WB997.2GTS Posted 11July, 2019 Report Share Posted 11July, 2019 Hi Lee, not knowing exactly how the SA licensing operates, I would seek an interview with the licensing board or Fair Trading directly and see if there are any exemptions for Age, Experience and that you are currently a contractor and ATO registered. Warren LeeM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 11July, 2019 Report Share Posted 11July, 2019 48 minutes ago, WB997.2GTS said: Hi Lee, not knowing exactly how the SA licensing operates, I would seek an interview with the licensing board or Fair Trading directly and see if there are any exemptions for Age, Experience and that you are currently a contractor and ATO registered. Warren Thanks mate, I appreciate it. All I'm (we) are told is that if anyone works on a construction site as a sub contractor (robes, tilers, painters, any trade who doesn't possess a building license) must possess a 'contractors license' which must include a supervisors certificate. I contacted Master Builders association, and they want $59/month to join, $580 for their subsidised course, police check, then $250 for the license per year. I'm just perplexed, as I have liability insurance, white card and everything else I needed, yet the contractors license does nothing? Just a rort by the government I reckon. @TINGY996 @EUROPA570 @Niko @P-Kay The meeting went well thanks. I'd highly recommend Furphy beer if you lot enjoy the amber liquid...Oh you mean the interview? Ah yeah that was good thanks. Will do a couple of days onsite next week to see if I like it etc (their suggestion), yet it's the boss and crew that sound like a bloody good mob to work for and learn new skills which I'm always up for. I'd rather earn less money and be happy, than bust my arse for a little more cash and be unhappy ever day. Will see how it goes, yet the ball is now rolling to get out of what I'm doing now and this sounds very positive. Cheers all 👍 Raven, Rick V, TINGY and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted 11July, 2019 Report Share Posted 11July, 2019 42 minutes ago, LeeM said: I contacted Master Builders association, and they want $59/month to join, $580 for their subsidised course, police check, then $250 for the license per year. They are all grubs just out to take your hard earned money .........Disgraceful ,,,It is not like you don,t pay enough to earn a honest living ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 11July, 2019 Report Share Posted 11July, 2019 7 minutes ago, Raven said: They are all grubs just out to take your hard earned money .........Disgraceful ,,,It is not like you don,t pay enough to earn a honest living ... Sounds very 'Union ish' to me. Mate, the amount of headaches I've had in the past 6-12 months with the company I contract to and the ATO, I am actually better off financially working at McDonalds (no disrespect to Maccas workers) How I havent sold the 911 yet is solely attributable to my missus saying 'Don't be a dick, as you'll regret it and I'll have to put up with your whinging for the next 20 years! Since the workload went way down and a lot more costs to actually work, and the missus being made redundant 3 years ago from a well paid job and now in a new job (which she loves working with the intellectually disabled), we're losing at least $5000-6000/month. Aaah ya gotta laugh! One win today though. I found an old lotto ticket in my wallet and won $25.75! 👍😂 Raven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted 11July, 2019 Report Share Posted 11July, 2019 23 minutes ago, LeeM said: Sounds very 'Union ish' to me. Mate, the amount of headaches I've had in the past 6-12 months with the company I contract to and the ATO, I am actually better off financially working at McDonalds (no disrespect to Maccas workers) How I havent sold the 911 yet is solely attributable to my missus saying 'Don't be a dick, as you'll regret it and I'll have to put up with your whinging for the next 20 years! Since the workload went way down and a lot more costs to actually work, and the missus being made redundant 3 years ago from a well paid job and now in a new job (which she loves working with the intellectually disabled), we're losing at least $5000-6000/month. Aaah ya gotta laugh! One win today though. I found an old lotto ticket in my wallet and won $25.75! 👍😂 It is bureaucratic socialism ,,,,,you want to work ,,prepared to make the effort and they just want to screw you over with crap and make it as hard as possible ...It is like they want us all on the doll ,,,heaven forbid if you go out and earn a dollar GC9911 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick V Posted 12July, 2019 Report Share Posted 12July, 2019 I'm over this fkng cold, rainy weather....... I just want to be able to be able to give my Pcar a leisurely wash and polish on a Saturday afternoon, ready to roll her out for a SMT the next morning!!!! OK, Old man rant over.......fkng winter!! LeeM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 12July, 2019 Report Share Posted 12July, 2019 20 minutes ago, Rick V said: I'm over this fkng cold, rainy weather....... I just want to be able to be able to give my Pcar a leisurely wash and polish on a Saturday afternoon, ready to roll her out for a SMT the next morning!!!! OK, Old man rant over.......fkng winter!! Seeya Sundee then 👍😁 Rick V 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 12July, 2019 Report Share Posted 12July, 2019 4 hours ago, Rick V said: I'm over this fkng cold, rainy weather....... I just want to be able to be able to give my Pcar a leisurely wash and polish on a Saturday afternoon, ready to roll her out for a SMT the next morning!!!! OK, Old man rant over.......fkng winter!! What’s rain? Send it our way, we won’t complain ! Rick V 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilH Posted 12July, 2019 Report Share Posted 12July, 2019 On 11 July 2019 at 16:29, LeeM said: Thanks mate, I appreciate it. All I'm (we) are told