Ala_McC

Hi I have arrived into Perth as a time served electrician from England. I have applied for a provisional license and I am waiting for this to arrive. I have looked for companies to aid in completing the evidence side of the A grade qualification but cant find any. Its getting frustrating as there are plenty of jobs for A grade electricians but it seems nigh on impossible to achieve. Am I being stupid? I don't know, can anybody offer some help please?

Kind regards,

Alastair.

old.sparkles

Hi Alastair,

I'm in Adelaide trying the same thing

The advice I have been given is that I need to do gap training (but I'm working with Skilled migrant services in Adelaide so should be free ) and obviously the log book. You can try recruitment agencies, searches for trade assistant / apprentice roles as they are more likely to take you on, and approach companies direct. If you have found an RTO to do your gap training, try asking the course tutors and other sparkies who they know that might help, and if Perth has any skilled migrant services - ask there too.

But I get the frustration and there's not a lot you can do other than persevere and have a bit of patience.

Good luck and let us know how you are getting on

sparkyjames

Hey Alastair,

I stumbled upon this site the other day, not sure if they are exactly what you are looking for and it does say it's QLD only but worth dropping them an email and seeing what they say. They could just point you in the right direction

http://www.qet.edu.au/

They really don't make it easy.

Hope this is some help.