Best country for a carpenter?

Me and my husband currently livein the UK and are looking to move to a sunnier climate to live and work. My husband is a Carpenter/Joiner and work in the uk is a little sparse at the moment does anyone know which countries in Europe preferebly can put his skills to good use. We know that he could easily find work in Australia but this is too far to move kids away from grandparents.

You're moving for Granny's convenience?

Go be happy.

My 2.4 years in Oz was not enough.
That was 44 years ago. Still laughing about it.

If you are going to let the grandparents direct your choices, then you need to ask them where is too far.

Seems to me that you will be confined to Europe in which case I would ask on the appropriate branches but i suspect that you will quickly discover that there is no easy solution, that work won't be easy to find in Europe, at least not at a salary likely to support a family.

Questions to ask yourself:
Do you rely on the grandparents for childcare, monetary support, emotional support?
Just how often do you really see or spend time with the grandparents?
If there are decent jobs in Australia and if the grandparents weren't in the equation, would you otherwise move to Australia?

If you want to move to Australia, then do so, but don't put the burden of the decision on someone else.

Ruth

If granny wants to clean the kids bad enough, she'll get there.

You have a responsibility to follw your own dreams. If not, who should?

Also be willing to work at anything legal. You are a wood butcher by trade, not by covenant.

You learn more that way too.
I did and I'm glad.

I think it partly depends on the kind of carpenting he does. The best investment would be to specialise a bit. General carpenting or non-CNC wood-machine operating is not that hard to find if you know your trade, but there is competition from generally skilled workers and builders. If you're a well-trained, experienced or specialised carpenter, who can work unsupervised, then I would guess finding a job shouldn't be that hard.

The trouble with working as a carpenter in Europe is you will be competing with local tradesmen and tradesmen from eastern europe. So there already is a ample supply of labour, and many of them will speak the language of the country better than your husband.