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Bricklayers in hot demand
As the housing boom in most Australian states continue, the demand for tradesmen is at a ‘crisis’ level – particularly the demand for bricklayers. This has had builders calling for easier and quicker access to tradesmen under the sc457 program - according to a report in the Australian Financial Review.
Three years ago, bricklaying cost was about $900 per 1000 bricks. Now it has topped $1500 and heading towards $2000, due to a severe shortage of bricklayers, particularly in Sydney.
Some 80 representatives of the housing and building industries gathered at Rooty Hill RSL in Sydney's west last week to discuss the issue shortage of bricklayers and called for easier access to sc457 workers.
"It's great to have the building boom, but you need to build the houses", Nathan Thurston, the marketing manager of leading NSW home builder, McDonald Jones Homes told the AFR. "You need the arms and the legs to get people into their homes sooner."
Brickworks managing director, Lindsay Partridge, said that the Austral Bricks order book was "extremely strong."
"Home builders in the major markets of Sydney and Melbourne are reporting strong demand and work in hand extending by up to one year," he said.
"However, governments across Australia need to do more to overcome land title bottlenecks, delays in building approvals and trade shortages."
At Rooty Hill solutions proposed to the shortage of bricklayers included increasing the number of apprentices and bringing in more foreign bricklayers on 457 visas.
According to the Australian Brick & Blocklaying Training Foundation, (ABBTF), Australia has around 22,000 bricklayers. More are needed, particularly in NSW where the low numbers entering three-year apprenticeships in 2012 is now reflected in the low numbers of qualified new bricklayers. The rise in bricklaying prices has failed to draw an equivalent rise in apprenticeships.
ABBTF's Geoff Noble says part of the problem is changing aspirations. Parents no longer want their children to be bricklayers. In the building industry, the preferred trades are electricians, plumbers and carpenters.
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