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PLANNING IN CANADA/ AUSTRALIA/ N.ZEALAND

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Sat, 2005-06-11 03:17
Sunil Kumar
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For all those planners who are In Canada/ Aus / NZL/ I have a few questions
1.How are the opprtunities for Planners
2. If anyone who have worked in the mideast, is the style similiar.
3. How are the Pay scales !!

Pls Find time to respond to the above and I would appreciate it.

Thanx

Sunil
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Sun, 2006-10-22 20:00
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Alex Wong
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Hi Gents

I think it is the same as in Western Australia due to the resource boom of China.

I been told that if you have two fingers you will able to earn A$100k/y and if you have a bit more than two fingers, then your income will be ... so planner, you know where to go.

Alex
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Mon, 2006-09-18 02:00
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Akhilesh Shukla, ...
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Friends,

Good to see responses. I’d appreciate if some1 from Canada can guide me regarding job prospectus there for planners.

Thankx

Akhilesh
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Thu, 2006-08-31 08:54
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Gwen Blair
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I will say it again. Dont leave home without your LAHA living away from home allowance. This way you can package 2 years of rent, car hire, doctors, dentists bills, utilities prior to the heavy tax.
BUT you have to do this BEFORE entering a contract.
I did this retrospectively but got my tax back. If you want a good OZ tax accountant e mail and I will you her name.
Box clever, rent for two years but buy land. End of tax free period then you either built own home or sell the land.
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Mon, 2006-08-28 22:46
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Joel Gilbert
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Hi,

Don’t forget the heavy tax you have to pay when working in Australia aroung 40%. That is what is scaring off a lot of planners I’m sure.

Regards
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Wed, 2006-08-23 01:58
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Alex Wong
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In terms of hrs

it ranging from 36-46 hrs per week for normal planning position

for FIFO it si usually more in a weekly base. but in a annual base its more or less the same

Alex
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Sat, 2006-08-19 17:09
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Tom Hadley
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Hi

I have been involved in planning, project management and scheduling for over 20 years here in Australia, the UK Middle East and SE Asia.

I am currently in Australia.

Generally in this country the big engineering contractors use planners/Schedulers (often called schedulers alone)

There is a general shortage.

IT implementation projects use planners

But often these jobs are not advertised
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Fri, 2006-08-04 11:07
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Kris Harry
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Hi Alex,

U have given A$ 40 - 100 an hour. How many hours of work can be expected in a month in a full time job. I’ll do some comparisons.

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Tue, 2006-08-01 10:35
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Damian Smith
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In the construction industry in New Zealand, planners are very rare. The closet thing you’ll get to a planner in NZ is being a town planner.

The project manager does the planning & programming, the way it should be done in my opinion.
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Sun, 2006-10-22 17:56
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John Sharpe PMP
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There is a critical shortage fo good quality planning staff especially in the oil and gas business in Alberta.

Look up job opportunities in the Calagary Herald newspaper online.

I work as a consultant to a major oil company her in Calgary, but also have relationship with an EPC company.

Boom in oilsands projects leads to "warm body" hiring. Tough to get good staff.
Tougher yet to get planners not just P3 mechanics!
All the best!
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Tue, 2005-06-14 23:22
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Sunil Kumar
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Alex,

Thanks for the lead and informations.

Cheers


Sunil
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Tue, 2005-06-14 02:23
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Sukumaran Subaram...
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Alex,

TQ for the info.

Regards.
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Mon, 2005-06-13 21:25
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Alex Wong
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Suku

Option 2 try the career web site like www.mycareer.com.au
Option 3 go to the immi web site www.immi.gov.au

Good Luck

Cheers

ALex
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Mon, 2005-06-13 21:04
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Sukumaran Subaram...
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Hi Alex,

Option 2 - Any contacts?

Option 3 - What is the procedure?

Regards.
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Mon, 2005-06-13 12:14
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Alex Wong
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$ wise
A$ 40/hr - 100/hr
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Mon, 2005-06-13 12:11
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Alex Wong
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Dear Sunil

Yes I am living in Australia (Sydney)
Experience Planner here is in shortage espically senior post
Paid ?? Average I can get 5 times much as what I am earning here
Working in here, if you below 30 you can have a backpacker visa that allows you work 3 months with any one employer
Once you landed and if you are good ... your employer can sponsor you
Or some company do head hunt and sponsor people to Australia
At least I know two planner in PP came here recently
Or you can just apply for skill migrant it is very good time to do that, the quota is increase a lot in next FY

If you have a whole family I recommend option 2 or 3
Single Option 1 is also a good alternative if you can afford some risk

cheers

ALex
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Mon, 2005-06-13 05:49
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Dayanidhi Dhandapany
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Dear Sunil,

I think Alex could answer well to your queries. He is in Australia i think. There is a demand for Planners in Australia but you should have immigration card(something like)first. Less opportunity for planners in NZ (according to one of my friends currently living in NZ).

HTH

Daya
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