ozzyhopefuls

Hi people
first post here so be gentle.
Me & the OH are looking into beginning the migration process, but are undecided about how to begin.
I am currently working as a pdms piping designer, however this does not appear on the OIDL. I am led to believe that there is work in this field but does anyone have any experience in this area.
My apprenticeship & qualifications were in mechanical engineering & I have been working as a designer for 20 years.

Any help or comments gratefully recieved..

Tony & Sue

northernbird

My husband is a PDMS administrator and designer. Work is slowing down here in Perth and there have been a lot of lay offs in recent weeks. Seek the advice of an agent. The job descriptions aren't cut and dry and I think my husbands ended up under some kind of Technicians description. Nothing to stop you starting the process but make sure you do a bit more research about jobs when the time comes to move.

ozzyhopefuls

Thanks
It seems my best option to seek advice of an agent & see how... or if I even qualify. Long way off looking for jobs yet...

sonnyg

Hi,

I know that was a while ago, but are these positions still available?

My wife and I are planning to move to Australia around the middle of the year. Given the state of the economy, I have already started looking for jobs. Even if I don't find a job before then, hopefully I will have a better idea of how things are, and what to do when I get there.

I am a programmer with 6 years of experience. Most of it is in Java/J2EE with a smattering of Python/Ruby that I picked up over the years, and includes around 1.5 years as a team leader.
If any of the positions that you mentioned require these skills, I will be grateful if you can post a link here or PM me about it.

Cheers,
S.

Oz Rascal

Is it just me?

I read a variety of posts on here about people securing a job before they arrive in Australia.

I am a Marketing Manager and I have contacted a variety of agencies in Melbourne and applied directly for jobs yet the standard response is your resume looks great and we will certainly be able to help you when you're here but we can't do anything until you're "on the ground".

Is this just specific to my industry or am I approaching it the wrong way? We're looking to make the move in July 09 and it would be great to think I could secure a job for arriving.

I obviously plan on keeping in contact with these agencies and arranging appointments with them for my first week here so I can get the ball rolling as soon as possible.

Any advice anyone can offer would be greatly received.

Thanks,

Colin

springoz

Hello all
I am a radiographer and OH a time served joiner with 20yrs experience. Hoping to go to QLD on a 175 (if/when it gets granted) before end of this year.
We are going on my skill but I have so far found it very hard to get an offer of employment as we have no dates as yet.
Not sure at all how easy/difficult it may be for OH to get work. Am busy researching now whether or not he needs licencing there before he can work. Have read on here that he can only work as a labourer? Not sure though.
If anyone could shed some light on this we would be very grateful indeed.
Ta very much

dreamingofoz

Hello,
I am an embedded firmware engineer working in embedded linux domain for over 10 years. I did lot of stuff related to 8/16/32 bit micro controller/processor programming in C/C++,JTAG,I2C,UART, hardware design, porting kernel,bootloader,GNU toolchain,shell scripting etc..

I have a stable job here in india earning around 3000AUD/month. After my high-school, i did my 3 year diploma and 1 year post diploma but i dont have a an engineering degree.

with these qualification, will this be a wise decision moving to OZ? I am not sure if OZ companies are interested in hiring non engineering graduate for such a job profile!

i am thinking of going through TRA skills assessment as a tradesperson...

anyone who can advise me on this?
thanks in advance for your valuable inputs..

DownUnderPaddy

Its not just you Colin and not just specific to your industry. A pretty standard response I'm afraid. All you can do is keep plugging away and fingers crossed that you can have something lined up before you arrive, but the reality is you may have to do the final work in securing the job when you get here. I went through it myself. Frustrating, but just part of the big adventure !

DownUnderPaddy

Yes, would concur also. Anything less than 120k (not incl Super) for an IT Architect role, would be an honest to god shafting.

comet555

As someone else said, it's not just you.

We arrived in May 2007 and my husband sent off quite a few resumes while waiting for the visa and after we had been granted the visa.

He is a mining engineer which at the time was very highly in demand and yet no one would take him seriously until we were in the country. Once we arrived he was offered two jobs about 2 weeks after he started looking. I have no idea what things would be like in the current environment though

IMS PIPER

Hi,
I too am a PDMS Piper, but with the economic crisis it has prevented me from making preparations to move to Australia, as I fear moving now could be a bad idea.
The project I am on In the UK is quite secure for the time being and there aren't really any lay offs yet, but a few companies have cut the rates.

Let me know how you get on guys.
And if anyone else is in this field in Australia, whats is the current situation?

Cheers

Oz Rascal

Hi Guys,

Thanks for your replies. No worries, I will keep plugging away, we're aiming for arrival in June 09 so I plan to bombard the agencies in the month running up to our arrival so I can arrange lots of meetings when we arriva so I can hopefully hit the ground running.

I keep checking mycareer, seek, careerone, etc. and there are plenty of roles in the fields I'm looking at (Marketing / Project Management) so I feel "fairly" confident of getting something within a couple of months of getting there.

Cheers,

Colin

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