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%
Poll: Do you think NZ should ban social media for youth?
The Australian Prime Minister has expressed plans to ban social media use for children.
This would make it illegal for under 16-year-olds to have accounts on platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Social media platforms would be tasked with ensuring children have no access (under-age children and their parents wouldn’t be penalised for breaching the age limit)
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84.5% Yes
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14.1% No
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