looking for a job as a formwork carpenter 20 years exp ready to go asap in the uk now but can be out when you need me contact me via email thank you Darren Feehily.......

If only it was that easy

ha ha ha ha nearly fell of me chair there ha ha ha nice one you have to try don't ya d

Hi Darren, and welcome to BE.

Do you already have PR? Its just that any answers you get will obviously vary depending on if you are instantly employable, or need an employer prepared to go through the hassle/paperwork/wait of hiring you.

If you can let people know what your visa status is, that would be v helpful.

Best of luck.

If you give some more details of your situation, there are hundreds of very helpful people on here that might be able to give advice and point you in the right direction.

Lets start with, are you looking to move to Canada permanently, or just for a year or two?

Hey Darren I need some shelves moving around in my garage when can you come over and give me a quote?

Thanks for the helpful replies. No, I dont have PR. I'm at the very start of trying to work in Canada. Basically, just need to find an employer who is willing to take me on and sponsor me in.

Also, just looking to work in Canada on a temporary basis for a year to start off.

In which case, are you by any chance young enough to be eligible for a Working Holiday Visa?

If not, then I'm not sure it would really be worth it just for a year tbh. You'll probably need to get out there on a job hunting recce to stand any chance of finding work (see the Job Hunting section part of the Wiki for more info on why face to face contact is usually required), so add that time/cost on to the 3-4 months it'll take your employer to get the Labour Market Opinion, then getting the TWP and then potentially needing to sit the Red Seal exams etc, and it seems awfully expensive and a lot of hassle just for a year.

JMO though, good luck with it.

Ohh, the garage job is off then?

You may want to start by reading the Wiki section form this sit eon moving to Canada.

Unless you qualify for a WHV, it ain't going to be easy, Canada is not exactly going through a construction boom right now and there are no shortage of Canadian tradesmen.

If you are sitting at home and wait for someone to E-mail you and invite you to come work for them, it's going to be a long wait. If you get yourself to Canada as a visitor and pound the pavement, you never know you may be lucky.

thanks for your help thought they were screaming out for for good chippies with all the drive to get people out there from ireland and the uk??????? have to look in to things a bit more thanks d

I don't know there's any sort of specific targeting or drive to recruit Irish or British tradesmen, but this recent article suggests we're short of carpenters:

http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/article/2...ruction-sector