Im wondering, what are considerd good jobs in New zealand?

I study at a university now, but Im changing courses this summer, and I dont exactly have plans of live where I do more than I have to.

So, Im planing to move to a country with lots of nature and hunting. And Im interested in finding out wich jobs has average or above average pay in New Zealand?

Suggestions?

We need a new prime minister,it pays around 315,000NZD

Well, seeing as how you put it that way. ,

I'll Take It.

For you to qualify for NZ's Prime Minister you have to meet the following criteria;
a) Female ( I think???)
b) Control freak
c) Out of touch with the general population
d) Married to a wimp
e) Consider yourself above the law
f) Surround yourself with idiots and incompetants so you look good
g) Have the personality of a fish

If you can meet that discription you may be in with a chance...at worst you cant be any worse than the present seat-warmer in that role ....

Nortman

what are your age , skills , qualification , abilities. That will dictate more whether you meet the necessary criteria for residency here . If you dont meet those the you will only be a visitor and wont be able to work here.

Income ranges from abysmal to extravagant depending on the role and who employs you .

Im 22, soon 23, and Im in university here in Norway. This is my second year, but Im changing course after this semester.

I have thought about taking a engineer pre-course so I am eligible to take a bachlor in enginering.. I miss two subjects in math and physics, so this pre-course would just help me get the final points needed. The case is, do I want to become an engineer? And you see.. it will take me 4 years. A looong time..

What skills I got.. Hmm Im not sure, I have worked on a farm, 6 months part-time CNC operator, worked at a lumberyard, tested pipes and chemical systems offshore, traveld around the country installing air conditioning units in private homes, worked as a cleaner on oil rigs..


I thought about nursing. Some might say its a strange job for men, but I like helping pepole. Its old pepole that keeps me for doing something about it. Old naked pepole.. but I guess you get used to it.

My thoughts about nursing, is taking the degree, and then specialization in operating or anaesthetic.. but not sure how that pays compared to regular nurses. But right now, thats just thinking out loud.

Working is no problem though.. I love it, and overtime, but here the goverment takes almost half of what you make...



There you go

There are plenty of good jobs in New Zealand but there tends to be two problems; most managers are self seeking a'holes and the pay is poor. Other than that things are fine

Air New Zealand is doing a big lay off in their engine maintenance facility this month so there are going to be a lot of engineers, machinists and technicians out of work soon. I would guess that technical jobs are going to be hard to find for a while.

Nortman,
Sounds like you shouldn't be asking what jobs are available in NZ, but what the hell you want to do with your life.

Speaking as an Engineer, you're kidding yourself if you think that it only takes 4 yrs to get fully qualified and established.....it's only 4 yrs for the Uni Course; the main learning will come after getting that bit of paper.

Scotsgun: I think you maybe missunderstood.

Im not asking what jobs that are available, but what jobs are well payed (average or above average). I have a certain understanding of what are god jobs here in Norway, but if Im thinking about moving to another country, its nice to know if my education is worth something in that country.

No point to educate myself to a f.ex say a engineer, and when I come to that country, its not payed more than the guy working in the local pub.

Engineer degree, 1 year pre-course, and 3 year for my bachlor. Then I have a degree. And then I can apply for engineer jobs. You get good at things you do for a living.


I asked in a amercian forum, and they said, if Im thinking about nursing, get a degree in anaesthetic. A normal nursing job in the states is payed around 80K a year. A anesthesiologist nurse will earn around a 100K per year.


Get my idea? A anaesthetic nursejob here in Norway is payed around 55K a year. So a 100% increase by moving to America.

Sometimes things are not as they seem. In Norway do you have to buy medical insurance, professional insurance. What is the cost of living compared to other jurisdictions?

If you want to try for citizenship in New Zealand, perhaps asking them what will be the professional and business oppertunities most in demand in the short and meduim terms and matching your interests and skills to these, might give you some clues on how to go about it.

My bet is that nursing is probably in demand in New Zealand and will be for sometime due to population demographics...but you will be dealing with "naked, old people in accute care".

Same thing applies to Canada for example. Lots of jobs in the healt care fields and oil fields as well, where the deer and the antelope roam, not to mention many other cervides, sheep, goat, predetors, birds, etc...

The canadian west and north is booming with many, many varied oppertunities. I bet you could make a fortune in installing air exchange systems in Alberta these days or just building picket fences. But maybe you dislike the northern hemisphere... LOL Good luck...

Hello Nort

I work in parallel with the recuitment folk, and I can tell you that both engineers and nurses are in demand in NZ, especially in the South Island (and likey to be indefinetley).

Engineers will always earn more than nurses here, my wife is a nurse . . .. . The pay is not bad (around NZD50-60K with maybe a bit extra depending on shifts worked) but there is no real premium paid in nursing for specialisation. NZ does have the older people thing, but our regional hospitals are pretty small by most standards so nurses get to do a bit of everything, which keeps things interesting.

