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An Indian man living in Australia has sparked a wide online discussion after posting an Instagram video praising the pay, dignity and social respect afforded to trade workers\u2014such as plumbers, electricians and carpenters\u2014in Australia and contrasting that with attitudes he says persist in India.\u00a0<\/p>
In the clip, identified by the user as Addy Khaneja, he says trades in Australia are not only lucrative but aspirational. \u201cBack in India, when we were growing up, if someone did not study well, people would often say, \u2018You will end up becoming a plumber, carpenter or something like that,\u2019\u201d Khaneja says in the video. \u201cBut here, many children actually dream of becoming plumbers, electricians or carpenters. And honestly, it makes sense because these jobs pay really well here.\u201d<\/p>
Khaneja points to high earnings for skilled tradespeople in Australia. \u201cIf you are an electrician or a plumber here, you can easily make more than $120,000. A construction manager can earn up to $200,000,\u201d he says, adding an anecdote about a local carpenter who resolved a lock issue in 15 minutes and charged $150.<\/p>
ALSO READ:\u00a0<\/strong>71% of H-1B approvals go to Indians; now visa officers are asking, ‘Why can’t Americans do the job’<\/p> A comparison with India<\/strong><\/p> Contrasting the Australian example with India, Khaneja names a hypothetical local carpenter, “Bhupinder”, and suggests he would likely earn the equivalent of about $150 a month in India. \u201cNow I sometimes think, as probably the first Indian parent who feels this way, I do not want my child to become an engineer or a doctor. I would rather say, \u2018Go and learn carpentry first, so I can stop paying $150 for a 15\u2011minute job,’ he says. Khaneja also emphasised the social standing and mobility that trade skills provide in Australia. \u201cAnd the best thing here is the respect. There is a lot of respect for trades and for people who work with their hands. In India, you usually do not see electricians, plumbers or carpenters getting that kind of respect,\u201d he said. He added that knowing a trade can make relocation easier: \u201cIf I knew a trade, I could live in any city in Australia with my eyes closed and still earn the same money, if not more.\u201d<\/p> Social media reactions<\/strong><\/p> The video is captioned \u201cThis is just my opinion on trade jobs like plumbing, carpentry, and electrician jobs in Australia! I wish there was the same respect in India as well,\u201d drew a variety of responses. Some viewers agreed, with one writing, \u201cExactly. It\u2019s all about mindset and the value people place on skills.\u201d<\/p> Another user noted population differences as a factor behind contrasting incomes. Several commenters expressed regret for not pursuing vocational courses: \u201cYou\u2019re absolutely right. I wish I had done a course like this too,\u201d one wrote.<\/p> <\/div> trade jobs Australia, plumbers Australia pay, electricians Australia salary, carpenters wages Australia, Indian expat views, vocational careers Australia, respect for trades, blue collar Australia, skilled trades income, trades vs professionals India#Plumbers #earning #engineers #Indian039s #Australia #experience #internet #talking1783639976<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An Indian man living in Australia has sparked a wide online discussion after posting an Instagram video praising the pay, dignity and social respect afforded to trade workers\u2014such as plumbers, electricians and carpenters\u2014in Australia and contrasting that with attitudes he says persist in India.\u00a0 In the clip, identified by the user as Addy Khaneja, he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[34909,45096,45092,35520,45091,466,5573,45093,45100,8921,45099,45090,45095,45097,7744,45089,45098,45094],"class_list":["post-11333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-australia","tag-blue-collar-australia","tag-carpenters-wages-australia","tag-earning","tag-electricians-australia-salary","tag-engineers","tag-experience","tag-indian-expat-views","tag-indian039s","tag-internet","tag-plumbers","tag-plumbers-australia-pay","tag-respect-for-trades","tag-skilled-trades-income","tag-talking","tag-trade-jobs-australia","tag-trades-vs-professionals-india","tag-vocational-careers-australia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Respect and flexibility for trades<\/p>