How you could earn $100,000 for moving interstate for work

Tradespeople are being offered salaries of $108,000 per year to move interstate for work.

Western Australian building giant Buckeridge Group of Companies is offering bricklayers across Australia the six-figure sum to relocate to Perth and keep the state’s building boom on track.

Superannuation and annual leave are offered on top of the hefty salary, which is about $40,000 higher than the average income of a bricklayer, along with a relocation incentive of $2,500.

Pictured: Premier of Western Australia Mark McGowan talking with construction workers in Perth

The housing boom in Western Australia is a result of federal and state building grants being offered to people looking to build a new home (pictured: a house under construction)

The demand for trade workers has soared since state and federal building grants of about $45,000 were offered to people looking to build a new home.

According to the Housing Industry Association, the number of homes being built will sky rocket from 10,585 last year to 17,880 in 2021 across the nation.

While Premier Mark McGowan said the state is on the cusp of a ‘jobs bonanza’, the strained building sector – which sold a series of housing contracts during the grant offerings – is under strain to deliver the homes.

Michael Bartier, executive general manager of BGC Housing Group, told the West Australian that skills shortages meant there were ‘some delays’ on construction sites.

He blamed the skills shortage on the demand for new property going from the lowest point in history to the highest in a short period of time. 

Michael Bartier, executive general manager of BGC Housing Group, said the skills shortage is a result of a sudden property boom in Perth (pictured)

But some employees said propping the sector up with transient workers was not the right way to sustain industry.

Bricklayer James Parrish, who does not work for BGC, told the publication that employers should focus on training young or mature local workers to keep the industry going long-term.

He also said  people from interstate were not accustomed to WA’s regulations,  unique building styles and materials and would need at least six months of training to get up to speed.

New bricklayers will likely also find it difficult to rent a temporary home. 

‘There’s no quick fix here,’ Mr Parrish said. ‘It is just going to take longer to build all these homes.’