scottie

God, this is gonna be SOME party!!!! Do we actually have 2 work when we get there or can we just barbie and play on the beach Well done

tyne

I hope to be on the Feb `09 induction too, as long as my house sells anyway!

Oz Dreaming

Tyne - I have sent you a pm

fa kin su pa

At least there will be 2 of us then

Have you had your visa approved yet

tyne

Not yet mate. Sent it to QAS 4 weeks ago. Last week they emailed to say they needed some extra paperwork before they could submit the application. I have sent away what they asked for, so still waiting.

kiwinow

I know you lot are trained already, but just wondering if anyone knows whether there's an age limit if I wanted to train as a paramedic over there. Also can you find out if they need paramedics in the area you want to settle before undertaking training and then finding there's no job within 100km. I've visited the website but couldn't find the answers to those questions.

mrsmoo

You could drop them an email and ask those exact Q's. They do recruit for an area (Q1 - Q6). You do move around stations every six months as a student (this is within your area).

kiwinow

Thanks. I'll have another look and e-mail them.

alanallin

hiya can anyone already working at qas please confirm the salary per 2 weeks i have heard some alarming figures such as $1300 a fortnight eg £1300 english a month cant live on that

Pollyana

Plenty of people here do though.

Some figures in this post -
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...postcount=1311

alanallin

thanks you say plenty do so is that the salary without penalties? and what would they bring it up to ?

Pollyana

That I can't tell you as I work in a different bit of DES, you'll need a working paramedic to help there.
However a very large number of people do take home less than 1300 a fortnight and survive - I know, I'm one of them.

alanallin

can anyone tell me if an advanced criminal record bureau check that i have just had done would it be any good as my criminal record check that qas require from this end the one that takes approx 40 days ? seems a bit silly doing the same thing again as crb check shows all criminal activity or not as the case maybe

Boweaver

Not sure if what you're looking is for initial recruitment (I'm looking into ASNSW)? However I know that for any visa requirements you'll need the Association of Chief Police Officers certificate.

http://www.acpo.police.uk/certificates.asp

alanallin

this is not the visa police check just the initial check that qas have asked for