Hard yakka: Warrnambool housing boom leads to skills shortage

By Monique Patterson
Updated November 15 2019 - 9:51pm, first published 4:00pm

Qualified carpenters are as scarce as hen's teeth at the moment.

- Marcia Thomas
STREAMLINED APPROACH: Hopkins Heights project manager Tom Lindsey and Harris and Wood real estate agent Matthew Wood are trying to speed up the process for new home buyers. Picture: Anthony Brady
STREAMLINED APPROACH: Hopkins Heights project manager Tom Lindsey and Harris and Wood real estate agent Matthew Wood are trying to speed up the process for new home buyers. Picture: Anthony Brady

Demand for housing in Warrnambool is set to result in a building boom.

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