Unde a casual woker contract, the Employer has no obligation to offer work to an individual and the individual is not required to accept the work when it i offered.
As a casual worker is not an employee, these trems and conditins do not contain many of the standard employment contract clauses, for example, those relating to pensions, collective agreements, grievance, disciplinary, maternity and paternity, sick pay and retirement
Full time jobs in the music industry: Manager. Agents. Lawyers.
Part time jobs in the music industry: Artists Producers Front of house Merchandisers
Casual contracts in the music industry: Guiding cars (at festivals) Scanning tickets (At festivals) Security (at festivals) Litterpickers (at festivals)
Pros and cons of Full Time: Pro's: More gauranteed money Pensions Sick leave/ Maternity. Cons: Same thing everyday.
Pros and cons of Part time: Pro's: Less hours. Could get two part time contracts. Change of scenery. Cons: Could lose sick pay/Maternity. Less hours =less income
Pros and cons of casual contracts: Pro: Less responsiblilities. Work with different people More variety. Always something different. Cons; No garanteed income No benifits.
Jobs in recording: recording engineer. mastering assistant. producer. cd manufaturer. session musician.