Hello Newbie here!!!!
 

Hello from us all!!!!

We are The Marks family.

I am Hannah, I am 24 married to Danny 23. We have 3 children Dane 7, Keira 3 and Ruby 2.

We are very interested in moving to Canada but haven't a clue where to start??? Any ideas would help!!!!!

Hope to get to know you all soon!!!

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Hello

I would like to wish you a very big welcome to BE. :)

The first place to start is the wiki section heres a link http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Category:Canada

Just out of interest and to help other members, what do you and your hubbie do your a living. This is one of the better and quicker ways of getting in, if your profession is part of a labour shortage.

Check this page out http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Labour_Shortages-Canada and this http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Catego...under_Pressure

Hope this helps

Cassie

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Hi Hannah, Danny, Dane, Keira and Ruby,

Just echoing both Cassie's warm welcome to BE and her very sound advice on where to start your reading.

Hope all your plans work out.

Kind regards,

Eamonn & Janet.

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thanks very helpful.

I am not currently working as the children are still young, my husband is an electrician.

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An electrician, you could be onto something there.

There is a seperate forum you could look at on BE http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=97 It isn't just for Canada though so you will have to have a dig around or post there introducing yourself.

Your going to have loads of info by the end of today ;)

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That's great that, thanks!

I will show Danny when he gets in from work. I know nothing about electricians lol. So will both browse through tonight :)

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I just did a very quick search on the electrician forum using the word Canada this is what it came up with

http://britishexpats.com/forum/searc...archid=1019751

Have fun reading with your hubbie tonight and I hope things go to plan for you all. See you around, this site its very addictive when it takes hold of you.

Cassie

PS the link should work now, I hope.

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sorry no it didn't work, thanks for looking anyway.

Had a quick search and found some posts to have a look at.

Will let you know how we got on :)

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Try again, sorry about this. It should work now. ;)

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Hello, Hannah, and welcome to the BE forum.

Just to add to the useful information that Cassie has given you .......

Electricians are in demand in some parts of Canada. That should help Danny to get a temporary work permit.

The only thing I don't know is whether or not he has enough hours of experience as a journeyman to write the Red Seal challenge exam. I seem to remember that an electrician would need 9,000 hours of experience as a skilled tradesman (time spent in apprenticeship does not count towards this). What raises doubt in my mind is Danny's age. I guess it's possible that he has the experience, but he would have started at a pretty young age if that is the case.

Anyway, you will find relevant links in the Wiki article called Skilled Trades-Canada.

Cassie already has pointed you to the Wiki section of this website. These are the most important articles for you to read in the beginning:Hope that helps.
x

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Hello The Marks Family, and welcome to BE, I am a relative newbie to the boards and can tell you it's very addictive, everyone is very friendly and helpful.

I'm sure with your hubby having a trade, you will find it easy enough to get a job in Canada, my hubby is a plasterer and has been offered a job in Vancouver, we are going out there in May/June 2009, we have a son who is 5 and a daughter who is 9 months old.

I would also echo what Cassie says and have a good read on the Wiki section, it's very good reading, best thing to do is wait until the sprogs are in bed, make yourself a huge cuppa and get reading lol.

Look forward to seeing you round the boards.

Laura xx

p.s. I would also recommend having a look at 'Getting There's blog, it's fantastic and full of wonderful piccies. Eamonn and Janet, hope you dont mind me plugging your blog but I loved it.

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Hi there, the_marks_family

welcome to BE. Where abouts are you looking to move to in Canada?

We are hoping to move to NS, sometime in the future...... if the Embassy ever pulls its finger out! :(. Thats another storey for another day!!

Anyway, good luck with your plans.

Best wishes

Susie & Family :D

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Thanks Laura. That's rather made our day! :wub::D

E&J.

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Welcome to BE - my children were similar ages to yours when we moved to Canada - I had 4 though (they were 7, 5, 3 and 18 months)

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:p
Hello the marks clan I've been out here in vancouver since the end of june 08 I'm an electrician as one of the other nuggets mentioned if you have a job offer it is much quicker to get out here send me a pm I'm give you my companies details as they're always hiring sparks hope to talk soon chaz

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Hi marks family and welcome to BE ;)

What kind of electrician is your hubby :confused:
We are in alberta and there is quick ways in to different areas depending on experience and if your hubby is industrial or construction......

If you need any advise then feel free to PM us, we have been here 3weeks and we are loving it, we have 3 kids and they have all settled well :thumbsup:

Hubby is just reading up for his exams, all electricians have to have a licence, this can be done once you arrive, although you wll need to go through AAIT for them to say that he is qualified

Hope that helps ;)

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Hello the marks family my hubby is also an electrician and has passed the red seal exam. He had to prove 8775 hours plus 72 months of work experience and this had to be confirmed by references from previous employers. tradesecrets website is very good and gives information on the process. We are in Calgary and have been for a month. My hubby is working as a commercial electrician and thankfully, has passed his red seal exam. The work is very different from the UK and if you can get your approval to write from AIT and are successful to find a job they will give you 6 months to work on the job before you take the exam. You have 3 attempts and then if you fail then you could be sent back as you are unable to work in the trade without the license. If you have any questions please feel free to PM me and I will try to help.

Good luck and welcome to BE.

Rachel

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Hi

I am a UK based Electrician with almost 6 years experience, Apprenticeship (NVQ), City and Guilds 16th edition, inspection and testing, pat testing

I am pretty confident that they would let me sit the exam based on that, or am i to be disappointed?

I have recently found this website and am so glad i did as you all seem very helpfull and the threads on here seem to make sense of an otherwise confusing and stressful process.

I intend to pop over to Canada and get my paperwork assessed, then return to sit the exam. After that i want to start a serious job hunt and get there on a job offer rather than waiting years for the skilled worker process.

From my research i have found that i can get the Red Seal certif by visiting any of the offices in Ontario and sitting the exam there. However, i want to move to BC so is it better to sit the exam in Vancouver?

Any info regarding the exam, job prospects or the general process would be much appreciated

Paul

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Hi

i think like alberta you can get accessed through AIT from the uk, then sit your exam within 6mths of being here.
We came over nipped into an office and they faxed through edmonton
You need the hours which is around 7000 in the trade as well ;)

We also did the job interviews whilst here and secured a job, he did get offered more but went with the company that felt right.

If you need any advise feel free to PM us, we are in lethbridge in alberta and i know they cry out for good electricians all the time.
Ontario is good, but we went round in circles with them for a long time, depends on where you want to be and your time line

Good luck:D

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Thanks for that, i will PM you