Engineers, (Civil, structural, mechanical, chemical etc) once they have a few years experience earn $55-80K, and thereafter depending on ability.

Cheers - Foster

If I can add one thing - money isnt everything . I would rather have an interesting job that I enjoyed than a boring , highly paid job that I hated.

If you get seduced by money you will end a boring miserable person whose only friends are boring miserable people .

Have a real life and be happy doing it , where ever you are .....

Exit: No, here everything is free. Or, you have to pay for medicine up to 200 US $. If you have to pay more, you get money back from the goverment.

And I live around something like the 76 or 78 parralel, so we have midnight sun, and eternal darkness here as well.. Dont know if I could live like this for the rest of my life


The find a job you enjoy is something I hear all the time, and wich I try to live by. Its just hard to find a job you like doing, and also pays acceptable. I cant see myself living from paycheck to paycheck.

Nortman - the majority of the western worlds population live from paycheck to paycheck . Unless you are either exceptionally talented in your ability or incredibly lucky in life then I suspect you will join the rest of us mere mortals in the struggle called life . It helps if you are born into an extremely wealthy family too , apparently , but I struck out there as well...

I dont blame you for wanting to leave the climate you have now , but whereever you live is ultimately only as good as you make it

Nortman,

rather than asking what jobs are available, try telling people what you want to 'do' (don't mention job titles...)

For example, I'm a Cognitive Neuroscientist by qualification, (among others) a Psychologist by profession, but neither of those 'titles' are what I 'do'.

What I 'do' is facilitate ways of thinking in people who are seeking career direction and lifestyle choices... that's what I get paid for.

It may well open up a lot of possibilities for you, as it stops people from pigeon holing you...

AND:
Don't be afraid to dump the career you're working in when you become bored with it and want to try something else.

Wish you well,

George

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Originally posted by rugeruser:
Nortman,

rather than asking what jobs are available, try telling people what you want to 'do' (don't mention job titles...)

For example, I'm a Cognitive Neuroscientist by qualification, (among others) a Psychologist by profession, but neither of those 'titles' are what I 'do'.

What I 'do' is facilitate ways of thinking in people who are seeking career direction and lifestyle choices... that's what I get paid for.

It may well open up a lot of possibilities for you, as it stops people from pigeon holing you...

NORTMAN
Don't come to New Zealand and use language like the above, you will never get a job.

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Originally posted by TOP_PREDATOR:
We need a new prime minister,it pays around 315,000NZD

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Originally posted by TOP_PREDATOR:
We need a new prime minister,it pays around 315,000NZD

Sounds pretty good, I'll take it

Cheers
/JOHAN

Have you had the prerequisite frontal labotomy? Cant be a politician if all your brain works now can you ?
And you have to meet the other job specs as listed higher up in this thread too....

RU,we have to talk!

Hello Nortman,
Things are slowing down here at the moment but will pick up again.
Engineers are always in demand here, depends where you want too work or prepared to work.
Finish your studies and make the move, great place to live.
Used too work for Rokke as a engineer on his Yacht.

Milosmate

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Originally posted by Easy_Rollins:
RU,we have to talk!

Easy,

pm me...

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Originally posted by muzza:
Have you had the prerequisite frontal labotomy? Cant be a politician if all your brain works now can you ?
And you have to meet the other job specs as listed higher up in this thread too....

Muzza, I agree... but given that you're from across the dutch, I'll spell this s-l-o-w-l-y...

it's a lobotomy (ie removal of a lobe)...

Just stirring mate, and hoping that I haven't made any spelling mistakes myself!!

A pretty sure fire way to get the proper ability to live in a country is to serve in that countries military. New Zealand has a small population, but they still have a military.

Canada, the USA, Australia, UK, that's about where the list ends, but it's worth a thought.

I have worked with folks from all over the world in the US Navy. I am not even sure how many countries.

I could be wrong, but don't most 'western' countries have citizenship as a pre-requisite for military service?

Politicians no longer have to undergo a full frontal lobotomy they are treated to the slightly more refind leucotomy, ie the severing of the frontal lobe from the underlying structure.

In most cases the underlying structure is what the rest of the population calls "the truth".

Oldun,

your terminology is more correct - however popular culture seems to have (incorrectly) defined the procedure as a 'lobotomy'...

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Originally posted by rugeruser:
Oldun,

your terminology is more correct - however popular culture seems to have (incorrectly) defined the procedure as a 'lobotomy'...

It's good of you to tell me this, I had no idea

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Originally posted by rugeruser:
I could be wrong, but don't most 'western' countries have citizenship as a pre-requisite for military service?

I can only speak the the US, but no, it's not a requirement here.

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Originally posted by Nortman:
Exit: No, here everything is free. Or, you have to pay for medicine up to 200 US $. If you have to pay more, you get money back from the goverment.

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Originally posted by Nortman:
...but here the goverment takes almost half of what you make...

I know you don't need this pointed out to you, but just in case...if the Government takes 1/2 your pay in taxes, then nothing you get is free.

