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Many thanks for the reply arthur, im actually moving to perth and i believe there are 8 types of REL's. I do alot of servicing and maintenance work in the uk to do with commercial catering equipment and gas/oil burners as well as plumbing and i want to hit the correct licence to cover these areas.

Hi all, Can i enrol on a restricted electrical license (disconnect/reconnect) after i do my plumbing gap training. I believe we have to contact energy safety for approval prior to enrolment but i was looking to see if anyone has gone through the process. Many thanks, David

Got it today happy f**kin days! many thanks to the people on this site and see you in perth soon!

Did mine at college of nw London. Piss easy. Theory test in the morning and don't worry about this it was stupid simple. Practical was plumb in a sink and run h/c pipes to it, plumb in waste and pipe up a mild steel 1 meter length of pipe to simulate a gas carcus from combi jig. Bloody el you will wonder why you worried about it!lecturers are there to help you also. You will finish by mid afternoon.

Congrats, submitted my police checks today so hopefully hear some news end of next week!

Congrats nic!

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co assigned after 7 weeks and 4 days! get in! sun shines on the dogs! Brisbane team 33.

did you have much interaction with the co nic1171 ie name, timescales or are they a bit blunt as my agent has informed me they are?

5 weeks 2day for me too. Emailed agent and he said give it at least another 2 weeks.

it was an automated form to print off and sign prior to printing off your form to take for the emedical. not really worried about it just wait to see if case officer asks for it.

get somes quotes, i got stung 120 for around 80 docs for vetassess process and recently got 80 docs done for 40, for the main 190 application.(plumber)

In reference to the above forms that you can print off, prior to printing off the emedical referal form. when and where are they used? Many thanks, David

yeah hopefully no longer than 5 weeks. they've already set up the invitation amounts for july so hopefully it just carrys on without any fuss.

yeah your sound as long as you've paid the main fee they can't sting you again. im gona upload my docs this week once the wife scans them to a flash key at work(about a hundred of them, bloody plumbing quals,lol).

just got my 190 application submitted, yes!! there is still a few hours left and the system looks to be working!

Got to page 17 payment page this morning and then crash. they have put something up on the skillslect homepage at the moment for anyone having struggled to get their visas processed the last few days to call them before the 5th july. wonder if they will let us apply under the old payment system!

anyone know if the second installment of £4250 has changed too?

Hahaha! Happy days scrumpy, i appreciate the fast response. I will be glad to have it behind me tbh.

is there any questions on worksite drainage, storm and subsoil drainage,irrigation systems,trenching, onsite disposal systems? I have heard the examiners are on side, although i do want to have an answer to anything they may ask even though we don't as plumbers deal with most of what i have mentioned above. many thanks for your reply scrumpy, and yes the cost is a major factor of the worry!

Hi all, Any plumbers attending the vetassess practical at the college of north west london in the near future, or any other venue? I have read a few posts on here about the various stages of the day and they are very informative, but if anyone has had a successful outcome recently and has any useful information about any changes to the process if any, then please feel free to spread the wealth. Many thanks, David

I said zoo keeper thinking my farming background would keep me goin, aye right! seriously ive spent the last 2 weeks worrying that i failed the speaking on the long turn! definitely worth a few rehersals!

yes gbuss thats true but my head was pickled. it was talk about an unusual job, so i thought yeah no probs, but my mind just went blank even after writing things down for a minute to help me along. radio 4 is exellent if you listen and pick up words and phrases then use a dictionary to find out the meanings. another good tip is build up a few A4 pages of words along with phrases that they can be used in. everyday at work i was able to look over this list and keep it fresh in my head for the writing test and also quite useful for the listening test.

Dear all, For anyone worried about this myth on how hard the ielts general is, let me put your mind at rest. I'm a plumber and i just got 8's and above across the board. I'm from the uk and yes it is a stressful day but with about 4-6 weeks revision it can be passed. To be honest i completely fluffed the long turn on the speaking (well under a minute and not fluent at all) the best thing to do is just pick yourself up and keep going. I am in no way, shape or form an academic person at all but i wanted this bad. For the writing definetely and i highlight this, use the IELTS RYAN essay structure (4 paragraphs) it works a treat and saves time on the day. I used an ielts dictionary to pick up some fancy words and have been listening to radio 4 for the last 6 weeks! For the listening and reading use the cambridge ielts books. listening was my weakest and this helped alot. Questions that were quite tough in both of these were the old faithfulls such as true, false, and not given. To be honest do not overlook the speaking because it can catch you out on the long turn like it did with me(tough topic) You may come away on the day feeling like you did not do well but try to get past it and just wait out (it took me about 2 days and then kept the worrying to myself for the next 2 weeks) Anyway good luck to everyone and just believe so hard and you will get it! Davy

I'm on a similar boat, i require all eights. The 'Dominic Cole' and 'Ielts Simon' websites are very useful. The 'Dominic Cole' website is excellent for the writing test task 2(General), and the 'Ielts Simon' website is very helpful with task 1 of the writing test (General).