Employment concerns

[mr luvpants]

we are looking to go to Oz in the next 2 years. My wife is a Student nurse and qualifies at the end of the year. I am a Firefighter.

I am really concerned about the move.My nature is that I risk assess things! I dont want to end up on a till at Coles or Woolworths and want a worthwhile career. I quite fancy getting into the Fire service over there or the police or even the Correction service as I used to due this before I joined the Fire service.

A few questions:

Anyone gone over there and done something completely different with less money but it is worth it?

Any got into the police, fire or correction service in Oz and got any tips? How long did it take?

Have some states got more employment prospects than other

Anyone went to college as a "mature" student and retrained into a another career?

Many thanks for your help in advance!

JOHN

[mr luvpants]

Forgot to add that I have been studying at college. I am doing accounts. It is a 3 year course.

[cantwait]

Hi
The only thing I tell you is that Western Australia were having a big recruitment drive for their correctional services a couple of months ago. I don't know if they still are. Only a tiny bit of info - but the best I can do I'm afraid.

Im wanting to work in the correctional services, I currently work in probation and in priosns as a carrers and employment advisor, I found quite a few vacancies online and filled in a few applicatiopns of interest, one got back to me and said they would be looking at recruiting internationally in about six months time and would hold my info on file.

Ill try and find the website and post it on here for you!

[mr luvpants]

Originally Posted by gothicqueen

Im wanting to work in the correctional services, I currently work in probation and in priosns as a carrers and employment advisor, I found quite a few vacancies online and filled in a few applicatiopns of interest, one got back to me and said they would be looking at recruiting internationally in about six months time and would hold my info on file.

Ill try and find the website and post it on here for you!

Was that as a screw or in probation?

John

[keily]

hi john .... try this site Government of Western Australia click onto employment section and then find a job ... half way down page is info re firefighter recruitment ... good luck
mrs keily

hi John
I work with a partnershiop agency in the UK but the jobs I was looking at in Oz was with the prison service, there were quite a few prison officer vacancies on there though.

My husband had applied to Risley In the Uk as a prison officer before we decided to go off to Oz, still might carry on with the application as the salary out there seemed quite good so would be worth getting a bit of experience here before hand

H

[mr luvpants]

Grisley Risley!!! Thats what is was called when I worked in the service. I done 3.5 years at Highpoint and Chelmsford.I enjoyed the job but being a Firefighter has more street cred!

Originally Posted by mr luvpants

Grisley Risley!!! Thats what is was called when I worked in the service. I done 3.5 years at Highpoint and Chelmsford.I enjoyed the job but being a Firefighter has more street cred!

And the uniforms are so much more sexy


LOL I work at grisley too, do my life skills classes there and its certainley grim