New member - Where do I start?
Mar 2nd 2007, 10:55 pm
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New member - Where do I start?
New member - Where do I start? I am planning to move to australia around june 2008 as this would coincide with my son's finishing his exams at school and allows me to be up to date with my electrician's qualifications. Q. which visa? employer sponsored or self sponsored?. We have relations living near Perth but we could afford a better house in South Australia.Any advice would be most welcome
Mar 2nd 2007, 11:01 pm
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Re: New member - Where do I start?
New member - Where do I start? I am planning to move to australia around june 2008 as this would coincide with my son's finishing his exams at school and allows me to be up to date with my electrician's qualifications. Q. which visa? employer sponsored or self sponsored?. We have relations living near Perth but we could afford a better house in South Australia.Any advice would be most welcome
What is a better house? What budget? Are loads of real estate websites you can look at! Really depends on how much you have, what you expect and how where you want to live, Australia is a BIG place!
Mar 2nd 2007, 11:02 pm
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Re: New member - Where do I start?
Mar 2nd 2007, 11:05 pm
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Re: New member - Where do I start?
New member - Where do I start? I am planning to move to australia around june 2008 as this would coincide with my son's finishing his exams at school and allows me to be up to date with my electrician's qualifications. Q. which visa? employer sponsored or self sponsored?. We have relations living near Perth but we could afford a better house in South Australia.Any advice would be most welcome
You need to start with a skills assessment. Here's the website http://www.workplace.gov.au/workplac...oAustralia.htm
Be aware that you will also need to apply for an ARTC certificate and a licence when you get here to be able to work as an electrician, so make sure you get at least three certified copies of references, qualifications etc.
Mar 3rd 2007, 1:46 am
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Re: New member - Where do I start?
New member - Where do I start? I am planning to move to australia around june 2008 as this would coincide with my son's finishing his exams at school and allows me to be up to date with my electrician's qualifications. Q. which visa? employer sponsored or self sponsored?. We have relations living near Perth but we could afford a better house in South Australia.Any advice would be most welcome
Sorry just thought I'd get that in, suprised Soapy didn't come out with that one!
Mar 3rd 2007, 2:01 am
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New member - Where do I start? I am planning to move to australia around june 2008 as this would coincide with my son's finishing his exams at school and allows me to be up to date with my electrician's qualifications. Q. which visa? employer sponsored or self sponsored?. We have relations living near Perth but we could afford a better house in South Australia.Any advice would be most welcome
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Mar 3rd 2007, 5:21 am
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Mar 3rd 2007, 10:09 am
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Re: New member - Where do I start?
Thanks all those who replied! I'm now putting together my skills assesment forms
