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Thanks, yes looks like I was reading the wrong info. Very much appreciated.

Thanks so much Yes I was just reading the Eastern state side.

Thanks AJ. That's a really good site. Unfortunately it looks like WA is not signed up to the trades fair trading. Does anyone know if their is a path for WA applicants to convert their licence to NSW or is it back to college?. Thanks again

Could anyone point me in the right direction in the process of converting a WA electrical workers licence into a NSW electrical licence. Thanks in advance.

I remember reading a Post on here something about the Australian economy collapsing and it was slated by many people. It was based on the WA economy and housing market. The poster got a real bashing on his/her views but it seems it has now come true. So there were alarm bells but people were blinkered. Only fools rush in!

Apologies Paul, sorry but this is what I did and hopefully I might of actually got some benefit with regards employment for what I did. I don't really want to justify to you what I did but this was planned quite a while in advance and was told this would benefit my chances. Time will tell whether it is, but I would rather get off my backside and try than sit around looking at a computer screen hoping someone might answer my Emails or applications. This reccie report was just to help others not deter them or influence them. Still there will always be people who try to knock you down. I just laugh at these small minded people!

From the bad press coming across this site and internet news with regards the WA economy I decided to get on a plane and go and see first hand how things really are in Perth. My family and I lived in Perth in the crazy year of 2006. I swear to this day that before we decided to emigrate then, I had no idea there was a mining boom going on until the day we arrived and everything was mental. Home opens had 100 people filing through and expression of interest started $30,000 dollars over the asking price. Jobs were plentiful. In fact you could take your pick from 50 odd Electricians adverts in the West Australian. An A grade licence was quite easy to obtain. Fast forward to Sept 2015. I arrived in Perth and picked up the car rental (Hertz). The woman was nice and asked why I was in Perth. I said " I'm looking for employment opportunities this week". Her reply was less than impressive." Oh no, there is not a lot of work here and a lot of people are being laid off". "What do you do she asked". Proudly I stated I was an Electrical Engineer and had an A grade Electrical workers licence. " Oh no, there is no work here for Engineers" again was her reply. Not a great start. Anyway I headed off to my holiday let in Mindarie which I have to say was quite reasonable at approx $600 for the week fully furnished which isn't too bad when converted to UK Pounds. The conversion never ever left my thoughts when we last lived in Perth).The climate is nice (25) but what shocked me is how cold it was at night. I had to have a jacket on after 5 o clock. I then headed off to a few recruitment agencies. Skilled was the first but they never wanted to speak to me- just enrole online was the reply. Not really what I wanted to hear after travelling half way around the world. Undefeated I then went down St Georges Terrace in my best gladrags to try to make contact with someone from the recruitment agencies that could just tell me what the employment climate was like. I had a discussion with an agent who stated that there were not many opportunities and that they were worried about their jobs. They were in fact working for the Malaysian recruitment office as there was not enough work in WA . The only light relief contact I did receive was from a big issue seller who stated he was selling the big issue for a dollar during the day so he would not mug city workers at night. I didn't reply but wanted to also tell him I was in relatively the same circumstance trying my damn hardest to try to obtain employment. I did laugh as I walked away. So times have changed.... The employment pages are quite bare. There is work but it is of little quantity. The only section that surprised me was the Education employment. Their seems to be quite a lot of teachers jobs and support teachers. I then went on to see some friends. I had a discussion about work and they stated everything had slowed down. He had been made redundant but had managed to gain employment but not as well paid. Still the freeways are still full. Don't know where all the people are going and looking to the sky the number of planes flying into Perth quite surprised me. This might of been the extra planes brought in to ferry everyone out to the Grand Final but still over the week there was a lot of activity. There looks to be a lot of government money projects happening to create jobs maybe to help the economy but I ended the week thinking this place has changed. The optimism was missing. The jobs were missing and so I return back to the UK thinking maybe things are not so bad in the UK after all. Still not a bad little break though! Recession comes to mind.

Anybody. please.

There must be some Eleccy workers in WA surely!

I am an A Grade qualified electrician thinking of returning to Perth and I would really like to know from any electrical worker out there what the employment climate is like there at the moment. I have a BEng degree so I am qualified as an electrical engineer also, so I am interested in any electrical posts. So could anyone tell me how many adverts are in the local paper this week, this would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks but I just wanted to know from any electrical people in Perth what their thoughts were with regards employment. Is it quiet or has things picked up etc. Just to put some feelers out and ask for advice from electrical people on here. Thanks again.

Can anybody located in WA give me the heads up on current vacancy rates for electrical workers (A Grade qualified) in WA (Perth). How many jobs are available in the local paper etc. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks