Apprentices... How much you earning a week?

[VL_5SPEED]

Im a 1st year apprentice chef. Earning anywhere from $370 to $440 a week.

$9.23 p/h mon to fri
$11.53 p/h sat
$16.15 p/h sun

Got paid $442.99 today after tax

[minux]

crikey...i didnt realise how low apprentice wages were.

[Morton]

Currently looking into becoming a 1st year apprentice mechanic, now that I'm mature age. It makes it harder to gain entry to some places, but I can expect around $300p/w as opposed to the $220p/w that a mate of mine makes as a 19yo 1st year.

[CANYONERO]

when i started my parts interpreter apprenticeship 3 years ago i was on 6.69and hour, i think im around 12 an hour now, about to finish next week i get about $400 -$450 a week. but i get paid bonusus and overtime through my host employer not my apprentieship provider which bumps it up quite a bit.

[Michelson4301]

Holy mother I was paid $164p/w for 40hrs in my first year!

[Jesterarts]

^^^ Damn... that sucks! But I guess you're still learning... like my gf is in her last year of uni to be a nurse... and they work at various hospitals getting experience... for free... But still... takes a fair bit of commitment to work 40 hours for 164 bux!

[beware-brunette]

Wow that's pretty low. My partner is a 1st year apprentice boiler maker. Mature-age works from 6.00 till 4 monday to fir and 6 to 12 on sat and brings home just over $600 a week.
I dont think that's too bad

[nemesis_adrasteia]

second year F&T i was making about $330 a week after tax thats a 40 hour week monday to friday

[Garth]

our first years are on 15 a hour, 2nd year are 19 a hour, 3rd year is 24, and 4th yr is 29 a hour, dam good money. aprentice electricians.

[pepstar87]

4th year apprentice signwriter taking home $540 p/w..

[spd_dmn]

3rd year apprentice plumber, $510 a week after tax. If I was working union I'd be on almost twice that

[Timmos]

2nd year apprentice in Telecommunications technician, $1750 a month after tax (yes i'm paid monthly)

[Michelson4301]

^^^ Damn... that sucks! But I guess you're still learning... like my gf is in her last year of uni to be a nurse... and they work at various hospitals getting experience... for free... But still... takes a fair bit of commitment to work 40 hours for 164 bux!

lol, yeah that was 10years ago! I am still learning though. Every day if possible

[zerodown]

Reading that I feel for DVSV8, that apprenticeship seems like a joke to me, 3 years and your walking away on $500 a week!!!! That pays below working retail in something like Safeway full time.

Stonemason here, I don't know why more people don't look into it. Can be heavy work of course but top pay and no real unemployment worries as no one seems to want to do it!

[VNexecutive]

apprentice joiner.
currently 3rd year.
about 480 take home at the moment.

[f1tzy]

1st year was 300
2nd 400
3rd 500
4th 600. This is all for an apprentice plasterer and that is after tax before any overtime

[Troy711]

I bet you guys can't want to start full time to earn the big bucks! I'm so glad I never did an apprenticeship. Contract rates FT-MF-W!

[greenvs]

Apprentice Fridgy. Take home around 290 p/w after tax.

[greenvs]

Im a 1st year apprentice chef. Earning anywhere from $370 to $440 a week.

$9.23 p/h mon to fri
$11.53 p/h sat
$16.15 p/h sun

Got paid $442.99 today after tax

U gotta think long term though bud. Full time chefs dont get penaltie rates and get around half the pay of tradesmen. Aswell as working most weekends, its the closest job to slave labour i can think of. I was an apprentice chef for 6 months until i realised what i was getting myself into. A good job though if your REALLY passionate about cooking.

[oOSparkyOo]

Apprentice Boilermaker

$6.80 p/h
$260-$300 p/w

will be on 2nd year soon tho dunno rates for them as of yet

[sleek_vp]

im a first year on the council as a heavy vehicle mechanic earning $550p/w after tax which will see a $20 p/w increase as of next week as i go second year and yes im an adult apprentice

[Sabbath']

Im on about $450 a week, as a mature age second year mechanic.

Have a second job aswell just to help with incidentals.

[mulligan-can]

our first years are on 15 a hour, 2nd year are 19 a hour, 3rd year is 24, and 4th yr is 29 a hour, dam good money. aprentice electricians.

Damn... What company is that?!

I'm an apprentice with the power board in QLD (Ergon) and we don't even get paid that much!

[danja]

crikey...i didnt realise how low apprentice wages were.

I was thinking that, but then if you compare it with studying at uni, imagine if you got paid $10/hr to study, you'd be laughing!

[andyman]

crikey...i didnt realise how low apprentice wages were.

damm straight, put it this way, for all the tuning products i bought recently, cost me over 3 weeks pay




im on $489 a week for a third year on base wage (only junior rates)

first yeah was 320, then got pay increase to 340

second got 420, then pay rise to 440



mate of mine at ford in his first year got 280 something,


im lucky being at council, my wage is substantially higher then the normal rate for apprentice's