Similar to the unskilled thread, what are some skilled jobs that don't pay well?
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WowI received an email from Seek a little while ago that listed the trending / high demand jobs, state by state.
In Victoria, one of the occupations was that of a boilermaker. Avg wage it said was around the $45-50k mark.
The boilermaker that works here on site laughed when I told him, said he wouldn't even bother getting out of bed for it. He's on a $120k base with $20k site allowance doing a 7 day on / 7 day off roster.
Wow
I know a boiler-maker (now not rubbishing it, it's a ******* s**t job but he was an absolute dumbass) who left school at 16, left to work in port headland and has just came back from basically working in northern W.A., purchased 5 bedroom house for 1m+, a Mustang out-right and has a kid and decided to take two years off to help his partner raise a child for a couple of years. He's decided also to finish year 11/12 and give uni a "crack" and working part time at a Dan Murphys 2 shifts a week because he loves working around beers and boredom
I ******* wish i went the path he went, all power to him because it would of ******* sucked spending 10 years of your life working 12-14 hour days in a jumpsuit in 50 degree heat but yeah he was on 140k+ a year.
Disagree.Nurses and schoolteachers don't get paid badly. You can argue they should get paid more given the nature of the work, but their incomes are respectable.
When I read this question I think about jobs requiring qualifications that are a terrible return on investment. e.g. social workers get paid terribly for a job that requires a bachelor degree.
Mechanic, in comparison to other trades.
Always wondered about this one.Pharmacists.
A bit like teaching I think the job has been devalued over the years to the point of most people seeing pharmacists as glorified retail staff, but the qualification itself isn't easy.
Always wondered about this one.
Is the job itself actually more than glorified retail? Maybe I'm naive but is any of the stuff they learn at uni regularly used at work?
Woosha doesn't like thisDepends on the role. Some pharmacies do compounding, others just sell stuff.
They're kind of a check and balance, and if someone gets a script from a Dr for drug A and are already on drug B which is the same or can't be taken together the pharmacist is supposed to pick that up.
But yeah they just sell nappies and jelly beans a lot of the time.
Pharmacists.
Pharmacists and Pilots two professional occupations that have been curtailed by the rise of discount chains/carriers.
Qantas/Ansett pilots 20 years ago would earn more than Jetstar pilots today and with inflation that is crazy.
Police Officers