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Ok, here's what I had to do.....fill the form in and send it back to my new employer who processed and paid for the whole thing. All I had to do was pay for the flight to Aus and sort out own digs. Something smells fish to me and I'm not referring to Baldricks apple crumble

I may be out of date here as it was six years ago for me but your employer should do the nomination and the application, including paying the fees. You pay your own way here. What country are you from and what is your proposed employment ?

Erm......correct me if I am wrong but your employer should be doing the application...if not then you should be asking questions

The Aussies don't recognize NEBOSH here, however, you can get them recognised through vetasses whis is a royal pain in the arrse.

Driving without insurance and you didn't know? I trust it was your oldies car you were driving? And they didn't tell you? I smell something fishy and I'm not talking about the content of Baldricks apple crumble. i think you were caught and knew full well what you were doing and now it has come back to bite you

Does google not work in India?

Good luck with the test ....mongtard

There are police checks at every level, AFP, UK PNC (or whatever country you are from) and the important thing is to declare them and let them make a decision. If you don't declare them then you are leaving yourself wide open for point blank refusal. never take on a bouncer, you will always lose as they have witnesses to say what ever they want. You will be perceived as being drunk and disorderly. Best to walk away.

I think if it was my daughter I would tell her to keep better company

About 2 weeks ish. It's a lottery though from approval to ceremony. Mine took six months, my mate took six weeks.

So did mine, still took a while though. I did ask if I could speed it up and unless I needed to leave the country urgently, and prove it then they weren't interested. good luck

Approval 24 January ceremony 13 June 2013 North Sydney

I'm not actually a carpenter, I'm a PM in commercial construction, I just like to dabble in renno's. the Sydney construction market is picking up after a few quiet years, I have been here since sept 2008. Be under no illusion Australia is struggling but not as bad as the UK. Not sure about WA but in all fairness things are looking up. Aussies like pommy tradies as they know they work, produce good quality and have a good work ethic. You may find it hard when you get to Australia but do give it a good chance. If you get stuck for work try agencies such as hays who have contract tradies. More than happy to give you help and advice but not a the moment as I have had a few hot toddys and feel like shite and need some kip

Yes I'm in Sydney. I recently got a makita LS1216L compound mitre saw, set me back $1050, and its the dogs dangleys. Bunnings do a wide range of tools, bunnings are the Aussie version of B & Q.

Paslode nail guns are very popular here. The frame master is about $650 and the finishing bradder is about $600. Parts and service are widely available. Power tools are roughly about the same. I bought some makita tools recently and compared them to screwfix and they are about the same in price give or take a few quid. The main thing that is different is that UK site power is 110v where as everything here site and domestic is 240v. Have a look at http://www.sydneytools.com.au for some ideas.