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Qualified Tiler Wages Hit The Roof

14 April 2007

ESTIMATES by the Bureau of Statistics show Victoria will have 2 million households this month containing - for the most part - about 5.12 million of the state's inhabitants, whose numbers jumped by 70,000 in the year to September... read full story

A Useful Day On The Tiles

24 August 2005

David Adams finds porcelain tiles are increasingly popular but require skilful laying... read full story

Boom In Building No Boon

15 December 2003

A CHRONIC shortage of tradesmen in the Hunter has left demand for carpenters, plasterers and tilers so high that property owners are waiting as long as six months just for job quotations... read full story

Boom In Building No Boon To Youth

15 December 2003

A CHRONIC shortage of tradesmen in the Hunter has left demand for carpenters, plasterers and tilers so high that home owners are waiting as long as six months just for job quotations... read full story

Scorcher On The Roof As Nsw Burns Down Below

16 January 2001

It must have been one of the hottest jobs in the hottest part of Sydney. As temperatures reached almost 47 degrees in Sydney's west, tiler Jaiman Sinwan, 24, and his apprentice Corey Blacklock, 19, were the only roof tilers to brave the heat at the Tallowood Hills housing estate at Kellyville. While in the Sydney CBD a cooling sea breeze lowered temperatures, they peaked at Penrith, at the foot of the Blue Mountains, at 45 degrees by 3pm. At Richmond the temperature rose to 43, making it the hottest day in.. read full story

Operation Apprentice

28 August 1992

TRAINING of building apprentices in Australia is about to change, if the Housing Industry Association (HIA) has anything to do with it. The decline of job prospects in building has hit hard at thousands of apprentices laid off in recent years. The HIA says that in NSW alone there are more .. read full story