Originally Posted by rinkerdink

This the the "system" for you, there is no fitter or mechanic mentioned for migration purposes just electrician or maybe electrician special class (not sure if that still exists).

The reason for this as I understand it is that in some states, NSW and SA for certain there is no fitter or mechanic designation, you are either a electrician or you are not. Only some states WA and QLD differentiate between the two.
As of April this year you could do a correspondence course workbook through PEER in Adelaide and then complete the course, exams and assessments in Adelaide in a week. You get a "can carry out any electrical work" licence whether you had a mechanics or a fitters ARTC - I know this because I did it! I am in process of applying for the NSW licence under the mutual recognition scheme. You'll have to do some ringing to check this is still an option but it was and if it's still available it still is the fastest route to a licence.

People say it's a loop hole and shouldn't be allowed as it's too easy, that is just bs. I have spoken to people who did the hard yards in QLD and the exam and assessment process they described to me was exactly the same as I went through at PEER, only difference was I didn't need to fill in a log book as they recognised I was an electrician and assumed the base electrical knowledge that I had already proved so the logbook was unnecessary, it is just a case of getting up to speed with the Australian regs and testing procedures.

You read a lot of stories and opinions on here but the best thing you can do is pick up the phone and speak to the course providers, it changes all the time but all I can say is that the process I have described was valid as of April 2012! (And lots of people were saying don't do it!)

Originally Posted by hasselhoff86

Thanks for the info, this way is defiantly quickest for obtaining licence, but not if your looking to stay in WA, i have read a few story's on this of electricians doing the course you talk about and then coming to WA to change it over through mutual recognition scheme. Wa don't care if its breaking the law, they still make you resit the course,, when applying for change over they ask for your licence plus artc, so if I went this way, surely they would make me do the years gap training again???