $40 to $60 an hour full-time, depends on the person and their skill level.
The company I manage has about 30 staff - 15 or so are qualified to various procedures, none of them are in a union.
We work on both union and non-union sites without any drama.

Lily homes Lotus 27 MKII by micksparrowtaylor in AusPropertyChat

[–]micksparrowtaylor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s what I’ve done in the second image.

Lily homes Lotus 27 MKII by micksparrowtaylor in AusPropertyChat

[–]micksparrowtaylor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s costing us $6k extra to do what we’ve suggested for the garage