VETASSESS general electrician practical assessment ?
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VETASSESS general electrician practical assessment ?
Hi All, can anyone help me out with some info please ? we (my fiance, baby boy and i) have just lodged our application to emmigrate to oz (hopefully brisbane as i have a brother there) . I am an electrician and i understand i have to complete a practical assessment for vetassess, im wondering can anyone shed some light on the tasks involved and how long the test is ? any info greatly welcome, many thanks. ssph14
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hi, do a search on here under vettasses, its been posted about loads in the past, you should find somthing, good luck
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Morning, I did mine about a year ago.
I attended North Glasgow and had a guy called Roger ( very nice fella ), the day started at 8am and finished at 4pm.
8am ( ish ) registration, you will be given a drawing and assigned a bay. You will be asked to mount a DB install 20mm tube/T&E clipped direct/2way sw/skt in T&E, then test and record you IR/ELIMP/CONTINUITY.
You will be taken from the bay and asked to do 3 further tasks,
1, safe isolation, this is in the vetassess info you recive.Please pay attention to this, I was told that a lot of guys fail on this
2, DOL, a contactor and over load/start/stop buttons are mounted on a board with no links, you are given leads and asked to wire it. When you have done this a fault was put on the wiring and you were asked to find and repair the fault.
3, multichoice exam, 18 questions ( pass mark 50% this may have changed ), the questions cover everything,ohms law/resistors/inductance/capacitance/transformers etc.
I was s******g my self, please donnt its nothing to worry about and the assessors are great.
The AM2 is a lot harder, this is more part P
All the best ER
I attended North Glasgow and had a guy called Roger ( very nice fella ), the day started at 8am and finished at 4pm.
8am ( ish ) registration, you will be given a drawing and assigned a bay. You will be asked to mount a DB install 20mm tube/T&E clipped direct/2way sw/skt in T&E, then test and record you IR/ELIMP/CONTINUITY.
You will be taken from the bay and asked to do 3 further tasks,
1, safe isolation, this is in the vetassess info you recive.Please pay attention to this, I was told that a lot of guys fail on this
2, DOL, a contactor and over load/start/stop buttons are mounted on a board with no links, you are given leads and asked to wire it. When you have done this a fault was put on the wiring and you were asked to find and repair the fault.
3, multichoice exam, 18 questions ( pass mark 50% this may have changed ), the questions cover everything,ohms law/resistors/inductance/capacitance/transformers etc.
I was s******g my self, please donnt its nothing to worry about and the assessors are great.
The AM2 is a lot harder, this is more part P
All the best ER
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im trying to persuade my other half to do this vetasess assessment, he is also an electrician. are you using a migration agent to immigrate to australia or are you applying for vetasess test yourself?
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You can apply to vetassess your self, if you have the time and inclination you can do it all yourself ( saving ££££ ), if you use an agent they ask you to get all the info any way.
Regards ER
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There is a forum for sparks where you can always get useful info
http://britishexpats.com/forum/forum...sprune=-1&f=97
Don't panic about vetassess - I passed it.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/forum...sprune=-1&f=97
Don't panic about vetassess - I passed it.
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Oh and also look at applying for state sponsorship when you get a positive assessment.
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Hi we are applying through a company called concept Australia in Manchester, they charge £1750 in 5 installments throughout stages of the application but they are very thourough and it is who my bro used when he emmigrated 2yrs ago. Hope this answers your question(s)
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Morning, I did mine about a year ago.
I attended North Glasgow and had a guy called Roger ( very nice fella ), the day started at 8am and finished at 4pm.
8am ( ish ) registration, you will be given a drawing and assigned a bay. You will be asked to mount a DB install 20mm tube/T&E clipped direct/2way sw/skt in T&E, then test and record you IR/ELIMP/CONTINUITY.
You will be taken from the bay and asked to do 3 further tasks,
1, safe isolation, this is in the vetassess info you recive.Please pay attention to this, I was told that a lot of guys fail on this
2, DOL, a contactor and over load/start/stop buttons are mounted on a board with no links, you are given leads and asked to wire it. When you have done this a fault was put on the wiring and you were asked to find and repair the fault.
3, multichoice exam, 18 questions ( pass mark 50% this may have changed ), the questions cover everything,ohms law/resistors/inductance/capacitance/transformers etc.
I was s******g my self, please donnt its nothing to worry about and the assessors are great.
The AM2 is a lot harder, this is more part P
All the best ER
I attended North Glasgow and had a guy called Roger ( very nice fella ), the day started at 8am and finished at 4pm.
8am ( ish ) registration, you will be given a drawing and assigned a bay. You will be asked to mount a DB install 20mm tube/T&E clipped direct/2way sw/skt in T&E, then test and record you IR/ELIMP/CONTINUITY.
You will be taken from the bay and asked to do 3 further tasks,
1, safe isolation, this is in the vetassess info you recive.Please pay attention to this, I was told that a lot of guys fail on this
2, DOL, a contactor and over load/start/stop buttons are mounted on a board with no links, you are given leads and asked to wire it. When you have done this a fault was put on the wiring and you were asked to find and repair the fault.
3, multichoice exam, 18 questions ( pass mark 50% this may have changed ), the questions cover everything,ohms law/resistors/inductance/capacitance/transformers etc.
I was s******g my self, please donnt its nothing to worry about and the assessors are great.
The AM2 is a lot harder, this is more part P
All the best ER
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Morning, I did mine about a year ago.
I attended North Glasgow and had a guy called Roger ( very nice fella ), the day started at 8am and finished at 4pm.
8am ( ish ) registration, you will be given a drawing and assigned a bay. You will be asked to mount a DB install 20mm tube/T&E clipped direct/2way sw/skt in T&E, then test and record you IR/ELIMP/CONTINUITY.
You will be taken from the bay and asked to do 3 further tasks,
1, safe isolation, this is in the vetassess info you recive.Please pay attention to this, I was told that a lot of guys fail on this
2, DOL, a contactor and over load/start/stop buttons are mounted on a board with no links, you are given leads and asked to wire it. When you have done this a fault was put on the wiring and you were asked to find and repair the fault.
3, multichoice exam, 18 questions ( pass mark 50% this may have changed ), the questions cover everything,ohms law/resistors/inductance/capacitance/transformers etc.
I was s******g my self, please donnt its nothing to worry about and the assessors are great.
The AM2 is a lot harder, this is more part P
All the best ER
I attended North Glasgow and had a guy called Roger ( very nice fella ), the day started at 8am and finished at 4pm.
8am ( ish ) registration, you will be given a drawing and assigned a bay. You will be asked to mount a DB install 20mm tube/T&E clipped direct/2way sw/skt in T&E, then test and record you IR/ELIMP/CONTINUITY.
You will be taken from the bay and asked to do 3 further tasks,
1, safe isolation, this is in the vetassess info you recive.Please pay attention to this, I was told that a lot of guys fail on this
2, DOL, a contactor and over load/start/stop buttons are mounted on a board with no links, you are given leads and asked to wire it. When you have done this a fault was put on the wiring and you were asked to find and repair the fault.
3, multichoice exam, 18 questions ( pass mark 50% this may have changed ), the questions cover everything,ohms law/resistors/inductance/capacitance/transformers etc.
I was s******g my self, please donnt its nothing to worry about and the assessors are great.
The AM2 is a lot harder, this is more part P
All the best ER
cheers bud