Moving to wollongong

[marty1282]

IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO CAN HELP ME WITH SOME ADVICE?

NEXT SEPT I AM GOING TO GO TO AUSTRALIA ON A ONE YEAR WORKING VISA AND WANT TO EXTEND IT WITH ALL INTENTIONS OF WANTING TO LIVE THERE. NOW ALTHOUGH I HAVE WORKED IN A TILING STORE AND LEARNED A FEW SKILLS AND HAVE HELPED A FAMILY MEMBER IN JOBS WHO IS A TILER I HAVE NO QUALIFICATIONS OR EVIDENCE OF MY WORK.

SO MY QUESTION IS CAN I GO TO AUSTRALIA AND DO THERE RECOGNISED QUALIFICATIONS TO TRY AND SECURE A SPONSORSHIP VISA?

ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED AS THIS IS MY VERY FIRST POST.

[The Pom Queen]

Hi Marty
Hi and welcome to PIO, unfortunately I am not qualified to answer your question but hopefully someone will be along soon who can.
Good luck
Kate

[Mel.R]

IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO CAN HELP ME WITH SOME ADVICE?

NEXT SEPT I AM GOING TO GO TO AUSTRALIA ON A ONE YEAR WORKING VISA AND WANT TO EXTEND IT WITH ALL INTENTIONS OF WANTING TO LIVE THERE. NOW ALTHOUGH I HAVE WORKED IN A TILING STORE AND LEARNED A FEW SKILLS AND HAVE HELPED A FAMILY MEMBER IN JOBS WHO IS A TILER I HAVE NO QUALIFICATIONS OR EVIDENCE OF MY WORK.

SO MY QUESTION IS CAN I GO TO AUSTRALIA AND DO THERE RECOGNISED QUALIFICATIONS TO TRY AND SECURE A SPONSORSHIP VISA?

ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED AS THIS IS MY VERY FIRST POST.

You won't be able to do an apprenticeship I'm afraid as you don't have the right visa. The apprenticeship would give you a cert 3 in tiling. As an apprentice this would take I think 3 years to qualify. I'm not sure if you could do it faster independantly and on your visa. The best thing to do would be to contact a TAFE in the area you are moving to. They would be able to advise you on that.

Hope that helps a little.

Mel