Hi I was wondering if anyone could help. I have a successful window cleaning business in Scotland at the moment. One of my customers asked if he could take some pictures of my setup ( I use the reach and wash system) for his daughter who lives in Australia as she can't find a window cleaner and asked if I had thought about moving over there to work. To cut a long story short when he got back from Australia he said his daughter, friends and neighbours all said there was a shortage of window cleaners and it is on the skills list.

The question I have is how likely is it that I could get a visa to move to Australia with window cleaning as my skill? In the uk window cleaning is not a trade that requires going to collage to become qualified or to get certificates. I have 8 years experience of window cleaning and 4 years of that is running my own business but I don't have any certificates or that because as I as I its not that kind of trade would this go against me? Any help would be much appreciated thanks.

Here is the current SOL and CSOL (skills lists).

http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/_pdf/sol-schedule1-2.pdf

I couldn't find Window Cleaner on it.

Window cleaners might be in short supply here - but it doesn't mean that the occupation qualifies for migration.

Start by looking at www.immi.gov.au for what you might qualify for. I did have a quick look at the CSOL but didn't see window cleaner on there. I'm not sure where your friends saw it on a skilled list, but I didn't see it. (granted I only had a quick boy's look)

It isn't on the list, and no, you can't use it as a skill to get into Australia.
I had also noticed people here don't tend to use window cleaners, but then most of the houses are only single story, so probably less demand.

Do you have a partner who might have a skill on the sol or csol?

Thanks for all the replys. My partner works in greggs but I don't know if that would count?

Unlikely I'm afraid. I think baker might be on the csol, but I don't know if greggs would count. That and they want formal training I believe.

From an alternative perspective there are visas aimed at successful business owners which you might check out? But they do require relatively high annual turnovers plus monetary assets to qualify.

My first post so hi to every one,
I am a window cleaner thinking of heading to perth, austrailia
all going well, is there work out there for window cleaning?
is there any window cleaners working in perth?
To the op here is a link that might interest you
http://www.visabureau.com/australia/...australia.aspx
Where in Scotland are you? I'm in west Lothian.

A link to an agent won't help unless window cleaning gets put on the skills list, and I really can't see that happening, sorry.

No need to be sorry, I have my visa just to decide if its for us or not
didn't fully read link just thought the op might want to take a look.
As I said would be great to here from anyone with any experience of
window cleaning in perth even customers experiences prices, quality of service.

Try asking in the main Aussie forum here - http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=54
Most people in this Immi forum haven't moved yet, but the main forum has a lot of posters already over here, many of whom have been in Perth for years