Looking some help

orynoco · 30-09-2008, 11:31 AM

Hi folks just signed up to this site so hopefully will make new friends along the way.

I am a self-employed plasterer from n.i. and have just last week sent away an application for to see if we can migrate to oz, i don,t have formal qualifications such as nvq,s but have 26 yrs experience and the agent reckons that i can maybe get an ozzie aqf certicate to get me in, i would be greatful for any help or to meet any other mud slingers out there

tony and sheena · 30-09-2008, 11:46 AM

Hi Orynoco

Can't help with your query but just wanted to say hello!
Whereabouts in N.I. are you?

Best wishes
Sheena

orynoco · 30-09-2008, 12:22 PM

we live in lisburn and it is not a very cool place,so living in oz would be great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kdal · 30-09-2008, 12:47 PM

Hi & Welcome to the forum.

Whereabouts in Aus are you hoping to go?

sheena · 30-09-2008, 01:01 PM

hiya, welcome to pio
hope all goes well for you!!

sheena

orynoco · 30-09-2008, 01:03 PM

Hi KDAL we are hoping to get to perth for we have family over there so if we get in that should be some help, nice of you to reply.

TaniaColin · 30-09-2008, 05:33 PM

Hi and welcome to PIO, hope you will meet some other 'mud slingers'
Best of luck
Tania X

Gollywobbler · 30-09-2008, 08:07 PM

Hello Orynoco

Welcome to Poms in Oz.

Painter & Decorator is here:

Painter and Decorator 4421-11 - Australian Skills Recognition Information

The skills assessment authority for it is Trade Recognition Australia. Regardless of what it says on the document above, you must now produce evidence of formal qualifications in your occupation.

It may be possible for you to undertake a workplace based assessment and get yourself a formal British qualification:

Go Matilda - Your Gateway to Australia - News

Alternatively it would definitely be possible for you to be assessed for the Australian AQF III qualification instead if you are able to come to England for a few days:

ACTS UK | Welcome to Trade Train

ACTS charge £3,750 but for that they assess you, award AQF III, help with your TRA application, do some sort of safety course that enables you to get a safety card to work on construction sites in Oz and the service they offer is - I am told - called "Hit the ground running." All of the members on here who have used ACTS have said they were delighted with the help and felt it was money well-spent.

You have not mentioned your age. 44 is the cut-off age for skilled independent migration. You cannot apply for a GSM visa until you have obtained a positive skills assessment from TRA first, and the visa application must then reach DIAC before your 45th birthday. You say you have been a painter & decorator for 26 years? If so, I would guess that you are around 42 now?

For the visa, start by considering the subclass 175 and 176 visas if age is on your side (ie you are not about to turn 45 within the next 6 months or so.)

Visa Options – Professionals and other Skilled Migrants – Workers – Visas & Immigration

Australian General Skilled Migration Booklet

Please shout if you have any queries.

Best wishes

Gill

Gollywobbler · 30-09-2008, 08:41 PM

Hi again Orynoco

I have just re-read this thread. I am SO sorry. I should have seen that you wrote "Plasterer" not painter & decorator!

The ASRI list is here:

A-Z Occupations List - Australian Skills Recognition Information

There is a choice between Fibrous Plasterer and Solid Plasterer. I will leave you to choose and if you are in doubt, please start another thread and make specific enquiries. Like most women, I haven't a clue about plastering. I've heard Gyprock mentioned in the same sentence as Australia but I don't know what Gyprock is either.

However, as with Painter & Decorator, the skills assessment authority for both types of Plastering is TRA and if need be either ACTS or Sil-ver Tro-wel in Perth (Google it, omitting the hyphens) could help.

You have asked in a PM whether NVQ III would suffice? I am replying publicly because I am not a migration agent and I don't know the answer but someone else who reads this thread will know the answer and can help you with this bit.

Sorry again for not reading your original post properly.

Best wishes

Gill

kdal · 30-09-2008, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by orynoco

Hi KDAL we are hoping to get to perth for we have family over there so if we get in that should be some help, nice of you to reply.

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No worries. My Nan lived in Perth and loved it there. Good luck with the visa and it certainly will help you to settle in well already having family there