The Construction Cogs Podcast Ep 4 | Richard Webb - Piling Rig & Crane Operator

The Construction Cogs Podcast Ep 4 | Richard Webb - Piling Rig & Crane Operator
Episode 3 brings you my brother, Richard Webb, who moved to Australia in 2015, to become a piling rig operator and crane operator.
👷‍♂️You'll learn about how he got into the industry, Australian visas, Australian culture, salaries, piling rigs, certifications, and much more. You can pinpoint areas in the chapter mark-ups below.
Apologies for the screen going back and forth between us. I'm still getting the hang of Zoom, so I didn't change the settings.
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CHAPTERS:
00:44 Intro
02:35 Introducing Rich
06:48 How his piling career started
08:41 Why he moved to Australia
11:22 The piling rig sizes
12:52 Initial travelling year
14:30 Visas
18:00 Accents
21:05 Our parallel journeys
21:45 Machine qualifications
28:02 Tier 1 company meaning
29:45 Working his way up from the bottom
33:15 Unions
37:05 Australian Citizenship (costs and stages)
43:13 How much construction work is in Australia
44:15 His working away a lot
47:20 Sabbatical
49:20 Wages
54:48 What stresses him out at work
58:05 Work stories
1:12:16 Would he ever move back to England?
1:16: 22 What he likes the most & least about Australia
1:19:30 The impact of his emigration
1:22:02 His advice to his 17-year-old self
1:26:07 Quickfire questions
1:28:28 Outro
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Great stuff Richie