rotoruarob

Hi all, does anyone want to offer me a landscape gardening job, or a social worker job for my girlfriend. I can assure you that it would be very much appreciated, and if it was in Rotorua then you could count on getting a Christmas card every year for at least 20 years such would be my gratitude.

sky

You can buy landscaping franchises in nz and it is a way of getting into nz aswell or why dont you get the nz yellow pages on line and email all the landscaping companies with your cv and cover letter. Thats how my brickie hubby got a job offer when we applied

scitta

Hi Sky,

Did he get the job offer before moving to NZ? And if yes, what about the licence, I believe all trades persons have to obtain the licences first before starting on the job.

Read in a thread about some companies hiring trades persons in Oz even though they have still not obtained the licence, wonder how true is that.

Sarah

sky

Brickies dont need a licence think that plumbers and electricians do though,

sky

Yes Sarah my hubby got his job offer before we came and his boss very informally interviewed him over the phone. Wasnt much of an interview though more a getting to know each other.

JaneandJim

My friend's husband is an electrician and is working while he's waiting for his license. He's only getting paid a labourers wage, though, but he's working as an electrician.

Jane

scitta

, but thanks sky for your prompt reply.

Sarah

ABCDiamond

You may be interested in reading the New Licensing System information from the QLD Building Services Authority

an extract is:
From 1 September 2003, licensees that only contract to Trade Contractors and who never contract to a Builder or the public cannot be prosecuted for unlicensed contracting.

scitta

Hi ABC Diamond,

Thanks for your reply too, my question was in general for all trades persons.

My hubby is a Aircon & Refrig.Mechanic, what do you think the situation is for this trade in Melbourne, do they need a licence before starting work or can he start working before getting one.


Apologies to rotoruarob for taking this thread away from his original question, I am sure you will recv. a reply from ABC he is a great help on this site.

Sarah

ABCDiamond

There is a page for Air Con people on the BSA site but it gets too technical for me

I feel that anyone who works for a subcontractor as an employee appears not to need a licence. At least thats how I read the QLD BSA information.
I also base this theory on the fact that only an experienced person can get a license, but they need to be able to work and gain the experience to get the license.
Therefore they must work without a license to get the experience.
And once they are licensed they are able to become self employed, but not before.


I think that for rotoruarob, sky's suggestion is a good one.

I don't know much about NZ other than it is to the right of OZ and down a bit

scitta

Thanks again ABC, I checked the site, and its too technical for me too . Will show it to hubby maybe he will make some sense of it.

Sarah