risraera

Thanks colinmaclec! This is so informative. We are already PR in Oz. We are on 190 Visa using my husband job as an industrial sales engineer, my husband is the main applicant. My hubby was an electrician in his twenties when he signed bond with the navy from age 17 to 26 when he obtained the diploma and worked as an electrician for the navy ship. Then, he changed occupation and was doing industrial sales ever since. We heard from our friends that it might be tough to do industrial sales in Australia so he thot of going back to his former job. What I meant by 8 years is 4 years TAFE and 4 years apprenticeship. May I ask:- 1) What is the criteria so that he can do only 1 years gap training? 2) Do you think he has a chance to do what you have suggested? 3) Any other important details or ideas to help us in this journey? Thanks again. Risraera

Hi, my husband is in his forties and we have 4 kids. He has a diploma (3 year course) in electrical and electronics diploma in Singapore from Singapore Polytechnic (accredited by Ministry of Education in Singapore). Upon graduation, he was an electrician on the naval ship for 9 years. He has been certified as a Naval Weapon Electrical Senior Technician III (Electrical). This year, he did a refresher course on wiring for residential properties. He is interested to be electrician for residential properties. We have some questions and hope someone can help. 1) Must my husband go to TAFE to study 4 years again to be an electrician? 2) If yes, can some modules be exempted? Who should we approach? 3) I heard that the apprenticeship is 4 years, so we calculated that to be an electrician, we need 8 years. :chatterbox: My husband will be in his fifties... 4) Is there any shorter route? For obvious reasons to support 4 kids 5) Should he stick to industrial sales and is the opportunities in Perth good? Any electrician can recommend any good electrician school or career advice? Thanks a lot. risraera