Wendy

The form to apply for the ARTC is here: http://www.workplace.gov.au/NR/rdonl...ck9Oct2007.pdf

Wendy

Licencing links for each state:

South Australia:
http://www.ocba.sa.gov.au/licensing/plumbers/index.html

ACT:
http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/topics/...n/electricians

NT:
http://www.electricallicensing.nt.gov.au/

Tasmania:
http://www.wst.tas.gov.au/industries/licensing

WA:
http://www.energysafety.wa.gov.au/en...uirements.html

Queensland:
http://www.deir.qld.gov.au/electrica...ning/licences/

Victoria:
http://www.esv.vic.gov.au/ForElectri...1/Default.aspx

NSW:
http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/bu...es.html#applic

Pollyana

Two useful threads -

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...06#post5522406

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=451937

If anyone else has useful links please add them to this thread - try and keep it on topic though; if you want to post questions etc please start a new thread so this stays on topic

somme

In case interviewed is required.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=451937

AndyTheSpark

Hi Wendy, the QLD link on this message seems to be dead, the entire website is. Have they moved?

Andy The Spark

Wendy

No, it's working fine for me. Might have been down when you looked so try again.

Wendy

ARTC application info: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...36&postcount=2

Wendy

Apply for your ARTC certificate either before you arrive in Australia, (you will need an Australian address for them to send the results to), or as soon as you get here. The form can be downloaded from http://www.workplace.gov.au/NR/rdonl...ck9Oct2007.pdf

(Note: You do not need the ARTC certificate to book or attend the Peer course in South Australia.)


Book yourself on a course with PEER training (www.peer.com.au) and buy yourself the following books.

http://www.saiglobal.com/shop/Script/Details.asp?DocN=AS678036347050
http://www.saiglobal.com/shop/Script/Details.asp?DocN=stds000017409
http://www.saiglobal.com/shop/Script/Details.asp?DocN=AS12820832AASS
http://www.saiglobal.com/shop/Script/Details.asp?DocN=AS778112015227

(Note: If you keep your receipts for the books and the course, you can claim them back against your taxable income providing you claim them in the same tax year as you buy them)


At Peer, you will be given a booklet to fill in. It will ask you to find the relevant section of the wiring rules to answer the question. This book can be filled in either at the training centre or at home, so really it’s up to you how long it will take to fill in. Once you have completed this you will then be able to take your exam, which is basically the same thing – filling in the relevant regulations.


It usually takes anything from 2 – 4 weeks to get to the exam stage (well they have to look as if they are at least trying ).


Once you have done your exam and passed, (impossible to fail, as they will tell you to amend things if they aren’t right), you will get a certificate to say you have completed the wiring rules course. You then take this and your ARTC certificate, which should have arrived by now) to the Office of Consumer and Business Affairs (OCBA) in Adelaide CBD. You will need to also fill in this form: http://www.ocba.sa.gov.au/assets/files/form1a_pge_indiv_ptship_07web.pdf and pay the fee ($338 currently, again keep the receipt as you can claim it back )


They will send you a letter asking you to have a photo done at various places (usually transport offices), once you have done that it will take approximately 10 to 14 days to receive your licence and away you go.

Wendy

City & Guilds (2360, parts 1 & 2) syllabus courtesy of Janna and Nick

SparkyUK

Arriving in Australia via the VetAssess route - Australian Electrocommas and Energy utilities regulators have agreed to provide a provisional (restricted) licence or permit on presentation of a OSTR. This permit allows candidates to work in Australia under the supervision of an employer, while the Australian knowledge component of each compentency standard of each unit is completed.

The contact details of each of the Australian industry regulators are:

State/Territory
Organisation
Phone
Website


New South Wales
Office of Fair Trading
02 9895 0111
www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/building.html


Victoria
Energy Safe Victoria
03 9203 9700
2/4 Riverside quay
Southbank
Melbourne
3006
www.esv.vic.gov.au

South Australia
Office of consumer and business affairs
08 8204 9696
www.ocba.sa.gov.au/licensing

SparkyUK

Details of regulators continued -

Queensland
Electrical saftey office
Department of employment and industrial relations
07 3225 2000
www.deir.qld.gov.au

Northern Territory
Electrical licensing Board
08 8999 5516
www.electricallicensing.nt.gov.au

Australian Capitol Territory
ACT planning and land Authority
02 6207 1923
http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/custome...ation/industry

Western Australia
Energy Safety
Department of consumer and employment protection
08 9422 5282

Tasmania
Electrical standards and safety
Workplace standards Tasmania
03 6233 7831