i thought you just times it by four like most sparkies

Yep, looks like it's just you fella

Andy you are right there pyro does look better than SWA but in industrial SWA is very good especially in the chemical sites

Yere SWA is the dogs! I was just saying it doesn't look the dogs!

If we are talking about ugly, I think small (YT1 and YT2) PVC trunking is the worst!

What is it with all you swa and mineral guys, nothing looks better than well installed galv conduit. i do tons of the stuff here in the uk and love it, sounds like i wont be doing much of it in brisbane next year

better get use to orange flex mate

Is it worth bringing a crimper?

Steve

steve bring the crimper & all the tools mate you never know, i brought my crimper that does up to 95mm and my mate borrows it from me they are bloody expensive here

chris. you wont be using a lot of galv conduit here mate they do use it for specific projects only the rest is either orange circular or twin & earth, ask Stev'o he will put you right on the cable's, you will have your eyes opened to the way installations are done here.

I've also got a set of tripple extension ladders and I don't know weather to put them in the container. I know that the houses in Oz are usually single story so, are they needed?

whiddy, there are now lots of 2 story houses being built right across australia, so bring the triple ladders mate & any other tools you may have, mind you my pyro gear is collecting lots of dust now the T&E fire rated cable here for fire is very good it can with stand a temp for a good hour & im sure thats all the regs call for.

There is one good thing if you do any weekend jobs on houses you wont be sinking back boxes in the bricks its all studs & frames & all outside walls have a cavity where you can push the cable down under the floor if the house is on stumps.

Thanks Pom FO, sounds like a dream. Ill stick them in with the steps and all my mucky old tools.

Started a job on Monday, Installing a production line with loads of conduit on the actual conveyor line. I would say leave your bender but bring with you stocks & dies, they use the one handle rat-shit ones on the site i'm on and in my opion there crap.

Jon

jonallcock, he will need the pipe bender for the conduit if he is threading conduits to join together, ive tried fixing conduit in a so called normal vice they are not as good as the vice on the pipe bender

Hi all,
Hope to hear in the next couple of weeks whether me and my parner have got our visa's. Reading you comments has opened my eyes up to the way of the ozzy world of electrics, quite interesting!!!!! Could someone if poss tell me the best steps on getting a license to work in queensland and what roughly does it involve? What exams if any would i have to take? I was told i was a general electrician from TRA. My current qualifications in the UK Part 1 + Part 2,
NVQ 3 and C & G 2391 Inpect & Test. Any advice would be great.
Kind regards
Jamie