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Good thing about commercial/industrial is they get you doing actual work straight away where as in domestic unless you're working for a relative or friend you're basically a labourer for the first year or so doing just the crap stuff like digging, cleaning up, getting tools etc.

You start tafe next year yeah? Hope you like using the reg book lol

Good thing about commercial/industrial is they get you doing actual work straight away where as in domestic unless you're working for a relative or friend you're basically a labourer for the first year or so doing just the crap stuff like digging, cleaning up, getting tools etc.

You start tafe next year yeah? Hope you like using the reg book lol

Always heard the opposite, that you get lost in big companies and end up being a cleaner/labourer for the first year, whereas in domestic you get thrown straight into wiring up houses coz it's just u and the boss or 1 a grader etc. But yeah so far it's been good, the other guy that started with me has been cutting/filing cable tray so I'm sure I'll cop that soon enough. Gotta be done.

And I read AS 3000 before bed

yeah maybe if its just you and the boss he'd have no choice if he has no other more experienced apprentices but most of em dont wanna waste time teaching while working just want you there as an extra pair of hands

And I read AS 3000 before bed

Cute

Holy f**k Twin Turbo 300ZX's are cheap!!!

Having to pull out all the drivers side intakes and shit to get to the PS lines/pump 5 or so times did my head in but now for some reason I want one, Stockholm Syndrome?

Always heard the opposite, that you get lost in big companies and end up being a cleaner/labourer for the first year, whereas in domestic you get thrown straight into wiring up houses coz it's just u and the boss or 1 a grader etc. But yeah so far it's been good, the other guy that started with me has been cutting/filing cable tray so I'm sure I'll cop that soon enough. Gotta be done.

And I read AS 3000 before bed

Never filed cable tray before, makes sense though I guess haha

I'm a 2nd year at a domestic/industrial/commercial company. Mainly doing bunnings stores at the moment.

Small company = learn more

Big company = earn more

Depends what's most important to you IMO, I get the bare minimum award wage, but I learn a hell of a lot more than people I go trade school with who earn a fair bit more than me, but it's an apprenticeship so I'd rather gain as much knowledge as possible and then earn more than them in the long run haha

Summer is just around the corner. Shoulda started a lil while ago lol

I'll take a tray load. no homo.

Yeh I did start about a month or so ago, don't get me wrong I'm definately seeing results just want that little bit more, I guess I gotta work that little bit harder and eat that little bit better / more. Guess there is no tricks for speed other than that or roids as Alex said :P but then you get shrinkage amirite?

Holy f**k Twin Turbo 300ZX's are cheap!!!

Having to pull out all the drivers side intakes and shit to get to the PS lines/pump 5 or so times did my head in but now for some reason I want one, Stockholm Syndrome?

and after replacing all the balljoints and bushes on one, it ain't gonna be cheap anymore.

Yeh I did start about a month or so ago, don't get me wrong I'm definately seeing results just want that little bit more, I guess I gotta work that little bit harder and eat that little bit better / more. Guess there is no tricks for speed other than that or roids as Alex said :P but then you get shrinkage amirite?

Dunno still as large as ever ere

Never filed cable tray before, makes sense though I guess haha

I'm a 2nd year at a domestic/industrial/commercial company. Mainly doing bunnings stores at the moment.

Small company = learn more

Big company = earn more

Depends what's most important to you IMO, I get the bare minimum award wage, but I learn a hell of a lot more than people I go trade school with who earn a fair bit more than me, but it's an apprenticeship so I'd rather gain as much knowledge as possible and then earn more than them in the long run haha

Agree and disagree...

Not just a case of 'what's most important', for some it's a matter of what they can/can't afford to do. I'm 25, almost 26, and have a mortgage...So domestic/small company/non EBA is out of the question for me. Sure you might learn more to begin with, and probably wire neater, but it evens out in the long run (got mates in domestic, mid size companies and the big boys) after around the 2/3 year mark everyone is pretty much on a level playing field...At the end of the day you'll learn as much as you want to learn. I know I've only been there 2 days, but I can tell the guys I'm working with are happy to teach me as much as I want to learn, and aren't just using me as a labourer.

As for the pay side of it, a 3rd year apprentice on an EBA job makes more than a domestic A grade, so unless you own the business or you're doing work on the side, there's no comparison in the pays.

My mate is 3rd year and on $40 an hour....

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