Crossthwaite2015

I appreciate the info. We've been keeping up to date with employment in Perth, like I said my husbands work colleagues that have went through the same thing already are keeping him on the right track , they don't work in the mines they are just shops, homes etc I'm only going by what they have been telling us and what we've seen , so I do really appreciate the info. We really aren't expecting a fantastic wage and once my son is in school I'm hoping to find work myself . We would be better off anywhere than here as my husbands hours and wage mean we're scraping by even with all his overtime. Living in ni there really isn't much opportunity for air con and refrigeration

No were completely aware he won't make that in the beginning and we also know all the licences and training he will have to do. People from the company he works with here are working for a company over there now that are keeping him on the right track, who had the same qualifications as he did when they first went over, they started off on 70k and are now on 100+ since getting their qualifications, we've done the calculations were better off anywhere there than here, even with the cost of living be a lot higher

The wages here in Northern Ireland for this field of work are terrible! We've always scraped by even though my husband is working until stupid - o' clock most times and no days off. We made the decision to move when we were thinking of having another baby then we realised how much more expensive and difficult it would be to move with a baby so we're trying to go ASAP lol but debts to pay at home first lol hopefully we can start getting the wheels in motion now lol good luck to you too! I hope it all works out for us all xx

Might not be our cup of tea, my husband is the sort of person who makes friends with anybody, it annoys him when his neighbours won't even talk to him, where we live over here we've tried many times to make conversation with the neighbours and to be honest we live in quite an expensive area and everyone here looks down their nose at us because we are young, apparently people in their mid twenties shouldn't live in nice areas lol we would only be renting when we move over so we hopefully won't end up tied to one area, we need to consider schools etc as well before we decide where in Perth we would like to be

I think it's because there is so much developing going on in Perth there is more of a demand for air con and refrigeration

My husband works in refrigeration and the wages for him would be good anywhere he went really, but Besides the fact we prefer Perth it looks like the average wages for what he does is 110-130 000 a year, where as in Brisbane the best he has found is 75-90000

It's not so much the friends really, I don't like the idea of living somewhere too quiet lol we've made our minds up tho, definitely going to Perth, and got a lot of info from potential employers today which is always a plus lol

I suppose lol we've been watching shows on moving to Perth and it definitely doesn't look as empty as people have made it out to us lol I'm sure no matter where we live it couldn't possibly be any harder to make friends than it is here lol this is where we get confused with the skilled visa. My husband won't be finished his actual qualification until next May. Although he has all the experience he doesn't have any qualifications that prove it yet. So if his skills were to be assessed now were worried he won't qualify I wish we could do it all sooner! Lol

Oh that's scary lol I wanted to it that way but I worry we'll end up stuck, my husbands finishing off his qualifications but I worry his experience won't be enough. Then again we would probably have better luck finding work there than here anyway we've always just scraped by his pay is that rubbish here. It's great that you know someone though I'm sure it's a great help. No I haven't joined it I must have a look, thanks! xx

Oh my, So exciting!! I wish we didn't have to wait so long but we've so much to sort at home first yes I've heard of Secret Harbour I had a friend move there years ago but we lost contact. Really it depends where my husband can get the best work but it's good to know where to look so we don't end up in the middle of nowhere lol

We've decided we aren't going to apply for out visa until after Christmas and we know exactly where we are wanting to go lol we originally thought Brisbane but with more research weve noticed we would probably be much better off in Perth as a young family. where in Perth is good for families? I don't want to live somewhere too quiet where we will struggle to make friends, which I've been told can be a problem with Perth being so far from everywhere else. Any young families in Perth? Or moving to?

Roughly how much could I end up spending on an agent?? Things are a bit hectic at home and researching everything is becoming very confusing! Lol I dont want to put too much of a dent in our savings paying out for an agent. Is it expensive?? Thanks for all the info, I'd be even more list without a forum like this one! Lol

Definitely! I'm so lost info on the Internet alone makes it very hard to know where to start, the amount of info is quite overwhelming lol I'm aware there are dodgy companies, who's worth talking to? We don't want to risk throwing away our savings because we just didn't know where to start!

Hi, anyone have any advice on the best place to look for work in air conditioning and refrigeration?? My husband is dusting off his qualifications before we move but we don't want to move somewhere he may struggle to find work. We've read up a lot about his area of work, exams he'll have to take when we move etc. Has anyone from UK moved over to Austrailia for a job specifically in this area of work? I'm just wondering whether there will be a delay in getting a job because of the exams etc.? he has another two years to get his lvl 3 nvq but we read these qualifications can be useless??? I suppose it's different for everyone, is experience more important??

My husband got some info from one of those emigration sites (I'm not sure exactly how useful these things are) but from our ininformation in the email we sent them they suggested the right visa for us is a skilled independent visa (subclass 189), does anyone know how useful these emigration sites are? Did you have anyone to help you with all this malarkey? Lol