579: Those people painting x crossing signs on roads have to be protected from traffic, stop go man etc which is a certified job.

There weren't any Stop Go men in those days. People were courteous.

Bazz: but someone on the dole could be allocated to a company and they just stay on site and if an odd job comes up the manager can ask the dolee to do that odd job.

I worked for Bretts in Brisbane before moving back North in the early 70's. They had a system like that, where, if someone was looking for a job they went there early in the morning & waited. If someone didn't turn up for work, they got a job for the day. Sometimes they got a full week. Eventually they got placed.

Thanks Jayb, that is interesting, Centrelink could take it up officially.
Many retail organisations with large number of employees, such as
Bunnings, super markets, local councils etc, a few points to be sorted
such as insurance but that would be a minor problem for anyone with a
positive mind outlook.

Bazz, I think there were a few places that did that, Holden at Acacia Ridge, Narm at Newmarket, Ford at Newstead & Golden Circle. There were a lot of Students that brought their Study material with them.

That was all the go years ago, a days casual at canneries, abattoirs etc
Would it stand up today, Even to be on the company site it involves cost, and certain clothing. I say the only way would be, is an education system that was required for new comers that start on the dole to attend daily. Persons that leave school and go directly on the dole are lacking education. But is the govt going to spend money or is soft work the only solution, which sounds like it won't cost.

There is work on infrastructure crying out to be done all over the country, old and decaying wooden road bridges for one.

Then there is the menace of trees that are tall enough to fall and block roads, particularly during bushfires, plenty of work available cutting them down and thus making our roads safer.

The work gangs could use axes, thus saving costs on fuel and equipment and gaining some healthy exercise.

For every problem there are any number of solutions. Some people only ever see problems, solutions are always someone else's problems. That's what I've been told on this Forum many times. Some people here have that attitude. If someone thinks of a solution they always come out with why it won't work.

I heard a good one many years ago. An engineer was driving along a country road to a new building site & her decided to have a chat to an old bloke sitting on his veranda. And, of course have a brag about how good he was.

He said to the old bloke, "Do you see the new construction I'm building. I measure everything to a thousandth of an inch. it'll stand up the biggest storms nature can throw at it around here. it'll be still here in 50 years."

The old bloke shifted in his chair & said, "That's OK sonny. You see this old house. I built it with my own hands 80 years ago, it's still here. Never measured a thing, made every thing to fit."

So it is with problems.