{"id":259029,"date":"2018-07-17T12:18:03","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T10:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=259029"},"modified":"2018-07-17T12:18:03","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T10:18:03","slug":"huge-demand-for-plumbers-and-electricians-in-australia-heres-how-much-you-could-earn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wealth\/259029\/huge-demand-for-plumbers-and-electricians-in-australia-heres-how-much-you-could-earn\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge demand for plumbers and electricians in Australia – here’s how much you could earn"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the beginning of the year, Australia\u2019s Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) updated its list of jobs which skilled South Africans can apply for when looking to emigrate.<\/p>\n

The single list<\/a> <\/strong>of eligible skilled occupations is provided below to assist you to determine which visa programme may be available to you depending on your occupation.<\/p>\n

A number of these jobs also have additional caveats<\/a> <\/strong>which typically limit where emigrants can move to in Australia and how much they earn.<\/p>\n

The list is not limited to lawyers, doctors and engineers, however, and includes trade related jobs: bricklayer, cabinetmaker, carpenter & joiner, plumber, and electrician.<\/p>\n

And because these jobs are still in-demand amid a development boom in Australais’s major cities, a new report reveals just how much trade related jobs can earn.<\/p>\n

Data from service hiring website ServiceSeeking.com.au, by way of its ‘Tradie Rich List for 2018’, <\/em>shows that removalists in New South Wales (NSW) saw their hourly wages rise by 76% over the last year to $95.21\/hr (R937)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Australia-wide, plumbers and electricians also feature prominently on the list, with an average hourly rate of $83.04 and $75.71 respectively – or R817 and R745 per hour in local currency. Both these jobs, and variants feature on the DIBP’s list. Joiners and plasterers also feature on the list.<\/p>\n

Plumbers recorded a strong increase in hourly prices with a yearly rise of 3.1% to $86.59\/hr.<\/p>\n

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Electricians in South Africa, meanwhile, can expect to earn between R82,248 – R370,401 (median: R219,612) a year, according to Payscale.<\/p>\n

The skills that increase pay for this job the most are SAP plant maintenance (SAP PM), artisan, switching and routing, programmable logic controllers (PLC) \/ automation, and plant maintenance.<\/p>\n

For a plumber, they can expect to earn between R48,059 – R224,058 (median: R118,917) a year. A Master Plumber can earn up to R413,412, according to Payscale.<\/p>\n

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Read: Here\u2019s the new list of skills and jobs that will help you move to Australia in 2018<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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