I have 10 years painting experience (all in residential housing), although I haven't painted for around 5 years now (can soon update skills though!). I also have New Zealand citizenship (passport) so visas not a problem. Unfortunately I have no qualifications :(
Can someone please tell me if I can work as a painter in Australia (most likely the Sydney area) without any qualifications, employed and/or self-employed. If I do need qualifications, or if it's better that I do, how long and difficult is it to obtain them?
Also, how much painting work is available right now???
Hi Sash, you are not dim, all this visa stuff is a bit of a minefield. I can't say if it is the same qual but we did look into taking the same qualification by the same method. GoMatilda offered us to go out to Geelong for 3 weeks to gain the qualification but when we looked at the overall cost it would have been too expensive for us so I found out about the Australian Construction Training Services. The offered the same qualification but it also had the licences attached too so that when we get out there my O/H will already have everything in place to be able to work straight away. They call it hit the ground running. The have just set up offices over here and were very quick at getting everything done. They met with my O/H and also went and viewed him at work. Hope this helps but if you need any more info, let me know.
Jules
Hey Jules,
Thanks for reply, cant get to net to often, too many cats to look after. your way sounds better than mine. How did you find out about this construction training thing, do they have a web site, was it cheaper because you had the price of the flight to consider. did yourO/H have to erect scaffolding, tile, mix oils and fit a window. what did want to see him doing. also, how much did it all cost. would like to get started as soon as, if i sound a bit desperate its only because i am. you understand.
thanks Jules and congrats again.
Hey Jules,
Thanks for reply, cant get to net to often, too many cats to look after. your way sounds better than mine. How did you find out about this construction training thing, do they have a web site, was it cheaper because you had the price of the flight to consider. did yourO/H have to erect scaffolding, tile, mix oils and fit a window. what did want to see him doing. also, how much did it all cost. would like to get started as soon as, if i sound a bit desperate its only because i am. you understand.
thanks Jules and congrats again.
Hi Sash
The website for ACTS is:ACTS UK | Welcome to Trade Train They came and viewed o/h whilst he was at one of his jobs and observed him completing various tasks. We had to provide some references from companies who he had worked with in the past and lots of photos of his work. There are also some quizzes that you have to complete but they are not too bad to do. The qualification can be done as quickly as you can get all the evidence together really. If you have a look on their website they tell you all about the different stages and if you have any questions they will be more than happy to help.
Good luck.
Jules
Hi Sash
The website for ACTS is:ACTS UK | Welcome to Trade Train They came and viewed o/h whilst he was at one of his jobs and observed him completing various tasks. We had to provide some references from companies who he had worked with in the past and lots of photos of his work. There are also some quizzes that you have to complete but they are not too bad to do. The qualification can be done as quickly as you can get all the evidence together really. If you have a look on their website they tell you all about the different stages and if you have any questions they will be more than happy to help.
Good luck.
Jules
Hey Jules,
Thanks everso for your help, will have a look now.Just a couple of little things standing our way before we can actually do anything yet like get married and sell the house but after that there will be no stopping us. apreciate everything Jules, hope you get there soon.
Shash.
Could I ask you how your husband went about getting the job offer in Brisbane? My O/H is a painter and decorator and has gained the AQF111 qualification which inludes the work permit (blue card?) but he now needs to get a job offer to gain the additional 5 points. I have drafted a letter and copy of the criteria and CV but have not got a clue where to start sending it to? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Hi My Oh is in the process of AQF level IIIfor P&D,hope to obtain it soon. Have you tried getting the IELTS. OH done the test and passed so we now have enough points for 175 visa. OH is 44 so we need to get our visa in soon.
Hi My Oh is in the process of AQF level IIIfor P&D,hope to obtain it soon. Have you tried getting the IELTS. OH done the test and passed so we now have enough points for 175 visa. OH is 44 so we need to get our visa in soon.
We have looked into the IELTS test but it would be a last resort. O/H has mild Dyslexia and I have heard of people failing the test due to getting i's and e's around the wrong way. The dyslexia has never been a problem to him when he is completing his site reports but he is really worried about the essay part of the test so we thought that the job offer would be the best way forward, if we can get one that is!!!
Just wanted to start a thread for painters and decorators.
my husband runs his own painting business here in ireland. we're returning to live in brisbane in june and he wants to start subing for some builders.. i'm not sure.. any advice? he's planning on working for somebody when we first go out just to get a feel for things out there again but then wants to go out on his own again. he said subing is different to working for yourself as you are just working for a builder.. is that right? any first hand knowledge of how it works out there would be good.
we both have aussie citizenship so are lucky we don't need visas or stuff..
my parents, who live in brisbane, keep telling me there is heaps of work. I'm not sure how much to budget for rent etc as at the moment i don't know how much he might earn working for somebody or even for himself. any ideas, feedback or advice would be reallly good?
hi there! a wee question that maybe you could answer, can i take pure bristle paint brushes with me to oz ?
might be a silly question but can you help??
