johnnyy

I am thinking of moving to Brisbane. Is there lots of construction work? Is it a good city in Australia no move to? How long does it take to get the visa?

steve`o

without a crystal ball i cannot answer

can you let us know what you do for a living how old are you etc this will give us a chance at answering your question

regards steve

johnnyy

drylining (plasterboard) at home I work for myself and have a few men working for me and would like to do the same there. is it hard to get started?

steve`o

to be honest john i dont know bugger all about dry lining except that they dont do skimming over here its all taped and filled joints

i think a logical start would be the bsa site as again i`m not even sure if its a licensed trade ??

looks like it is

http://www.bsa.qld.gov.au/home/build...lasses/pdw.htm

johnknight001

sorry to but in, i was also looking for info on possible areas in QLD for plumbing work, is it going to be best to stay close to brisbane?
any info would be good cheers.

steve`o

not really they have made water and pipes available all the way down to coolangatta now

johnknight001

still smiling,
in your opinion would i be best suited looking initialy at brisbane for a base then looking further if need be.
john

steve`o

to be honest mate the place is still one big building site with most of the new properties been built out side of brisbane ( its full ) i have a couple of mates down this end who are plumbers and they always seem to be busy
the worst bit is sorting out the licencing its on a par with sparkies for been dragged out and to some point quite rediculous

have you checked out the plumbers forum ??
http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=119

johnknight001

hi
i am going the vettasses route and i spoke to a tafe in brisbane, they seem to think i would be issued a temp licance and would have to complete some modules at night school, i am happy to do this, my only concern was that a company would not emloy me due to the provisional licence, i understand their would be a lower rate initialy whilst gaining the aus experiance and updating quals, is it somthing you have seen or heard of.
john

steve`o

i`m a spark and i had to work under the supervsion of an australia trained electrician whilst doing the wiring course and filling in me little log book
i assume its the same for plumbers but i dont actually know any one whos done it hence the inclusion of the plumbers forum link in my previos post john

johnknight001

thanks steve,
unfortunatly their does not seem to be any plumbers in australia, well non that post on the plumbing forum, i have looked and posted, not much response, however i have found the sparky thread very usefull for info especially when i was applying for vettasses. anyway thanks again.
john

steve`o

i dont know if its avaiable for plumbers but a lot of sparkies now go to peer in adelaide for licencing as its just so much quicker, ive just had a quick look at the web site and plumbing is also metioned ( the web sites shite so i`d call them to find out )

might be worth some further attention

http://peer.com.au/index1024m.htm

johnknight001

cheers steve, i will be looking at this,
john

rocket01

http://www.bsa.qld.gov.au/Home/Build...torLicence.htm

johnknight001

thanks