RenShen

I brought over some multi socket things and just put Australian plugs on them to begin with. I am gradually working my way round the UK stuff that I bought putting Australian plugs onto them as I go.

Yes, I know about the home insurance stuff but I have got loads to change and I am not paying silly money to get someone in. Its very easy to do and the chances of them causing a fire are about the same if a tradesman did it for me so after weighing it up I am prepared to run the risk.

The only thing is that the plugs here are really crap and it hurts my little female hands trying to push the plug down over the wiring. Thats why I only do one now and again and dont sit and do a job lot.

aasmith1957

Dh was talking to my daughters fil last week when we were down in Perth.The fil was saying he is employing lots of poms through his business but they are not recognised here as registered as electricians.Whatever job description he employs them under he does not have to pay electrician award rates.He gets registered electricians (uk) qualified and up to speed on eveyrthing for less.He thought it was brill saving him a packet.Personally i think its shite but at least they have a job in these times (maybe they have to do a course to comply with registration here) and they are still able to earn.

jasonlec

Wise words, where where you on the re-train as an electrician bit?

Am sending big ball of karma

jasonlec

Nope, thats shite, thats what they do in the uk, shags your wages up when some bugger does it for buck shee money, hope they all get caught out an shipped out, w*****s

ABCDiamond

That actually gives them the experience they require to help to get an Australian licence, so they can become full Australian Electricians.

ABCDiamond

That doesn't help with this one I have here.... Green to the left, black in the middle and brown on the right....

jasonlec

They should already have a licence so as to work??? I think???

jasonlec

Can they change plugs?

tomy2tums

a restricted license, until they go through the joke of Capstone assessments

tomy2tums

I'm an Instrument Technician, cross training to add an 'A' class Electrician.

i'll be dual traded. Complete w@nk but all the majors in heavy industry like dual trade instrument/electrical tradesmen.

which is a crock of crap. It means i could be benchmarking a gas chromatograph in the morning; early afternoon, fixing some PLC/DCS code, then late afternoon recalibrating a level Tx. Then get woken up in the middle of the night to do some HV switching.

anyway back to the original post.

CHANGE YOUR ******* PLUGS YOURSELF AND STOP BEING SO LAZY!!!

ABCDiamond

No, they can work as an "assistant", before they get a licence, supervised by an "Australian" qualified electrician.

Otherwise they would not be able to find work for ages, whilst applying for the licence.

MartinLuther

I thought it was clowns to the left, jokers to the right and me stuck in the middle with you.

ABCDiamond

Or stop being tight and risk your insurance being invalid, could be another way of putting it....

Swerv-o

I believe that the NSW regulation you stated above is the WorkCover requirement for replacing plugs in a workplace.

I don't believe that this extends to the domestic environment.


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