is that if anyone works on a construction site as a sub contractor (robes, tilers, painters, any trade who doesn't possess a building license) must possess a 'contractors license' which must include a supervisors certificate. I contacted Master Builders association, and they want $59/month to join, $580 for their subsidised course, police check, then $250 for the license per year. I'm just perplexed, as I have liability insurance, white card and everything else I needed, yet the contractors license does nothing? Just a rort by the government I reckon. @TINGY996 @EUROPA570 @Niko @P-Kay The meeting went well thanks. I'd highly recommend Furphy beer if you lot enjoy the amber liquid...Oh you mean the interview? Ah yeah that was good thanks. Will do a couple of days onsite next week to see if I like it etc (their suggestion), yet it's the boss and crew that sound like a bloody good mob to work for and learn new skills which I'm always up for. I'd rather earn less money and be happy, than bust my arse for a little more cash and be unhappy ever day. Will see how it goes, yet the ball is now rolling to get out of what I'm doing now and this sounds very positive. Cheers all 👍 I should have lent you mine Lee! I just advised the Building Services Authority last week, that I would not be renewing my Gold Card ( Builders licence) after many years of keeping it. Did not use it for many years but too hard to get it again if I had given it up when I stopped working in the industry. Was a QLD licence though so probably no help to you anyway!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 12July, 2019 Report Share Posted 12July, 2019 28 minutes ago, PhilH said: Was a QLD licence though so probably no help to you anyway!!! Valid Australia wide mate. Thanks anyway, yet the more I research it, the easier it is to not even consider applying for one. I was told today by a sparky after we talked about the licensing, and he's quit as a contractor to the mob he contracts to, and they've employed him with a van, tools etc all paid for on similar money, as he was quoted nearly $2000 to do the course. With 10 SA building companies going bust since December '18, its cost a lot of jobs, and a lot of people are struggling. It's a bloody shame, as I like my job, yet unless they pay me an extra $200 per house (I'd struggle to get and extra $20 out of them), I'm out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 12July, 2019 Report Share Posted 12July, 2019 It’s not only the building industry that this crap is happening in, so don’t feel that you are alone. It is forcing good people out, despite having done the job for years, without doing some course, that some desk jockey with an Arts Degree has invented, trying to justify their existence, to fill a hole that doesn’t exist. World has gone mad. Wife said yesterday that she wishes Australia would be Australia again. SteveF, LeeM, 3legs and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 12July, 2019 Report Share Posted 12July, 2019 3 hours ago, OZ930 said: Wife said yesterday that she wishes Australia would be Australia again. Sounds like a catchy campaign slogan! credentialism is spreading everywhere - a simple way of ‘creating jobs’ and getting control over industries and the people who work in them. Childcare industry is a classic - force people to do endless certifications, the small players (home based care) give up and drop out, leaving only the expensive players, so then government gives ‘free’ subsidies and makes themselves involved in all aspects. Where previously people were happy with cash in hand to someone they trust you’ve now got a regulated, controlled industry with an army of inspectors, certifiers and other administrators. Discuss changing it and you’ll get a political outcry and calls of ‘think of he children’. Repeat for industry after industry and on you go. Young people have no clue as they just want a guaranteed job - the concept of whether a job actually makes society better or not is lost in the discussion of ‘more jobs better’. Niko, OZ930, LeeM and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 12July, 2019 Report Share Posted 12July, 2019 Perfectly said 👍 Companies that treat their contractors like shit (which is every mob I've worked for in 14 years) will eventually go under, when all they had to do was be a little more accommodating and stop blatantly ripping people off. Having reliable contractors and employees that are apparently 'expendable assets' as they call it doesnt bode well for their sustainability to make a profit. There is no sense in me continuing on as a contractor unless I do double the work (physically impossible at my age), and just put up with the ever increasing costs, expectations and headaches of dealing with muppets. Including those arts degree desk jockeys who have never left the comfort of their computer screens. firstone, Niko and Tips 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tips Posted 12July, 2019 Report Share Posted 12July, 2019 Lee it’s wider than the trade industries. I’m in white collar and so many CEO and boards have become very transactional with staff and customers. Customer relationships and culture of nurturing/supporting staff through thick and thin is dead. My dad was a 35 year, one company veteran and loyal. In today’s job market loyalty by employers is gone as profits are the drivers. The same has occurred with staff, in particular the millennials. If they don’t get the satisfaction they seek (empowerment flexibility rewards access to technology) they just move on. I think it’s creating a challenge for most businesses today as they are the workforce of the future. Conversation with one of my young sales guys yesterday. I suggested a daal he was looking at was not sustainable from a profitability and long term value for us and the customer as we would soon have to put up the price. His response was “not my problem I’m charged with getting sales and the CEO can worry about