Hey i've almost finished school and i still don't know what i want to do. My dream job would be someone who just tests gear all the time but i have to be realistic. I need something that suites the lifestyle of a mad keen windsurfer, so any ideas would be appreciated.

roof plumber. you don't work when its windy

Get that song from the pet shop boys GO WEST and listen to that.

Youll probibly get the gay pet shop boy NSW beaten out of you......

by the West Coast Geraldton windsurfing young guns whom are taking over the beaches slapping and wacking every wave in sight .... but hey if you wanted ......windSURFING 5 days a week pumping swell new mates and a job, carnt go wrong.

Sorry to be a stick in the mud, but you should not look to develop your career around going windsurfing (unless you want to be a pro windsurfer). You should develop a career around what you want to do for a career. What happens if you break your ankle and cannot windsurf anymore?

What about a builder - they knock off at 3pm every evening. Or a nightshift security guard - they only work at night :-)
Or become a media mogul, they can take as much time off as they want - and can afford plenty of gear.

There are plenty of jobs which would enable you to spend plenty of time on the water. Decide what career you want first, they find the appropriate job.

For example: I have made a CAREER in the IT field (not normally associated with lots of free time), but my JOB is with government (always associated with 35 hour weeks and flex time). I love what I do for my career, job and still get plenty of time on the water.

JB

I need as much help as i can get cause i need to have my uni application form in in like three days. What jobs apart from teaching have good holidays and like 4 day weeks. And what's a Media Mogul JayBee sounds like a sick job.

yeah its is great working in a windsurfing store when its not windy but when he wind comes up and everyone starts coming through buying little bis and pieces saying the wind is cranking it get s really frustrating. And whenever I'm not working the wind doesn't blow. But hey it still is a great job.

The idea of flex time sounds awesome. Lucky Buggers

become a bogan, and don't work at all bahahaha.

There is a guy at WindSurfnSnow in Sydney that has an opening for a Sail Number artist. His effort this year make people cringe - I am sure he would pay good money. What is better is that a drunken camel with crayons could do a better job - so you will look like a champion if you can draw at all.

hey buddy, i just finished school and i'm an apprentice sparky. its suprising how much time u do get to go windsurfing, esspecially if u have an awsome boss. like say its windy on wednesday and thursday and a quiet weekend he'll let me have wed and thur off and work sat and sun. and nock off at 230 3 most days some earlier some later. and if u go out on ur own start ur own business u work wen u want not when others want u to. well in a perfect world that is true. yer man i'm loving it and i'm halfway through so that another option for ya.

I reckon do a trade in either electrical, plumbing or boilermaking. These trades are needed everywhere, especially WA...my brother is a sparky and is in WA at the moment and about to go to the mines (like everyone else)..$$$...with these sorts of trades you can travel the world, don't have to wear a business suit and push pens and still earn sum good-excellent money...Junior freestyle you are in an excelletn positon to live anywhere the wind blows mate, good on you... if i was in my teens looking for a trade i would aim for one of these ones....by the way police in NSW usually work 2days then 2nights and have 6 days off, 6 weeks holiday per year and a good enough wage.....the world is your oyster champ, dont waste it !

Upthere said...

I need as much help as i can get cause i need to have my uni application form in in like three days. What jobs apart from teaching have good holidays and like 4 day weeks.

haha Teaching is the way to go in regards to holidays and such, but if you don't like kids or can't stand them, don't go there... lol... 8-3, staff meetings once a week, but marking and such...

I have to laugh when we were ALL told the other day that... Teachers never work a day in their lives... its a passion... haha True, but man there are some shiate days !

Otherwise... tradie-Chippy!
Start at 6/7 end at 2/3
I'm with Peto... he gave some gr8 info!

Hey bruh, ahhh yeah I've been the Co-ordinator of BSC lately, and moved onto ASC...
I've been doing it or 4 years now; Quit my last OSHC job and moved to a much better one at a school 200m down the road! I quit a Pvt school I went to, to go to a State school... Ironic really... and much better!

Going from teaching year 7s and other students (at the same school), and then being off prac and working BSC, ASC and Vacation care, the kids in OSHC (outside school hours care) programs are TOTALLY different to teaching... Everything is different; the behaviour, the lack of respect, everything is different. Students look at this (OSHC) as more of a babysitting service, rather than a teacher educating students and if being totally different...

Your own class is YOURS.... You have 30 children all day, teach them what you like, develop your own behaviour strategies and reward system and design your own units. etc.

Whereas OSHC you do what you're told to a certain extent...
You cannot compare teaching to OSHC....sssoooo different!

You in Brissy!?

FIRE SPRINKLER FITTER YOU FINISH AT 2.30 +EBA RATES IN VIC OR LAY ROOF SHEETS ON CONCTRUCTION SITES RAIN = GO HOME +TOO WINDY = HOMER GET ON THE WAGON MATE!!!

Richiefish said...

trademan. start early ,finish early. then start your own bussiness and work your own flexi hours around the wind.

This can be the case a lot of the time however I have been in the building/plumbing/roofing game for 25 years, worked on wages, sub-contract and for myself.
Working for yourself you have no time and if you do you are normally on call for emergency maintainence, it sucks, working for someone else can be good or bad, I've had workaholic employers that go from 6.30 to 6pm. and expect you to do the same.
I am currently on wages making more than I did for myself working less hours with heaps less stress, but it has taken a lot of experience to get this job.
Unfortunatley when your young it may be a bit harder to set your own working hours. Sometimes you just have to do the hard yards to get anywhere, Oh and don't believe everything you hear about roof plumbers, its a prick of a job and I've put plenty of roofs on in 20knts, and even when it is to windy there is still fascia and gutters to install.
But overall the building game in general isn't a bad choice.

That seems a little 'uni-centric' Elmo. Some people are not just suited to uni and these days you hardly need to be a uni graduate to have a good career. Not quite sure whether you were implying this or not. Personally I think in todays climate if you do a trade you're at least 3 years ahead of someone who goes to uni anyway, particularly if you're in one of the higher paying trades. I'm a Mech engineer so i'm not approaching this from a trade biased perspective.

The only thing I would say is do something that you enjoy, if you don't you'll be cursing yourself later.

CJW said...

That seems a little 'uni-centric' Elmo. Some people are not just suited to uni and these days you hardly need to be a uni graduate to have a good career. Not quite sure whether you were implying this or not. Personally I think in todays climate if you do a trade you're at least 3 years ahead of someone who goes to uni anyway, particularly if you're in one of the higher paying trades. I'm a Mech engineer so i'm not approaching this from a trade biased perspective.

The only thing I would say is do something that you enjoy, if you don't you'll be cursing yourself later.

Quite true, he just seemed to be heading down that path and Uni gives good skive time. Not to mention a sizable HECS debt.

I'm a tradey (originally) and can fully appreciated where you are coming from. however I think nowadays there's more opportunity for going to school rather than finding an employer will to do the training.

My point was to do something to set himself up for later, because as you get older and you get more commitments (familly, bills etc) it gets a lot harder to to take time out to improve yourself, not impossible just harder


Your last sentence is the gospel truth.