Unskilled jobs that pay well

[JG22]

and what do you do that's so skillful....

Nothing very skilful, just looking at possible careers available.
Luck plays a great role.

 

[Aeglos]

Get a forklift licence and pick up afternoon shift work (2pm - 10pm or thereabouts).
Typically go at high 30s to low 40s an hour depending on the work site.
One drawback is that a lot of it is "full time casual" so you miss out on sick leave, super etc and can get turfed pretty quickly if things slow down

 

[The Edukator]

Get a forklift licence and pick up afternoon shift work (2pm - 10pm or thereabouts).
Typically go at high 30s to low 40s an hour depending on the work site.
One drawback is that a lot of it is "full time casual" so you miss out on sick leave, super etc and can get turfed pretty quickly if things slow down

And the time to upskill and get a better job. Probably a bigger sacrifice there.

 

[Aramis]

Crown pays very very well for pretty unskilled jobs.

 

[PoppedCorn]

Get a forklift licence and pick up afternoon shift work (2pm - 10pm or thereabouts).
Typically go at high 30s to low 40s an hour depending on the work site.
One drawback is that a lot of it is "full time casual" so you miss out on sick leave, super etc and can get turfed pretty quickly if things slow down

I'm a forkdriver and do arvos
Get decent money if you get into a decent bigger company

 

[Aeglos]

And the time to upskill and get a better job. Probably a bigger sacrifice there.

Depends what you want in life.
I know plenty of people who have gone from high(er) stress high(er) paying jobs into lower stress and lower paying jobs and are a thousand times happier.

 

[my name was taken]

People asking the wrong question. It's now what's under skilled but how much is "pay well". Everyone has different ideas.

I'd say any basic task on mine site in wa though they are extremely rare these days.
Also anything with a danger allowance attached to it.

 

[The Edukator]

People asking the wrong question. It's now what's under skilled but how much is "pay well". Everyone has different ideas.

I'd say any basic task on mine site in wa though they are extremely rare these days.
Also anything with a danger allowance attached to it.

probably depends on age too. the below is what i'd consider pay well.

25-30/70-100k is decent
31-35/100-125k
35+/125+

 

[GreyCrow]

Traffic management

$26 an hour with a lot of OT , time and half and double time. Looking at $54 on a Sunday/night work to hold a stop sign

 

[Kynge of Begrem]

Coaching Collingwood.

 

[Nugett]

Starting your own business.
Zuckerberg, Gates and Jobs all did well for themselves after dropping out of college.

 

[Vooligan]

Starting your own business.
Zuckerberg, Gates and Jobs all did well for themselves after dropping out of college.

But being a dropout from Harvard is probably more of a qualification than you'll get from anywhere in Australia.

 

[freddy mercury]

Removalist, if you own you're own truck. Then again, there is skill to it.

Best mate sub contracts for a company in Melbourne, bought two more trucks later in that year and now has a fleet of about 6 trucks. Amazingly well payed!

 

[Scotland]

Coles/Woolies distribution centre.

 

[Crimson Azure]

window cleaning

This, can earn really good money cleaning windows.

 

[DERO]

This, can earn really good money cleaning windows.

Do you clean windows?

 

[Crimson Azure]

Do you clean windows?

Yep but only up to about four stories. Won't get me hanging off the side of a skyscraper.

You?

 

[DERO]

Yep but only up to about four stories. Won't get me hanging off the side of a skyscraper.

You?

I used to be a ropey. These day I have a decent crew and haven't abseiled for close to ten years. What is your business called?

 

[cannot]

Train driver.
Not unskilled, but can be entered without any prior qualification/experience. Typically pulls $120-150k in Melbourne.

if you can put up with the suicide

 

[Elroo]

Stevedore!

 

[CrazyJoeFevola]

Stevedore!

Very casualised though these days, sadly.

 

[Elroo]

Very casualised though these days, sadly.

Yep the old GWE days are well gone for stevedores.

 

[Konrad2709]

if you can put up with the suicide

True, it depends on the individual and how they handle these things.
Although I'd have to say arguably suicides aren't as worse as accidents, such as children.

 

[cannot]

Very casualised though these days, sadly.

some guys work there 5+ years

and still have to wait for a phone call the night before to know if they have work tomorrow ..

 

[CrazyJoeFevola]

some guys work there 5+ years

and still have to wait for a phone call the night before to know if they have work tomorrow ..

MUA really really dropped the ball the last 20 years to go from a position where they controlled hiring to the current situation.