Upskilling or Training for new apprentices
Just a bit of an idea about the type of work to apply for, this part of Seek shows the various pay differences to train for but personally I believe IT is far too over-rated as too many people doing it so the pay should drop a lot but I guess IT people lie to keep their high pay. Compare all these trades etc:
Role type
Average salary;
Air Conditioning & Refrigeration
$67,500
Automotive Trades
$58,314
Building Trades
$54,878
Carpentry & Cabinet Making
$52,849
Cleaning Services
$49,444
Electricians
$65,842
Fitters, Turners & Machinists
$61,408
Gardening & Landscaping
$46,889
Hair & Beauty Services
$46,915
Labourers
$42,079
Maintenance & Handyperson Services
$50,604
Painters & Sign Writers
$46,481
Plumbers
$64,435
Security Services
$63,882
Technicians
$58,113
Welders & Boilermakers
$53,469
Most-needed jobs;
Current rank
Change sinceFeb
Nursing-All roles 1 +4
Administrative Assistants 2 -1
Warehousing, Storage & Distribution 3 0
Developers / Programmers 4 0
Retail Assistants 5 -3
Automotive Trades 6 +2
Sales Representatives / Consultants 7 0
Chefs / Cooks 8 -2
Labourers 9 +6
Business / Systems Analysts 10 -1
Building Trades 11 +7
Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services 12 +21
Psychology, Counselling / Social Work 13 +21
Civil / Structural Engineering 14 -2
Account & Relationship Management 15 -1
Customer Service - Call Centre 16 -6
Machine Operators 17 +8
Management - Store 18 -5
Government / council roles 19 +18
Technicians 20 +2
RANK:
INDUSTRY ROLE TYPE ANNUAL SALARY
SALARY GROWTH;
1 Information & Communication Technology Architects
$132,500 9%
2 Information & Communication Technology Management
$125,054 -3%
3 Mining, Resources & Energy Management
$124,062 10%
4 Engineering Management
$122,906 6%
5 Information & Communication Technology Consultants
$122,812 12%
6 Construction Contracts Management
$119,204 0%
7 Information & Communication Technology Product
Management & Development
$115,000 11%
8 Accounting Financial Managers & Controllers
$114,702 0%
9 Human Resources & Recruitment Management - Internal
$111,304 3%
10 Engineering Project Management
$110,833 1%
11 Marketing & Communications Management
$110,460 7%
12 Banking & Financial Services Account & Relationship Management
$109,354 7%
13 Information & Communication Technology Programme & Project Management
$108,823 1%
14 Construction Project Management
$108,425 2%
15 Engineering Project Engineering
$107,070 2%
16 Construction Management
$105,541 -2%
17 Banking & Financial Services Financial Planning
$104,500 6%
18 Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics Management
$102,558 5%
19 Engineering Water & Waste Engineering
$102,366 3%
20 Accounting Management
$101,333 -5%
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