Canada employers to discuss plans for sourcing Irish construction workers

Paddy Samurai

Potential 335000 jobs available in canada,provided you work/worked in constuction sector.Might suit alot of people,as we have tons of people out of work in that sector.As canada have cowboys,they probably won't want ours.
Even if it took 10000 off the dole,it would help us all.
Although if they all leave then tradesmen prices will hit the roof again. Remember how hard it was to get small jobs done ,at the height of the boom.

A delegation from Canada will be in Ireland this week scouting for
workers.

Senior Canadian government officials and representatives from two construction associations are visiting Dublin in a bid to try and fill job vacancies in construction and related sectors.

There are a projected 335,000 job opportunities coming up in British Columbia and Alberta between now and 2014, with the biggest demand relating to trades including carpenters, electricians and welders.

The Canadian delegation will hold talks with a number of bodies including the Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Education and DIT while it is in Dublin this week.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/canada-employers-to-discuss-plans-for-sourcing-irish-construction-workers-541284.html#ixzz1nVwdwC6w

mikemac1

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Remember how hard it was to get small jobs done ,at the height of the boom.

It's still hard to get a good tradesman to do the small jobs

There are still no show tradesmen out there who won't even call you to say they are not coming though you took a half day from work to meet them :mad:

And then when you give out and complain they are shocked and turn it around like you are being the unreasonable one

TheZohanS

That's great news. No doubt the government will claim this as part of their plans to cut unemployment...of course people having to emigrate will be a "lifestyle choice", not because we voted in another pack of munters.

JohnMearsheimer

I lived in British Columbia and Alberta last year, it's a beautiful part of the world.

Chuck Stone

335000 x 3 times a day x 6 days a week x 3/4/5/6 years = . . .

Trillions of breakfast rolls.

Someone could be a breakfast roll billionaire from all this.

admiralofthefleet

in before the begrudgers

ronaneire

Last person leaving turn off the lights

mattjack

Chuck Stone wrote: »

335000 x 3 times a day x 6 days a week x 3/4/5/6 years = . . .

Trillions of breakfast rolls.

Someone could be a breakfast roll billionaire from all this.

Sir,
I like the way you think.I tip my hat to you.

cosanostra

They'd be better off looking in Australia for the skilled Irish construction worker

Glico Man

Fcuking hell.... my degree (and 2 year relative experience) might actually make me useful to someone :eek:

Someone get me a phone, a beer and my conversation hat!

1966

mattjack wrote: »

Sir,
I like the way you think.I tip my hat to you.

Touché

minidazzler

I'd love to take a job with them but I can't build anything. I wanna live in BC.

TeddyTedson

How exactly will they be scouting for workers though!?

Paddy Samurai

TeddyTedson wrote: »

How exactly will they be scouting for workers though!?

RTE News gives following info...........

The delegation will attend the Dublin Working Abroad Expo in an attempt to identify sources of skilled labour to help fill thousands of vacancies in the construction and related trades

http://www.workingabroad.net/expo/dublin.html

Lando Griffin

Dey taking our workers.

ejmaztec

ronaneire wrote: »

Last person leaving turn off the lights blow out the candles

Thanks to electricity prices, the lights have already been turned off.

Hootanany

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

RTE News gives following info...........




http://www.workingabroad.net/expo/dublin.html

That link is Oz & NZ

Paddy Samurai

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Dey taking our workers.

Maybe......Dey only taking our unemployed.

Paddy Samurai

Hootanany wrote: »

That link is Oz & NZ

Says canada on the link.

Seminars and Free Visa Assessments will take place over the course of the exhibition and will cover a wide range of topics including Skilled Migration to Australia, Canada & New Zealand.

ejmaztec

The gang at Leinster House will be sorry to see them go

Hootanany

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Says canada on the link.

Sorry o nly saw it now is this the only way to view jobs over there.

Robdude

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Maybe......Dey only taking our unemployed.

I've actually wondered about this. I have some Irish coworkers in the IT field and they've made it sound like you tend to get the best and worst trying to emigrate. The worst, generally, aren't able to. Then the best leave for better economic conditions (higher pay, lower cost-of-living, and lower taxes) in another country.

I don't know how true that it; but it was an interesting perspective.

Lando Griffin

Hootanany wrote: »

Sorry o nly saw it now is this the only way to view jobs over there.

You ll be staying at home anyway with obsertation like that.

galwayrush

Nice and i imagine it would be easier to get paid for work there unlike here...

charlemont

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Dey taking our workers.

Yes The cycle of our best people leaving continues yet again, Fair play to anyone who gets work there but it just proves yet again we haven't a clue here in Ireland how to run a country, Hopefully another influx of immigrants into Ireland will fill the intelligence gap. Otherwise nothing will ever change here..

cloptrop

If I didnt have more kids than I could shake a stick at Id be long gone.
The next jobs initiative will be giving unemployed people the plane fare to Canada.
The minister for pretending to create jobs will be hailed a genius for this.

Archeron

Chuck Stone wrote: »

335000 x 3 times a day x 6 days a week x 3/4/5/6 years = . . .

