John and Marianne

Hi

Arrived here in Jan and now have trade cert and work permit - only problem is, nobody wants to take me on coz I dont have a licence. Does anyone have any ideas how I can get one and are there other roads to go down? This must be why there is a trades shortage in this country. I've heard about Peer but not sure if its worth pursuing - am I just going to be disappointed?

Any sparks out on the sunshine coast that can offer some support, please contact me, it would be a great help, or anyone that can help boost my confidence. The wifes working in a full time permenant job and I just want to work too.

Cheers John

youngy73

have you tried approaching companys directly. for example walking into there office and saying your a spark but need to get a few months experience to get the licence.tell them youll be a trades assistant. the first jobs the hardest to get then youll be laughing. hang in there.im up in cairns and you would get a start straight away up here.

Graff

Hi John, have a look at this link below, you may be a bit late but the person who posted it may be able to help you. Good look anyway. http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=400433

somme

If you do the Peers licence you can then just swap for a queensland licence costs about $700.

steve`o

already sent john this link and a link to qet
http://www.qet.edu.au/

ian from modern elec is a really helpful guy
he offered me a job last nov but as the work was on the sunshine coast / north brissie i declined his offer

i`ve pointed andy from this site his way
andy has now worked there for about 4 months and getting on with his licence application via the local tafe


chris at qet is also really helpful
he`s ex tafe and ex queensland safety office and really knows the system inside out

i recentley passed my licence exams with chris`s company and having looked ath the contractors licence info on the safety offices web site was going to wait for 12 months before applying, chris told me that that rule was only brought in to deter young lads just out of their time from starting up as contractors which does make sense
having spoken to the safety office this rule will be "overlooked" if your date of birth and experiance show you to be of a more mature standing

so in this case a few grey hairs count in favour of you

regards steve