To give you an example of the US tax levels, my wife and I made about US$140,000 last year together, and paid about $31,000 in taxes (Income tax, sales tax, property tax). That's about 22%, which I think is fair and not unreasonable.

We also paid about $1200 for health care insurance, which is about 1% of our income. I don't think I'd like a "Universal" health plan where they took another 20% of my income to provide the same level of health care.

What we have is;

Free hospital
Free medicine
Free college
Free school

Gurranteed pension of 45 000$ a year from the goverment ( Im not complete sure about the number, but around there)

You get money if you dont work.. not sure about how much, but you live ok

That is some of the benifits. We are #1 the list of best countries to live in. And has been for the last 3 or 4 years?


But, I feel the goverment is to "much". It tries to handle your life in every possible manner. I feel like, if you can work, and work hard, you should be able to stand out, and get benefits fromm it. I dont think its fair to give back more than 50% in taxes when I am willing to work harder than the other guy, and only recive pennies.

Right now, Im thinking hard about Montana (something similar in atleast) in the US, or somewhere in New Zealand. They both have nice gun laws, good hunting, open space and tall moutains. Very nice nature..

My in-laws live in Montana...it's a terrific place, although the job opportunities are somewhat limited, as there's not much industry there, compared to other places. Most of the "money" is imported with people who make money elsewhere and move there to retire.

My wife and I went to NZ for our honeymoon last year...I could certainly understand the desire to live there. I is a great place, the south island anyways, which is all we saw.

Oldun,

no offence intended... my apologies.

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Originally posted by TrademarkTexan:

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Originally posted by Nortman:
Exit: No, here everything is free. Or, you have to pay for medicine up to 200 US $. If you have to pay more, you get money back from the goverment.

quote:

Originally posted by Nortman:
...but here the goverment takes almost half of what you make...

I know you don't need this pointed out to you, but just in case...if the Government takes 1/2 your pay in taxes, then nothing you get is free.

To give you an example of the US tax levels, my wife and I made about US$140,000 last year together, and paid about $31,000 in taxes (Income tax, sales tax, property tax). That's about 22%, which I think is fair and not unreasonable.

We also paid about $1200 for health care insurance, which is about 1% of our income. I don't think I'd like a "Universal" health plan where they took another 20% of my income to provide the same level of health care.

I'm moving to Texas...

I paid nearly 48% tax on my income last year!!!

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Originally posted by rugeruser:
Oldun,

no offence intended... my apologies.

That's ok.

Nortman, I do not know who you got the information from on the American forum about regular nurses making 80K a year. If that is in US Dollars that is way on the high end. Regular nurse will make between 40k and 60k USD. My wife and I live in Montana and she is a Emergency room nurse which is one of the higher paying jobs and working full time it pays around 50k to 70k.
I work in the mining field and the engineers make between 50K to 85K USD.
In any case you could not go wrong moving to Montana if you want to enjoy the beauty of the outdoors and hunting year around for variety of wildlife.
Scott

Montana doesn't all look like Glacier National Park. Do your research.

This is a rough guestimate from living there but I would say 35% of Montana looks is Pine trees tall mountains and big valleys. 45% is rolling hills and sage brush, and 20% is foot hills and Junipers.

Wyoming is about 40% rolling hills and sage, 10% badlands, 25% foot hills and junipers, and 25% old growth lodge pole/ponderosa mountainous country.

Wyoming has 500,000 ish people.

Montana has 1,000,000 ish people.

Wyoming has 180,000 registered hunters ish.

Montana has about 340,000 registered hunters.

Montana is about 130% bigger than Wyoming.

Montanans pay less tax than those in Wyoming, but have less public land, higher fuel cost, and poorer school disctricts. Though a few Montana school districts have lots of money.

No income tax in Wyoming but they pound you on everything else.

No sales tax in Montana but they pound you on everything else, including your income.

Both states have a huge hatred (except the outfitters) of non-resident plates during September-October-November.

Hunting quality, gun laws, and civil rights are all similar.

Montana is a union state, and Wyoming is a "right to work" state.

I have lived in both and Alaska. When I retire from the Navy I am going to move back to Alaska or to Wyoming. It's really hard to decide, hunting in Alaska isn't much better than it is in Wyoming and Montana. But caribou, moose, and grizz spice it up a notch.

One more thought, foreigners seem to be more welcome than those from the South, East, or California to Wyoming and Montana.

I know tons of Aussie and Kiwi sheepshearers that moved to Wyoming and love it. They have always been a very welcome part of Wyoming society.

If you from a southern or eastern state it would behoove you to lose the accent when you get there.

My parent's live right down the road from an English empty nester couple and they know a lot of retired Germans that moved there.

A lot of the old Wyoming hands went to work internationally building dams, mining, and doing oil exploration all over the world in the 1960s and 1970s. Most of them came back and are still around. I think that's why words like snoose are still commonly used.

Throw a couple ya'alls around and you might get shown the door.