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Man claims he earns £4,000 a month doing unwanted job which takes just one day to learn

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Updated 13:28 25 Apr 2024 GMT+1Published 13:23 25 Apr 2024 GMT+1

Man claims he earns £4,000 a month doing unwanted job which takes just one day to learn

The bloke says people reckon he doesn't do anything all day but that he's actually earning thousands

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

Yeah, sure, money doesn’t buy happiness and all that. But it would be nice to earn a bit more wouldn’t it?

You know, so you can fork out for rent or to buy a new house but also do everything else you want from travelling to going out for a nice tea.

So many people will often have a good look around for a job that’ll pay them a good chunk of cash but also won’t be the hardest thing to actually do.

And this man claims he earns a decent £4,000 a month doing an unwanted job which takes just one day to learn.

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The bloke makes a fair bit of cash. (TikTok/@getahead.app)
The bloke makes a fair bit of cash. (TikTok/@getahead.app)

Explaining his training and what he has to do for the role, the bloke said he earns a pocket-friendly $2,000 (£1,044) a week from doing the ‘basic labour’.

Aussie tech start-up Getahead interviewed the bloke on TikTok, who said he works as a traffic controller.

He explained the ‘course normally takes about a day’ to train for the role. While he enjoys watching everyone passing by on their way to work, his favourite thing about the job is ‘keeping sure everyone’s safe and all that’.

But while there might be some misconceptions about what the traffic controllers actually do, he’s certainly having to pull quite the graft to earn his pay.

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He explained what he likes about the role. (TikTok/@getahead.app)
He explained what he likes about the role. (TikTok/@getahead.app)

The bloke says he does 11-hour shifts as he calls it a ‘great entry to the construction industry’ and advises others wanting to get into it to ‘get started straight away’.

He adds that people have it slightly wrong about traffic controllers, assuming they ‘stand around and do nothing all day’.

“Yeah, sometimes you’re standing on a bat all day but other times you have to what we do, which is managing a site,” he explained.

Plus, he added that the pay can be even higher: “The bigger the site, the more money you earn.”

Users commented on the video, blown away by the amount the man gets paid for the role and how short the course seems to be.

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One pointed out: “The catch is the hours are early and long.”

As others put: “Would be mind numbingly boring but very good money.”

And another echoed: “It’s a very boring job but the pay is good.”

Although, one ‘ex traffic controller’ who worked on ‘a big construction site’ did put: “As an ex-traffic controller on a big construction site. I did fk all and sat in the ute in an empty street getting paid $2700 a week after tax. I was on pedestrian watch lol.”

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/@getahead.app

Topics: Jobs, Money, Australia, TikTok

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is a Senior Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include asking everyone in the office what they're having for tea, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021.

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