profit” 🙄 I shake my head.... firstone and LeeM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted 12July, 2019 Report Share Posted 12July, 2019 5 hours ago, OZ930 said: Wife said yesterday that she wishes Australia would be Australia again. Love that slogan....but as much as I hate to say it.... Thanks to our politicians, legal system, teachers, political correct activists, certain social media platforms etc etc... It will never be the Australia we, or our previous families knew. Such a terrible shame... LeeM, OZ930, 3legs and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3legs Posted 13July, 2019 Report Share Posted 13July, 2019 Geez a lot of what I'm reading reminds me of the bad old days of the BLF. Seems nothing has changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 13July, 2019 Report Share Posted 13July, 2019 @Tips I'm sure it is across the board in all industries mate. My missus is a support worker for the intellectually disabled, and their company policies aren't focused on the clients welfare, just profits. Sure, every company needs to make a profit, and I'm all for that even as a contractor, yet being a dictating Nazi towards those who keep them in business isn't going to help them be profitable when they have noone wanting to work for them. Common sense and courtesy goes a long way with me, and if you treat me right I'll go out of my way to help, though piss me off and I'll make your life hard. Pretty simple really. firstone, 3legs, Tips and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason A Posted 13July, 2019 Report Share Posted 13July, 2019 Manners, common sense, not taking the easiest path and most importantly - seek to understand. Pass these skills onto your kids, younger family members and those of the younger generation who you like. This will set them apart from the majority. My 2 cents worth. Tips, LeeM, firstone and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 30July, 2019 Report Share Posted 30July, 2019 Saw this numpty driving all over the road at 50kph yesterday, and saw she was on her phone. Wanted to have a go at her whilst stopped at the lights, yet she'd already got off the phone...then I saw this. Her eating a bowl of something with a fork or spoon! Ofcourse me being me and having done it before, I got ahead of her and jumped on the brakes. The abuse in my mirror was hilarious, so I'd say her lunch ended up in her lap 😂😂 TwoHeadsTas, Scott930, Allan C and 4 others 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted 31July, 2019 Report Share Posted 31July, 2019 AND THEY VOTE....... Talking to a lady yesterday, whose grandson plays in a local Aussie rules under 12 team. Both boys and girls play in the team. The coach was yelling instructions to his team from the sidelines.. Amongst the instructions was "MAN UP". At the completion of the game he was approached by the mother of one of the girls playing in his team. She informed him that he should not be using the term "MAN UP" as it was sexist, not appropriate and offensive to her little girl. Lord...give me strength.... WB997.2GTS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 31July, 2019 Report Share Posted 31July, 2019 3 hours ago, Niko said: She informed him that he should not be using the term "MAN UP" as it was sexist, not appropriate and offensive to her little girl. Lord...give me strength.... We'll see her on A Current Affair soon enough Niko 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 31July, 2019 Report Share Posted 31July, 2019 Today No. 1 Walking across a road at the corner a green TVR rego TVR 300 came down the road slowly and turned into the road I was crossing. He jumped on the brakes late and gestured at me as though I should have waited for him. Shook my head and give him the bird. He then abused me through is canvas (probably leaking) roof as he completed the turn. No. 2 Commodore in front of me at the lights. Female driver not focused and took a while to move when the lights went green. No big deal. Next lights she looked down just before the lights went green and started fiddling with something to her left. I got on the horn. She moved off giving me the bird. I flashed my lights and she brake tested me. I got on the horn (which is loud) and stayed on it. She brake tested me again - 3 TIMES - coming to a complete stop on the last one. She then ducked into a service lane with a final brake test on the way in. No. 3 Just out of Belgrave where the road starts to twist, a woman from north of Australia is doing a U turn over double lines just around a tight blind bend. Narrow road so its a 3 point turn. Was it a full moon last night? Niko and Tips 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 31July, 2019 Report Share Posted 31July, 2019 I would have started shooting people after #2 @Airhead Airhead, dominicxu1 and 3legs 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3legs Posted 31July, 2019 Report Share Posted 31July, 2019 I've said it before and I will say it again. Humans are getting dumber and dumber but Adelaide drivers give a whole new meaning to dumber. Lee, I would have been right behind you reloading your rifles/guns. LeeM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 1August, 2019 Report Share Posted 1August, 2019 17 hours ago, Airhead said: No. 2 Commodore in front of me at the lights. Female driver not focused and took a while to move when the lights went green. No big deal. Next lights she looked down just before the lights went green and started fiddling with something to her left. I got on the horn. She moved off giving me the bird. I flashed my lights and she brake tested me. I got on the horn (which is loud) and stayed on it. She brake tested me again - 3 TIMES - coming to a complete stop on the last one. She then ducked into a service lane with a final brake test on the way in. This is why I have a dash cam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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