Drewe Witton
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Has he done the 4day course or going straight in for the exam???
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I do a lot of house reno's. everyone seems to be going for the engineered stone.
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Doing it so i can go into business with a building firm and so i can sign any work off. Energy safety like to dish out fines so you have to be careful. The only work you're allowed to sign off as an A class spark is work on your own house or immediate family. I heard a story that a fella put an Ad on gumtree to do electrical work, had his A class but not contractors. any way energy safety caught him and fined him 6K.
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Tough one. Basically i was the in the guinea pig group to do this new system. So when I got a restricted license companies were scared off, they thought they had to baby sit you. This is not the case, a restricted license entitles you to work unsupervised but companies had the impression that you had to be. I was lucky enough to have a friend of a friend employ and help me out. I think companies are coming to grips with the new process and taking people on. When i started the first stage of college half my class were not employed, they were applying to every thing but was getting no luck. Some on the other hand found work within wks of being here. So its a hard one to call until you're here applying for work. I think they should change the name from restricted license to overseas electrician, that will stop the confusion. I'm not going to say come over and work will be handed on a plate, the first yr is tough. Most companies pay about $25 an hour to restricted sparks.
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Hi Drewe, I'm enquiring on my OH's behalf, is the process the same state wide? we're moving to Adelaide in March, he's done his Vetassess, now just researching next steps required when there, cheers Mandi I can't give exact process for Adelaide. I done mine in Perth. I'm sure it's similar. Get restricted licence from from electrical board ( mine was energy safety) Enrol at college to start change over course Get employed 2 weeks college with practical exam and paper exam Complete 12 assignments at home Complete log book (roughly 6-8 months work experience, quicker if more hours worked) Tele/coms course 4 days with practical exam and paper exam Capstone course 4 days ( pretty much AM2 ) once all all the above is completed you can get an A class licence. I'd say with the time off work this cost me roughly $15,000
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Has Anyone recently done their contractors Licence for WA (WAE100)???? Would love some help. Thank you If anyone wants to ask me questions about getting their A class through the vettasses, i am more than happy to answer.
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yes the TRA shot me down. I'm going to go into the energy safety office and ask what i can do to avoid this logbook shite. i need to be qualified like yesterday. references from my employer will hopefully be the answer. Also i tried to register for an eprofile but my employer and college was not on the list? any ideas?
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does the logbook require evidence? can it be lets say..........fabricated? i'm going to ring TRA tomorrow and see if i can still go down that route. this way is just all over the top.
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i've spoke to the tutor of the college that i have enrolled in. he says i have to do a 2 wk gap training course and complete a log book (E profiling ) then do a final exam. i said how long will it take to get my A class licence, he said depending on my log book it could be 5 months to a yr. does anyone know if the log book is easy to complete quickly? they are crying out for trades but they make it as difficult as possible to get a licence to work. i wouldnt mind but some of the stuff they do is rough as f**k. thanks again for your help
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What's artc? I'm on the vettesess scheme. Thanks for replying
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Hi there. this is a massive thread so im just going to ask a couple q's. hope someone can help. im in perth and i've just got my provisional from energy safety. it also has the next step on there which is the gap training course (at the balga campus). im trying to find out if that once i've completed this 2 week course can then i apply for an A class licence??? my company is desperate for me to get it asap but i'm hearing that i have to do a yr experience. which i think is a load of old tosh really. Thanks