congrats to all, i passed vettasses feb 2011 got my visa sept 2011, we arrived in perth 30th march and i got a job after 6 days but i couldn,t start till monday 7th may and even now i shouldn't be working in my trade, the reason being is i am waiting to do my restricted electrical licence, i am an air con engineer, the reason i'm posting is because like so many people i thought once you pass the uk vettasses you can come to oz on your 176 and work, how wrong i was, i spoke to TRA when i arrived in perth and they told me the vettasse cert does not allow you to work in oz, any electrical trade will need to apply to energy safety for a permit to apply for an electrical licence, my permit took 4 weeks and then you have to enrol at the polytechnic for your licence, they will relieve you of nigh on a thousand dollars for the pleasure, the licence from energy safety is another $400, on top of that you need to live, this will set you back at around $1000 a week. it is everything we wanted and more but just be prepeared for people not returning calls and playing the waiting game. really sorry to be doom & gloom, but i;m only speaking from my experiences.