donnab4

Hi can anyone help with my questions ,Im a hairdresser for 7 years ,
I have trained and still work in the same salon, I dont have a lot of paper work to prove Im a hairdresser ,I have a detailed letter from my boss explaining from 1st year till now what Ive trained at I have a cert from BH council ,but thats all is that enough ,and do I have to work at hairdressing when I get to OZ ,any help on this would be great

lacey21

Hi Donna,
I don't kow what the regs are in Ireland but I have had to train to NVQ leve 2 here to get recognised as a hairdresser. I am the opposit to you though I don't have any experience. However it does say on the TRA website that you don't need qualis if you can prove you are competent. look on
www.workplace.gav.au and follow the link for workplace or soemthing like TRA assessments. This will tell you all you need to know.
I hope I have been of some help good luck
lace

68MEVY

You need an NVQ2 to be recognised as a hairdresser although you can do it without the qualification if you have enough experience. I don't know how long this is but I'm sure if you hunt the tra website it'll be on there somewhere. As for working as a hairdresser when you get to Oz, No you don't have to, although if you need a job to bring in some money there are plenty of hairdressing jobs about.

donnab4

Hi 68 I was hoping not to work when we got there ,my Husband wants to be the bread winner,do I not have to work or sit exam to prove I am a hairdresser ,because it would be down to me to get us there Husband not on SOL list ,so without TRa cant get there .

lacey21

My sister has just got over there as a nurse and she says that she is not doing that job when she lands. I think that it is for the sake of being skilled. What you do when you get there is up to you. You can be a brain specialist if you want! lol

Hope this helps look on the link I sent
lace

68MEVY

You use your hairdressing quals to get skills assessed by TRA. Once they are assessed you apply in Adelaide to migrate. Once this is accepted you go to Oz and do what you like be it work or not. If you decide to work as a hairdresser you have to get licensed which I believe means doing a bit of practical work and being assessed on it although there are views this doesn't need to be done-I'm hoping so, it'll be like being back at college!! If you don't intend to work that is fine, you've been able to enter Oz as a skilled worker, you do not have to work as one if you use the skilled independant route.
Hope this helped, Marie.

donnab4

Thanks Marie and Lacey
Both very helpfull, just one thing Marie do we have to apply to Adelaide ,
hoped to go to Melbourne ,have relatives there
Donna

lacey21

Hi Donna,
every one has to apply to Adelade even if you want to go to Brisbane or NSW or Victoria.
I hope this has answerd your querie
good luck
Lace

donnab4

Thanks Lacey
at this stage all the information has my brain fried ,tomorrows another day,
cheers Donna

alfiewhats65

hi there i need some advice, i have 18 years exp in H/D, iam in the process of applying working skills, iam a bit worried about some of the information i will have to submit, i was re-entering eduction so for 2 years i worked on the books as p/t gym instructor and cash in hand H/D, i did this for about 2 years , this obviosly leaves a gap in my C.V, iam now concerned that the information i put down could be traced,

68MEVY

Am I seeing things, I'm sure I just answered this in another thread.
Marie

alfiewhats65

the question i was asking, is how thorough are immigration with tax and employment records, how far do they go back and how much detail do they
go into...ie i was cash in hand for 2 years, but now on the books

68MEVY

Hi and sorry I must've misunderstood you. For my application they didn't check up on anything. They're not at all bothered about tax, it's not mentioned at all in the form and they didn't ask about it. As for checking records nobody was contacted regarding my references. I asked for my current boss to not be contacted, but none of my other referees were contacted either. I don't think it matters whether you were on the books or not as long as you can provide the references or a stat dec stating why you have no reference from an employer. As long as you have the relevant experience there should be no problems.
Marie

lacey21

They do check up Marie!
They may not have checked up on yours but they do check otherwise you would be able to put any cock and bull. As the migration agents say they have a team of people checking this all the time.
lace

68MEVY

Oh, I guess it's random checks then and I got missed out
Marie