Electricians in Oz?
Oct 5th 2007, 9:39 am
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Re: Electricians in Oz?
Hi, my OH is a fully qualified electrician with all the UK relevant qualifications, ie: City & Guilds etc, hes always been a Sparky since the age of 16, now from reading the forum and feedback it apprears he will have to complete some form of re-training for him to be able to get his Class A licence to be self employed, Can anyone tell me or help me to find out whether he can just do a crash course, let say 6 months college course to qualify to Oz standard here in the UK or in Oz, As i really cant see him doing a 4 year apprentiship for $13 per hour.
Sorry for rambling, any help would be much appreciated.
Sorry for rambling, any help would be much appreciated.
Oct 5th 2007, 10:36 am
#17
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Re: Electricians in Oz?
Hi Steve, we are heading Brisbaine. (forgot to say OH is now 33, so has a lot of years experience) 
Oct 5th 2007, 12:30 pm
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Oct 5th 2007, 4:38 pm
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Re: Electricians in Oz?
Hi Steve, thanks for that.
Also does anyone know of and Electrical Regs book for Oz, i have already got the electrical safety book. Thank you
Also does anyone know of and Electrical Regs book for Oz, i have already got the electrical safety book. Thank you
Oct 5th 2007, 5:17 pm
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Re: Electricians in Oz?
Hi, my OH is a fully qualified electrician with all the UK relevant qualifications, ie: City & Guilds etc, hes always been a Sparky since the age of 16, now from reading the forum and feedback it apprears he will have to complete some form of re-training for him to be able to get his Class A licence to be self employed, Can anyone tell me or help me to find out whether he can just do a crash course, let say 6 months college course to qualify to Oz standard here in the UK or in Oz, As i really cant see him doing a 4 year apprentiship for $13 per hour.
Sorry for rambling, any help would be much appreciated.
Sorry for rambling, any help would be much appreciated.
They will asses your hubby,s qualifications and experience, and he can then sign up for the course , It will take him about 2 week,s to do,then with the certificate they give him he can send if off to get his electrical license,
He can take it in South Australia and uses it all over OZ,
It,s quicker and cheeper to do it this way, Even if your hubby has to fly down and stay over for two weeks while he does the course.
To become self-employed, he then needs further cert,s from peer,s tec, which we call test & inspection etc this again can be done in a matter of day's, but you also need a short course in book keeping with the cert, before they give the license out.
Or quick way is if you have been self employed in the u.k and you have the books to prove it you can pay a justice of the peace to sign them off, and give you the cert.
My hubby was self employed within 2mths of being in the country, and on average invoices $65 per hour, He has also landed a 2yr contract. to a large firm. good luck
Oct 5th 2007, 8:36 pm
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Re: Electricians in Oz?
hi there could you ask your hubby if its worth while me bringing my 16 in 1 tester please not quite sure if it complies over there thanks bill
Oct 5th 2007, 11:17 pm
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Oct 5th 2007, 11:21 pm
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Re: Electricians in Oz?
Also dont worry to much about tester's etc as they are supplied by the company you work for.
