UK qualified Electricians working in Australia
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He could just do what the Aussies do, and feed the wires round the outside of the house instead
#33
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We changed a light fitting, and the wires were: neutral and live connected to live in the fitting and the earth wire coming from the fitting was about 2 foot long and just thrown in to the ceiling - it wasn't connected to anything
All my plug sockets are falling off the wall and the light switches keep sparking when you turn them on.
I need a good sparky, do you know any?
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Re: UK qualified Electricians working in Australia
emmakc1977;
if your O/H does not have the required years of experience im sorry he wont be allowed on any Tafe (College) courses at all, he must have the ATRC 1st & produce that at the Tafe or he is not allowed to do the course sorry to say
if your O/H does not have the required years of experience im sorry he wont be allowed on any Tafe (College) courses at all, he must have the ATRC 1st & produce that at the Tafe or he is not allowed to do the course sorry to say
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Hi, thanks for your post.
We got our PR visa last October, and are hoping to move over in April. As I said before Si qualified in 2004. If he's not allowed to do a tafe course does that mean that he will have to start from the beginning and do the electrical course all over again?
Thanks.
Emma
We got our PR visa last October, and are hoping to move over in April. As I said before Si qualified in 2004. If he's not allowed to do a tafe course does that mean that he will have to start from the beginning and do the electrical course all over again?
Thanks.
Emma
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Hi, thanks for your post.
We got our PR visa last October, and are hoping to move over in April. As I said before Si qualified in 2004. If he's not allowed to do a tafe course does that mean that he will have to start from the beginning and do the electrical course all over again?
Thanks.
Emma
We got our PR visa last October, and are hoping to move over in April. As I said before Si qualified in 2004. If he's not allowed to do a tafe course does that mean that he will have to start from the beginning and do the electrical course all over again?
Thanks.
Emma
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Hi, no he was a toolmaker before becoming an electrician so we got PR on his past occupation. We have until 2012 to actually move out - we had our visas stamped in April this year. I hope he doesn't have to start all over again and retrain as an electrican! He qualified in 2004 and is 16th edition and has testing and inspection.
Thanks.
Emma
Thanks.
Emma
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Hi, no he was a toolmaker before becoming an electrician so we got PR on his past occupation. We have until 2012 to actually move out - we had our visas stamped in April this year. I hope he doesn't have to start all over again and retrain as an electrican! He qualified in 2004 and is 16th edition and has testing and inspection.
Thanks.
Emma
Thanks.
Emma
he `s qualified wth 4 yrs experiance and post a quaification in testing and verification ( did he do the C&G240 ?? ) i cannot see why he wouldnt qualify
for the general electrican cert
have a read here and download the application form
http://www.workplace.gov.au/workplac...nresidents.htm
as you`ve validated your visa your classed as an aussie resident
just put down the date you frist entered au and get the result posted to an au address,
once he has the artc document he can walk into any tafe and do an australian wiring course or if your still in the uk he can do the course via corrspondance and do the exam once he`s here and this will lead to getting a licence
regards steve
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Re: UK qualified Electricians working in Australia
Hi Steve,
He's done:
City & Guilds 2360 (16th Edition Electrical Installation Parts I & II ) and City & Guilds 2391 (Testing, Inspection & Certification of Electrical installations) and yes, he's been working as an electrician since January 2003 (he started as a trainee but not on a proper apprenticeship as he was taking the college course during the evenings). He actually qualified in 2004.
Thanks for all the info, I'll download that and get him to sign up - am I right in thinking that you can't do this from this country as I have to give an Australian address?
Thanks again.
Emma
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Re: UK qualified Electricians working in Australia
Forgot to say he's also been self employed since April 07 and is a NICEIC Domestic Installer - don't know if that will make any difference?
Emma
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I've emailed them. I had a look at the webpage and it says that if you didn't do a formal apprenticeship (which he didn't) you need 7 years qualifications. Don't know if I said this before, but he started going to college in the evenings and was taken on by an electrical firm in January 2003 - he finished his 16th edition in 2004 and then went on to take the inspection and testing in 2006. He became a member of NICEIC in April 2007.
I've asked them to let me know what will happen if he doesn't have the full 7 years. It will only be six years this January and I really don't want to hang around in the UK for another 14 months!
Also, is a general electrician the best licence that a UK electrician can go for, does it mean you can work anywhere?
It's all so confusing!!
I've asked them to let me know what will happen if he doesn't have the full 7 years. It will only be six years this January and I really don't want to hang around in the UK for another 14 months!
Also, is a general electrician the best licence that a UK electrician can go for, does it mean you can work anywhere?
It's all so confusing!!
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I've emailed them. I had a look at the webpage and it says that if you didn't do a formal apprenticeship (which he didn't) you need 7 years qualifications. Don't know if I said this before, but he started going to college in the evenings and was taken on by an electrical firm in January 2003 - he finished his 16th edition in 2004 and then went on to take the inspection and testing in 2006. He became a member of NICEIC in April 2007.
I've asked them to let me know what will happen if he doesn't have the full 7 years. It will only be six years this January and I really don't want to hang around in the UK for another 14 months!
Also, is a general electrician the best licence that a UK electrician can go for, does it mean you can work anywhere?
It's all so confusing!!
I've asked them to let me know what will happen if he doesn't have the full 7 years. It will only be six years this January and I really don't want to hang around in the UK for another 14 months!
Also, is a general electrician the best licence that a UK electrician can go for, does it mean you can work anywhere?
It's all so confusing!!
if he went to college whilst learning the practicle side on site
thats formal training
youve said above that he was going to college at night the got taken on in 03how long then did the course take 3 yrs ???
have a quick count up as to how many hours he spent at college doing the 236
your trying to achive 900 hrs ( this can be massaged a little as know one realy knows how many times anyone attends college if your a little light i`d add an extra night ie the course ran two nights a week for 3 1/2 hrs each time over 3 yrs you would be able to put down over 900 hrs
i`ll tel you what did you have msn ???
if so i`ll pm you my msn addy and we`ll go through it quicker than posting on here
#43
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Hi Steve,
He's done:
City & Guilds 2360 (16th Edition Electrical Installation Parts I & II ) and City & Guilds 2391 (Testing, Inspection & Certification of Electrical installations) and yes, he's been working as an electrician since January 2003 (he started as a trainee but not on a proper apprenticeship as he was taking the college course during the evenings). He actually qualified in 2004.
Thanks for all the info, I'll download that and get him to sign up - am I right in thinking that you can't do this from this country as I have to give an Australian address?
Thanks again.
Emma
He's done:
City & Guilds 2360 (16th Edition Electrical Installation Parts I & II ) and City & Guilds 2391 (Testing, Inspection & Certification of Electrical installations) and yes, he's been working as an electrician since January 2003 (he started as a trainee but not on a proper apprenticeship as he was taking the college course during the evenings). He actually qualified in 2004.
Thanks for all the info, I'll download that and get him to sign up - am I right in thinking that you can't do this from this country as I have to give an Australian address?
Thanks again.
Emma
yes use a mates address in oz
#44
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this goes in q10 on the form and shows on going training and comitment
to the trade
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Re: UK qualified Electricians working in Australia
Hi Steve, wonder if you could give us some much needed advice please. oh qualified electrician 16th edition, we have applied for a 175 may 08, obviously still waiting, but in the meantime want to get things sorted for when we arrive in Perth. We know he'll need a licence, but can you run through what we need to do, as he'll need to start work asap once we get there. Any help and advice would be very much appreciated.