Trillions of breakfast rolls.

Someone could be a breakfast roll billionaire from all this.

The black pudding emporer has been notified, eh.

Micky Dolenz

mikemac1 wrote: »

It's still hard to get a good tradesman to do the small jobs

There are still no show tradesmen out there who won't even call you to say they are not coming though you took a half day from work to meet them :mad:

And then when you give out and complain they are shocked and turn it around like you are being the unreasonable one

It's not them, it's you.

Hootanany

Lando Griffin wrote: »

You ll be staying at home anyway with obsertation like that.

And

WoollyRedHat

No doubht the government invited them

dxhound2005

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Potential 335000 jobs available in canada,provided you work/worked in constuction sector.Might suit alot of people,as we have tons of people out of work in that sector.As canada have cowboys,they probably won't want ours.
Even if it took 10000 off the dole,it would help us all.
Although if they all leave then tradesmen prices will hit the roof again. Remember how hard it was to get small jobs done ,at the height of the boom.


http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/canada-employers-to-discuss-plans-for-sourcing-irish-construction-workers-541284.html#ixzz1nVwdwC6w

I think alot would be better than the Irish.

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

don ramo

Chuck Stone wrote: »

335000 x 3 times a day x 6 days a week x 3/4/5/6 years = . . .

Trillions of breakfast rolls.

Someone could be a breakfast roll billionaire from all this.

me you 10grand each, let get the fu3k outta here,

god help the poor canadians, they have no idea what kind of bluffers there about to recieve,

Bullseye1

Ah. So this is our strategy to create jobs. Put our people on planes.

Glico Man

Bullseye1 wrote: »

Ah. So this is our strategy to create jobs. Put our people on planes.

More jobs at the airlines at least

_AVALANCHE_

If they can't build what they need for themselves by themselves then they shouldn't be building it.

300,000-400,000 poles building unneeded houses is what fecked up Ireland.

Dotsie~tmp

So its the frozen wastelands of Canada or the scorched wastelands of Australia. Fúck it I think I'll stay and become an alco.

Dubit10

History repeats itself once more. Yes for jobs indeed.

chrismon

I'm an electrician. Would have to do 6 months in college there in order to work. No good for me, trade is useless outside Europe.
Back to the drawing board

woodoo

chrismon wrote: »

I'm an electrician. Would have to do 6 months in college there in order to work. No good for me, trade is useless outside Europe.
Back to the drawing board

The Canadians sound anxious they may find a way around that.

chrismon

woodoo wrote: »

chrismon wrote: »

I'm an electrician. Would have to do 6 months in college there in order to work. No good for me, trade is useless outside Europe.
Back to the drawing board

The Canadians sound anxious they may find a way around that.

Would be handy!
Doubt they will though.
So many different regulations over there.

flanders1979

They could dismantle the ghost estates and reassemble them over in Canada as Irish Ghettos. We will need huge coffin ships though.

sean61

Does anyone know anything about doing an apprenticeship in canada? Are the 1st year wages decent?

cloptrop

sean61 wrote: »

Does anyone know anything about doing an apprenticeship in canada? Are the 1st year wages decent?

Im sure they could just hire a canadian tht wanted an apprenticeship

Wattle

The last time I built something was with Lego. Do I qualify?

laugh

I'm in Vancouver for the next week for work, as I was coming into the city from the airport we passed house after house with "for sale" signs, I asked how much these modest homes on small lots were, "3 million dollars, the city is full of Chinese money", while Canada seems to be weathering the global economic problems well, they could have a long way to fall.

sean61

maybe they're short of apprentices? Is that not the reason they have other job vacancies?

shindig-jp

chrismon wrote: »

I'm an electrician. Would have to do 6 months in college there in order to work. No good for me, trade is useless outside Europe.
Back to the drawing board

Why not become a real electrician and advance your career ? who knows , you might be able to wire a socket after 6 months college.

chrismon

shindig-jp wrote: »

chrismon wrote: »

I'm an electrician. Would have to do 6 months in college there in order to work. No good for me, trade is useless outside Europe.
Back to the drawing board

Why not become a real electrician and advance your career ? who knows , you might be able to wire a socket after 6 months college.

Thanks for the life advice.

44leto

If I was an unemployed builder I would leap at this, Canada frequently score high in the best place to live stats. Also they have a very liberal and party culture, not really the boring image the Americans would have you believe.

shindig-jp

Indexes Difference

Consumer Prices in Canada are 12.94% lower than in Ireland

Consumer Prices Including Rent in Canada are 11.04% lower than in Ireland

Rent Prices in Canada are 1.28% lower than in Ireland

Restaurant Prices in Canada are 22.62% lower than in Ireland

Groceries Prices in Canada are 5.06% lower than in Ireland

Local Purchasing Power in Canada is 28.18% higher than in Ireland

A qualified electrician/tradesperson will get their €800 per week for 40 hours, with overtime you make €1000 per week .

It's a no brainer

Hootanany

But what are the requirments for a visa.