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Nov 24th 2002, 8:15 pm

MaggieLou

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All You Civil Engineers read me.....

Apparently Contruction News - (the UK weekly "Jackers Journal") claims that Oz house are offering more points for Civil Engineers at the moment due to the lack of applications in this field. I cannot find anything on the web site for Immigrations, has anyone else got any info on this? Please advise as we are currently on Skilled Migration 2124-11
and have been since feb 02

Nov 25th 2002, 2:12 am

Jaj

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Re: All You Civil Engineers read me.....

Just the regular 60 points for civil engineers at the moment - current
MODL does not include them (although it probably should).
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/modl.htm

Do you need the extra points? - you shouldn't if you've already
applied in February.

Jeremy

    >On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 21:15:28 +0000, MaggieLou wrote:
    >Apparently Contruction News - (the UK weekly "Jackers Journal") claims
    >that Oz house are offering more points for Civil Engineers at the moment
    >due to the lack of applications in this field. I cannot find anything
    >on the web site for Immigrations, has anyone else got any info on this?
    >Please advise as we are currently on Skilled Migration 2124-11
    >and have been since feb 02
    >--
    >Posted via http://britishexpats.com

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Nov 25th 2002, 11:10 am

MaggieLou

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No we don't need the extra points as we did apply before the level went up, but thought that the more points you obtained migh (only might) get you a better chance.

Nov 25th 2002, 12:56 pm

Stan J

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Is there a significant increase in Civil Engineering work downunder ?

Two of the largest Civils Contractors are Leightons http://www.leightoncontractors.com.au/ and Thiess http://www.thiess.com.au/ and SMEC the Snowy Mountain Engineering Corporation springs to mind as a Civils Consultancy.

You guys probably know that though.

Nov 25th 2002, 1:06 pm

MaggieLou

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thanks Stan- will try the sites,
MaggieLou

Nov 25th 2002, 1:13 pm

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I have emailed the writer of the article in Construction News.

Apparently, Construction News got the info from Global Visas who claim that the SOL List (Skilled Occupation List) is changed monthly state to state.............news to me!!!!! is this so???? does anyone know......????
or is this a gimic to get you to apply through them?

Nov 25th 2002, 2:20 pm

George Lombard

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Re: All You Civil Engineers read me.....

Hi Maggie,

Sounds very much like a gimmick (or a mangled reference to STNI).

Cheers

George Lombard

"MaggieLou" wrote in message
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    > I have emailed the writer of the article in Construction News.
    > Apparently, Construction News got the info from Global Visas who claim
    > that the SOL List (Skilled Occupation List) is changed monthly state to
    > state.............news to me!!!!! is this so???? does anyone
    > know......????
    > or is this a gimic to get you to apply through them?
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Nov 25th 2002, 8:13 pm

Wdtyler

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Re: All You Civil Engineers read me.....

Don't know anything about the additional points on offer but as a
Civil/Structural Engineer I found no problem finding work in
Brisbane/Queensland. There's certainly a shortage here. Getting the first
job is the most difficult as you're an unknown quantity but after a few
months....the world is you oyster.

Now the main problem is finding employees that have an ability to speak (and
write) understandable english.

If you can do that you should have no problems securing work once you get
your PR.

Wayne

"MaggieLou" wrote in message
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    > Apparently Contruction News - (the UK weekly "Jackers Journal") claims
    > that Oz house are offering more points for Civil Engineers at the moment
    > due to the lack of applications in this field. I cannot find anything
    > on the web site for Immigrations, has anyone else got any info on this?
    > Please advise as we are currently on Skilled Migration 2124-11
    > and have been since feb 02
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Nov 25th 2002, 8:59 pm

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Originally posted by MaggieLou
I have emailed the writer of the article in Construction News.

Apparently, Construction News got the info from Global Visas who claim that the SOL List (Skilled Occupation List) is changed monthly state to state.............news to me!!!!! is this so???? does anyone know......????
or is this a gimic to get you to apply through them?

This all sounds a bit weird, but I would appreciate any further information you find out. I am a Civil Engineer at the beginning of the process (Skills Assessment currently lodged with the IEAust), and we could do with 5 more points to avoid having to get bonus points via the A$100,000 bond.

Evelyn.